News in the murder case of Kevin Trompat and Leslie Hoorelbeke. While five suspects were indicted last year, one of them has just been released. Placed in pre-trial detention in Le Mans since April, Stevan Mathieu, presented as the “cleaner” of the commando, was released under judicial supervision on Thursday January 4.
The investigating judge in fact dropped the charges of kidnapping and sequestration concerning him. His lawyer, Me Guillaume Routel, said he was “satisfied” with this decision to the Parisian. On the other hand, it aroused “total incomprehension” from Leslie’s father and stepmother.
Investigators determined that “the K”, as he is nicknamed, could not have arrived at the scene of the assassination, in Deux-Sèvres, until the end of the day on November 26, 2022, several hours after the facts. Stevan Mathieu nevertheless remains indicted for concealment of corpses and modification of a crime scene. He is suspected of having cleaned the scene and having moved the bodies of the two victims.