Surveillance footage reveals more details about mysterious murder of 12-year-old Lola: “She didn’t seem comfortable at all” | Abroad

The body of 12-year-old Lola was found around 11:20 p.m. Friday by a homeless man near the apartment building where the girl lived, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. The body was curled up in a suitcase. The child was wrapped in swaddling clothes and tied by her hands and feet. Earlier in the day, Lola’s parents had reported her missing.

The autopsy revealed that Lola died of asphyxiation. She had injuries to her throat and the numbers ‘0’ and ‘1’ were written on her body. One of the avenues that the police would investigate is that the girl has become a victim of organ trafficking.

Lola’s father, who works as a janitor in the apartment building, had seen on CCTV that his daughter had indeed come home Friday afternoon. Lola was not alone, however, but was accompanied by a woman in her 20s. “The woman gestured for the girl to come. Lola didn’t seem at ease at all,” said a neighbor to the newspaper ‘Le Parisien’.

Another local resident tells how the 20-year-old woman looked “a little crazy”. “I saw how she kept walking in and out, she was alone. About half an hour later I saw her with the suitcase, she was talking to everyone who passed,” it sounds. “She could barely carry the suitcase. It looked heavy, but was quite thin. No one would think there was a body in it,” said the neighbor. According to him, the woman even left the suitcase in front of a cafe for a while, while she went to buy a croissant across the street. “As if nothing had happened.” Afterwards, she is said to have asked passers-by to help bring the suitcase to her car.

French police arrested six people on Saturday, including the 20-year-old woman. The homeless man who made the gruesome discovery was also arrested. Although he is not suspected of being involved in the murder, the police will question him. It is not known what role the others have in the case. Four of those arrested are currently still in custody.

A tweet by French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has sparked a stir on social media. The morning after Lola’s body was found, the minister shared on Twitter about the fun evening he had spent at the theater. “Those who don’t yet realize that songwriters are the new poets should hurry to see @JPRouve at the Théâtre Antoine in Paris. The same goes for the others!” said Darmanin.

The message sparked a wave of negative reactions. “Indecent. We expect a little more from our Minister of the Interior than a recommendation to go to the theater. Our thoughts go out to Lola’s parents and family,” one commented. “A teenage girl was brutally murdered today, but our minister is singing,” another Twitter user denounced.

At the time of writing, Darmanin has still not expressed his condolences to Lola’s next of kin.