Will Nordahl Lelandais finally explain what happened during the kidnapping of little Maëlys? This Thursday, February 10, he began to be questioned about his actions after the wedding, when the girl was in his car. Not very talkative, he was confronted for the first time with the reconstitution which had been carried out in September 2018 after his partial confession.
At the time, faced with the evidence of video surveillance and the trace of blood found in his car, he finally confessed to the murder of little Maëlys after several months of denials. However, he repeats it: it was an accident, she would have died after a simple punch. Except that the experts are of a different opinion: given the fractures on the body of the little girl, several blows were worn.
During the reconstruction, filmed and broadcast at the trial, the accused plays his own role, driving a dummy car. Beside her, a child-sized mannequin plays the role of the little girl. When asked to repeat the gestures of that fatal night, he kicks the dummy, but faced with the conclusions of the experts, has to start over in a more realistic way.
At that moment, extremely coldly, he punches the doll four or five times because of him. The violence of the blows is such that the dummy’s head comes off, but Nordahl remains impassive, his hands on the steering wheel. This time, the doctors present confirm: it is possible that it happened in this way. An unbearable video for the family of Maëlys, very touched.
Especially since the revelations did not stop there: according to the doctors, the death was not immediate. Maëlys’ father’s lawyer asks: “Can we therefore say that this little one agonized for long minutes in the trunk of this car?“Answer from the professionals:”Yes, up to 30 or 40 minutes“. A real torture for the little girl who did not flinch Nordahl Lelandais, mute, who only assured to have sought her pulse.
This Friday, he should be questioned about his actions on the evening of the murder of Maëlys and should finally explain himself, a moment that the family has been waiting for a long time.