French police probing the disappearance of an 18-year-old woman discovered a physique on Thursday after the primary suspect confessed to killing her in a lovers’ quarrel, a prosecutor stated.
rench police probing the disappearance of an 18-year-old woman discovered a physique on Thursday after the primary suspect confessed to killing her in a lovers’ quarrel, a prosecutor stated.
The 39-year-old man led police to a website within the woods close to the southern city of La Grand-Combe the place the woman lived, after admitting to the crime on Wednesday night, prosecutor Cecile Gensac stated.
He stated he had “killed the younger lady throughout a battle linked to their romantic relationship”, she stated.
Investigators discovered the “physique of a woman that corresponds in all features” with the outline of the lacking particular person, though a forensic examination nonetheless wanted to substantiate her id, she added.
A supply near the investigation stated the physique bore traces of a “violent dying”.
Sihem, whose surname has been withheld, disappeared after leaving her dwelling in La Grand-Combe late at evening on January 25, “in all probability to fulfill somebody she knew”, the investigating Justice of the Peace had stated earlier.
Police deployed helicopters and sniffer canines to attempt to discover her with out success.
On Tuesday, police detained each the suspect, a person convicted for earlier offences together with theft with a weapon, and an ex-girlfriend of his, herself a cousin of the lacking woman.
The cousin has been launched.
The suspect “determined to confront his heavy duty in Sihem’s disappearance and to finish the insufferable suspense for her family members by guiding the investigators,” his lawyer Jean-Marc Darrigade stated.
“He is aware of that his crime is unforgivable, however his silence would solely have made it worse.”
Investigators had initially suspected a kidnapping.
Concern has grown in France over the variety of ladies killed yearly.
As much as 122 ladies had been killed by a accomplice or ex-partner in France in 2021, in comparison with 102 the earlier yr, the inside ministry has stated.
The nation recorded some 146 femicides in 2019.
