Four people are still in police custody on Sunday October 16 as part of the investigation opened after the discovery Friday evening in Paris of the body of a 12-year-old child in a trunk, learned franceinfo from a source familiar with the matter and from the wooden floor. On Saturday, five people were taken into police custody, including the main suspect, arrested in the morning in Bois-Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine).
>> What we know about the discovery of the body of a 12-year-old schoolgirl in a trunk in Paris
Friday evening, around 11 p.m., a homeless man discovered the body of the lifeless teenager, tied up and curled up in a trunk at the bottom of his building, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, near the Buttes-Chaumont park. According to our information, she had several sores on her throat. The autopsy carried out on Saturday made it possible to determine that she died of asphyxiation, the Paris prosecutor’s office told franceinfo.
His parents, guardians of the building in which the family resides, had reported his disappearance a few hours earlier to the police. On Friday evening, the mother had shared a photo of their daughter on Facebook, indicating “kidnapping alert, our daughter Lola was last seen at 3:20 p.m. in the company of a girl we do not know in our residence”. A CCTV screenshot showing the young woman was also shared.
This suspect in her twenties, born in 1998, was arrested on Saturday morning in Bois-Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine), franceinfo learned from a source close to the case. According to the first elements of the investigation, she had asked for help to move a large trunk in her car.
The rectorate of Paris announced on Saturday that “psychological support cells for students and staff” of the Georges-Brassens college, which the victim attended, “but also for schools in the area”will be implemented on Monday morning.
The criminal brigade of the Paris judicial police is seized of the investigation opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office for “murder of a minor under the age of 15”. The motive for this murder still remains a mystery.