two new suspects indicted, one of them for murder

The list goes on. Two new people have been indicted in the investigation opened after the death of Leslie Hoorelbeke and Kevin Trompat, announced the prosecution of Poitiers (Vienne), Friday April 14. Mickaël Z., 23 years old and residing in the Angers region (Maine-et-Loire), was indicted for “assassinations”, “modification of a crime scene”, “kidnapping and forcible confinement” and “concealment of corpse”. Stevan M., a 24-year-old Norman, is being prosecuted for the same reasons, apart from “murders”. The two men, in police custody since Wednesday, have been remanded in custody.

The 22-year-old and 21-year-old couple had disappeared on the night of November 25 to 26 in Prahecq (Deux-Sèvres), a village of 2,000 inhabitants near Niort. Their bodies were found on March 3 and 4 in the vicinity of Puyravault (Charente-Maritime).

These new arrests come a month and a half after the incarceration of three suspects in the entourage of the two victims. Tom Trouillet, 22, a friend who was to host the couple the night of the events in Prahecq, arrested in Vendée at the end of February, was indicted for kidnapping and forcible confinement. Nathan Badji, 22, and Enzo C., 23, who had been taken into police custody in a second time, were indicted for murder, kidnapping and forcible confinement, and modification of a crime scene.