A ten-year-old girl who had been missing in the Ardennes in Sedan for 24 hours was found lifeless this Wednesday, October 18. One person was arrested.
Tragic epilogue to a disappearance considered worrying in the Ardennes. A ten-year-old girl was missing and actively sought in Sedan. Named Loana, she has been nowhere to be found since Tuesday evening, October 17.
A call for witnesses was launched by the police, broadcast by local media. With a photo of the little girl. The indications specified that she was 1.20 meters tall and that she was dressed in gray pants, a pink jacket, a black coat and white sneakers. She was educated in the commune of Vrigne-aux-Bois, 15 minutes by car from where his lifeless body was found. Some had met her at the Esplanade primary school in Sedan, where she had been educated.
Our sources confirm the tragedy, the police are on edge, refusing to communicate officially on the ongoing investigation. The 10-year-old girl missing since Tuesday evening and who lived in Sedan was found dead this Wednesday, October 18 in the evening in a cellar on rue Saint-Michel, right in the center of the town, a few steps from the loops of the Meuse and 300 meters from the castle. A man was arrested early in the evening. The SRPJ is on site. An investigation has been opened. She will have to determine the circumstances of this tragedy which affects a minor under 15 years old and the motive.
A local resident contacted by France 3 Champagne-Ardenne recounts the shock and emotion that gripped the neighborhood. “The police intervened around 8 p.m. A patrol came, called by a resident, then several cars arrived, they arrested a man in an old bar in the neighborhood. He was taken into custody. We saw the scene, because our business is located 25 meters from the scene. The neighborhood is cordoned off. We are in shock. The kid is from the neighborhood, I saw her every day. The parents didn’t take care of it properly, the children hung out at night. The person suspected of killing him has been living here for two months, he is known to drink, although this individual seemed calm, but you never know. There was only one person living there. The family lived on rue de l’Horloge. The girl had two brothers“.
The emotion is great for those who knew the young girl. “Poor Loana, she was super nice as a kid, very discreet at school, we didn’t hear her at all, I hope justice will be done. Rest in peace my sweet“, we can read for example on a Facebook publication signed by Alexandra.
The crime scene, located in the “Bar sedanaisSaint-Michela rue Saint Michel, a closed establishment, transformed into a home, was still frozen around 10:40 p.m. Emergency services are on site. Criminal identification investigators must try to find clues; their presence must last part of the night.