UpdateThe teenager suspected of the murder of a 5-year-old girl in the French Vosges appears to have been placed two years ago after “inappropriate behavior of a pedophile nature”. The public prosecutor’s office told the regional newspaper ‘Le Républicain Lorrain’. The boy would now be 15 or 16 years old, according to a source close to the investigation.
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Le Républicain Lorrain, France Info, Belga, ANP
The 5-year-old victim was found yesterday afternoon in an apartment in Rambervillers, less than 200 meters from the house where she lived with her parents. She was naked and her body was in a garbage bag.
The parents had reported their daughter missing around 1 p.m. She disappeared when she was playing in front of the parental house. According to the mayor Jean-Pierre Michel, the strange behavior of a teenager from the neighborhood led the police to her location. This is reported by the public news channel France Info.
The boy was known to the police and would have indicated that he saw the girl dressed in pink walking towards a shopping area. His story turned out to be wrong when the police viewed CCTV footage from the area.
Heart massage
Faced with this, he led the investigators to where the child’s body lay. “The girl was found lifeless in an apartment,” said Michel. “The local police discovered the body around 4 p.m. The emergency services tried to apply chest compressions, but unfortunately it was too late.”
The apartment was rented by the teenager’s mother and he also lived at the address. “The boy was known to the police because he was guilty of inappropriate behavior of a pedophile nature towards children two years ago. He was placed and resurfaced a few weeks ago downtown, often wandering around with his bike. The municipal police say they kept a close eye on him,” said the public prosecutor’s office at ‘Le Républicain Lorrain’. The teen was arrested.
Bicycle
Local residents confirm that he has been spotted several times in recent days while roaming around the municipality with his bicycle. According to several testimonies, the young man had asked several girls to come to his apartment, where he would give them a cat.
The suspect is said to suffer from various mental illnesses and had only been discharged from a specialized center a few weeks ago.
An autopsy must determine how the girl died and whether she was the victim of sexual assault.
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