French police are intensifying their investigations to uncover the circumstances of the mysterious crime of the victim of a 12-year-old schoolgirl, whose body was found on Friday evening with her head almost detached from her body and bearing writings, near the building where she was living with her family in northeastern Paris.
A source familiar with the case and a judicial source stated that four people were detained by the police on suspicion of involvement in the crime.
In the details of the case, that at 11 pm on Friday, a homeless man reported finding an opaque box containing the body of a girl in the inner courtyard of a building. Sources close to the file said that the student’s body was wrapped in cloth, and next to the box were two handbags.
The box was found under the building where the girl lived, according to the Public Prosecution Office.
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The body of a teenager born in 2010 was discovered last night in the 19th arrondissement of Paris.
He was in a suitcase.
She had disappeared yesterday afternoon on her way home from college.
The crime squad is seized of the case. pic.twitter.com/gbULYp3jtT
— Clement Lanot (@ClementLanot) October 15, 2022
According to sources familiar with the case, the first results show that the student’s head is almost detached, with writings on her body with the number 10.
In a video posted on Twitter by independent journalist Clement Laneau, who revealed the news of the discovery of the body, police in white clothes were working at the scene at night. There were white cloths stretched over one of the facades.
During the night, investigators, according to an informed source, arrested three people near the scene of the accident, while a woman was arrested on Saturday morning in the Bois Colombes region near Paris.
They were all placed in police custody, according to the Public Prosecution Office, which indicated that their role in the crime had not yet been determined.
An informed source said that the police were informed of the missing girl earlier.
Another source familiar with the case pointed out that the victim’s father, who supervises the building in which the family lives, and out of concern that his daughter would not return from school at the usual time, notified his wife, who went to the police station to report her disappearance.
Surveillance cameras in the building showed the girl returning to the place, but then she disappeared, according to another source familiar with the case.
An autopsy is being conducted during the day, according to a source close to the investigation.