A judicial source close to the investigation told AFP that a woman and a man were presented to an investigating judge on Monday for possible indictment after the discovery, Friday in Paris, of the body of a 12-year-old girl in a trunk. The 24-year-old woman, considered the main suspect, was indicted at the end of the afternoon, said a source familiar with the matter.
A judicial investigation has been opened for murder of a minor under the age of 15 in connection with a rape committed with acts of torture and barbarism, rape of a minor aged 15 with acts of torture and barbarism and concealment of a corpse, specified the judicial source. The prosecution has requested the remand in custody of the two suspects, she added.
The woman was arrested at dawn on Saturday in Bois-Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine). The suspect, who would suffer from mental disorders, had been seen on the images of the surveillance cameras of the building where the schoolgirl lived. Aged 43, the man who will also be presented to a judge during the day, is suspected of having hosted the suspect and drove a vehicle in which she was.
In total, six people were taken into custody within the framework of the investigation carried out by the Criminal Brigade of the Parisian judicial police. Four of them have been released without charge at this stage, including the homeless 42-year-old who had discovered an opaque plastic box containing the body of the teenager, in the inner courtyard of the building where Lola’s family resides.