a white march to protest against the inertia of justice

Questions still unanswered, A Châlons-en-Champagne canal (Marne). The body of Stéphane Kameugne, a student at the School of Arts and Crafts, was found there 15 days after his disappearance on December 24, 2008. His death was first considered an accident. But, at the request of his parents, two new autopsies are performed. The young man would have been the victim of a blow from a baseball bat or a similar object. However, the investigation is not progressing. More than 14 years later, the family of the victim requests the referral of the cold case center to the court of Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine). But the Reims prosecutor’s office refuses to transfer the file.

“This answer is a closed door for the Kameugne family”

“The general economy of the file did not correspond to the framework set for considering such a transfer”, the prosecution said in a statement. The family lawyer does not understand this decision. “I am outraged because the task of justice is to solve crimes, find the criminals, bring them to justice and have them judged. This answer, half goat half cabbage, is ultimately a door closed for the Kameugne family”, confides Me Didier Seban. The relatives of Stéphane Kameugne will go to court in Reims on Friday February 10, to request means of investigation additional in order to discover, finally, the circumstances of the tragedy.