The 13-year-old schoolgirl was found safe and sound in Normandy after her disappearance on November 25. A 21-year-old young man was taken into custody on Tuesday.
Morgane Rivoal, aged 13, was found alive in Coutances (Manche) according to a police source from AFP, in good health this Tuesday, December 10, after her disappearance at the end of November in a small village in Brittany. A discovery confirmed by the Saint-Brieuc prosecutor this Tuesday. The schoolgirl was found by the Rennes research section in a young workers’ home.
According to information from France Info, it is information according to which the 13-year-old schoolgirl was seen with a young man in the southwest which would have made it possible to locate her, this Tuesday, in Normandy. The 21-year-old young man who hosted him is registered in the File of perpetrators of sexual or violent offenses (Fijais), according to Le Télégramme. He was placed in police custody for “kidnapping, sequestration of a minor under the age of fifteen”. From now on, Morgane “must be examined by a doctor and heard by investigators”, indicates France Bleu Breizh Izel.
Since November 25, numerous gendarmes, accompanied by a helicopter and tracking dogs, were requisitioned to find the trace of the teenager in Côtes-d’Armor. Without success until Tuesday, December 10. The teenager had left the family home, located in the town of Pabu, a few kilometers north of Guingamp, on Monday November 25, as usual, to go to the Albert Camus college in Grâces, in the near suburb of Guingamp, where she goes to school. A journey made partly on foot, then by bus. She ultimately never made it to the school.
While an argument with her parents apparently occurred during the weekend which preceded her disappearance, particularly over the use of social networks, an argument during which “her father allegedly broke his daughter’s cell phone and took it from her.” her SIM card”, Morgane had stayed with her brothers and sisters in the family home on Sunday. His father worked until the evening, away from home.
A farewell message and more than 110 auditions
According to the testimony of a friend of the teenager, Morgane “was able to indicate on social networks that she would not come to class on Monday”. The public prosecutor revealed on Monday December 2 that a farewell message was also found in his trash can. “Dad, mom, sorry (sic), I’m leaving,” we can read.
At the same time, “more than 110 auditions” were carried out. In addition to Morgane’s family and friends, several adult men, who spoke with the 13-year-old girl via social networks, were questioned. Two had particularly caught the attention of investigators: one aged 21 and living in Drôme, the other aged 29 living in Eure. But no relevant element emerged from their hearings.