It is a seasoned policeman who says it: “this is one of the most significant cases of my life“. Commander M. discovered the body of 12-year-old Angelique,”summarily concealed“under brambles, in an undergrowth where the accused David Ramault led the investigators himself, three days after the murder.
At the time, the investigator was group leader in the criminal brigade of the PJ of Lille. “This child reminds me of my daughter“, he blurted out, upset. A few weeks later, he will have a heart attack.”I can’t tell myself that this has nothing to do with“.
I’m a pervert, a bastard
From photos and a video chilling are projected into the courtroom. We see the body of the child, naked, in fetal position. Three days earlier, David Ramault had raped and killed Angélique, had placed her body in a suitcase. The president pushes the accused into these entrenchments: “she weighed 42 kilos, it was not too heavy“? He trembles, sobs, clings to the wall of his cubicle:”I’m a pervert, a bastard“.
The man seems cut off from his emotions. The investigator who questioned him at the start of his police custody told the stand: “he was mechanical, detached, self-centered. He complained about the lack of sleep“.
For us it was a failure
It is this same policewoman who will announce the death of Angélique to her parents. When asked about this moment, she lets a long silence pass, moved: “for us it was a failure, we didn’t know what to say“.