The day after her interview with the two investigating judges, Thursday February 1, Fanny Groll, the mother of Lina, the 15-year-old girl who disappeared four months ago, spoke for the first time to the press, in presence of his lawyer.
“I had this same feeling of listening, of kindness, of humanity. This is what I expected from this meeting. After four months, I needed to see those responsible for the investigation.” Alongside her lawyer, Maître Matthieu Airoldi, Fanny Groll, the mother of young Lina, talks about her meeting, Thursday February 1, with the two investigating judges from the Strasbourg public prosecutor’s office, in charge of the investigation.
An audition which took place at his request. Because until now, the only file to which she had access was that of the preliminary investigation, opened by the Saverne public prosecutor’s office. But since the investigation had been transmitted to two investigating judges in Strasbourg, she and her lawyer no longer had any information.
“The judges answered my questions. I know they are invested” assures Fanny Groll. “But hypotheses remain hypotheses. And as long as we don’t have access to the investigation file, I don’t know any more.”
“They explained to us that the investigation was long” specifies Me Airoldi. “We were able to have details on how the gendarmes work. We received assurance that all leads were checked (…), that nothing was left to chance. And that all the means of justice are implemented so that the truth is manifested”without budget restrictions.
“We were also told that as soon as there was an important event in the case, it was Ms. Groll, the civil party, who would be informed first, continues the lawyer. We were assured that nothing was being hidden from us.”
But nothing more precise for the moment. And Fanny Groll evokes great frustration at not being able to learn more. “I would like to know, to understand. It’s something terrible every day, not to know. I think all the time, I analyze, I make hypotheses” she admits.
The teenager disappeared on September 23 after leaving her home, in Plaine in Bas-Rhin, to go to the Saint-Blaise-la-Roche station, about three kilometers away, a journey on foot that ‘she used to do. Several searches were organized after his disappearance, but did not uncover any convincing clues. Water points were also probed, without result.
The investigation into his disappearance was first carried out by the Saverne public prosecutor’s office, which then handed over to the Strasbourg public prosecutor’s office. A judicial investigation was opened against X for “kidnapping and sequestration not followed by voluntary release of more than seven days”.
In its last communication on the case, on October 2, the Strasbourg public prosecutor’s office announced that the investigation was moving “towards long-term investigations under the authority of the two investigating magistrates in charge of the case, (…) no avenue being ruled out or favored”.
More recently, the gendarmes launched two calls for witnesses concerning a young man who was driving in a gray car. A new lead that could relaunch the investigation.