Since the disappearance of Sihem Belouahmia, a young woman aged 18, concern continues to grow. The young woman was last seen on January 25. She would have left her grandmother’s home around midnight, in Habitarelle, a district of the small town of Salles du Gardon, north of Alès, in the Gard. She has not been seen since.
Initially, an investigation had been opened for worrying disappearance. On social networks, the gendarmes of the Gard had launched an appeal for witnesses to locate this young woman “measuring 1.69 m, of normal build, with brown and straight hair of a length going to the middle of the back and with eyes Brown. She was dressed in a brown wool sweater, black pants and light sneakers when she disappeared. The gendarmes urged anyone with information to contact the 17.
A man heard by the gendarmes in charge of the investigation
Since then, the public prosecutor of Alès, François Schneider, has reclassified the investigation of flagrance for kidnapping and forcible confinement. A man known to justice was heard by the gendarmes on Sunday. The entourage of the high school student, to whom he would be close, spontaneously implicated him. But, at the end of his hearing, it would seem that he was not the subject of a police custody measure.
On Sunday, significant resources were mobilized by the gendarmerie to find the trace of the young woman. A helicopter flew over this former mining region, and many soldiers explored the terrain, with the help of a canine team. Unsuccessful, so far. The research section of Nîmes and the research brigade of the Alès company are in charge of the investigations.