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Three arrests in the case of the missing Lina in Alsace
The police have arrested three people in the case of the missing 15-year-old Lina (archive photo). photo
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The 15-year-old disappeared on September 23rd on the way to the train station. The search measures were extensive, but so far without results. Now a couple and a man have been arrested.
In the case of 15-year-old Lina, who has been missing in Alsace for six months, investigators have arrested three people. A couple and a man were taken into police custody in the morning, the newspaper “Le Parisien” and other media reported, citing investigators Strasbourg.
The police are therefore concerned with clarifying inconsistencies in the witness statements of the three people from the region. The couple was summoned and the man was arrested at his home. Another four witnesses were also summoned for further questioning, reported “Le Parisien”.
The 15-year-old disappeared on September 23rd on the three-kilometer walk to the train station in Saint-Blaise-la-Roche. The teenager wanted to go to Strasbourg to see her boyfriend, but didn’t get there. Two witnesses saw them on the way to the train station. But the investigators know that she didn’t even get on the train.
There were extensive but so far unsuccessful searches. A witness said he had seen the young person as a passenger in a blue small car, which is why the owners of such cars in the region were targeted by investigators. Arrests have now been made in the case for the first time. According to reports, the investigators are concerned with checking all possible scenarios, so the arrests do not necessarily mean a breakthrough.