The main suspect in the Blois case was arrested and jailed on December 21. The man is the ex-companion of Chloé, the victim found unconscious in a building in Blois, and known for acts of violence.
It wouldn’t be his first shots. The man presumed responsible for the attack on Chloé, the young woman found unconscious in the hall of her building in Blois (Loir-et-Cher) ten days ago, was arrested this Thursday, December 21 in Plaisir in the Yvelines. Marvin J. is 27 years old and from the Ile-de-France written department The Parisian. Arrested and questioned by the Tours police, the man admitted to having delivered several “crushing” kicks to the head of the 24-year-old young woman and justified his actions by seeking “explanations, in particular on the break, the loss of the child and the publication of a photo on social networks”. Words that corroborate the statements of the prosecution that Chloe had ended her relationship with the suspect Marvin J. whom she had been dating since August 2022. The young woman had also undergone an abortion shortly before the attack according to the public prosecutor. Before the investigators, the suspect in the Blois case said he acted “in the spirit you hurt me [alors] I’m hurting you” and that “damn for damn”, he had “twisted”, according to information from the Figaro. The alleged attacker, however, denied having intended to kill his ex-girlfriend.
Since Thursday, the main suspect has been remanded in custody and is the subject of a judicial investigation for attempted murder. The victim has been in a coma since December 13, when she was found unconscious and lying in a pool of blood.
Violent, repeat offender… Who is the suspect in the Blois affair?
Marvin J., the alleged perpetrator of the attack in the Blois affair, is known to the police and the courts for other acts of violence, several of which have earned him convictions. A total of 14 entries appear on his criminal record. According to information from Parisian, since 2014, the man has been arrested on various occasions for “use of narcotics, carrying a prohibited weapon of category D (knife) and violence”. Among these convictions, one relates to violence against a former companion in 2015. The suspect then “pulled the hair” and kicked his spouse in the ribs. The Evry Criminal Court then sentenced him to a four-month suspended prison sentence and prohibited him from entering into contact with the victim or from going to the town of Athis-Mons (Essonne), where the violence had taken place. , for one year.
The suspect in the Blois case also made other stays in prison, in particular eight months in a cabin in 2017 by decision of the Versailles judicial court after violence in a means of transport. According to the prosecution, the suspect had been in a relationship with the victim since August, but Chloe had just ended the relationship at the beginning of December. TF1 News and Le Figaro adds that Marvin J. converted to Islam and had asked the victim to do the same before their separation.
Blois affair: what happened?
The Blois affair began on Tuesday December 13 after the discovery by the police, warned by witnesses, of an unconscious young woman in the hall of a building in Blois, in the Loir-et-Cher. The young woman named Chloe and aged 24 was immediately transported to the hospital in Tours where she was placed in a coma. She has since suffered from “major hemorrhagic brain damage” and has a “dark” neurological prognosis while her vital prognosis is engaged according to the prosecutor of the Republic of Blois, Charlotte Beluet.
The investigation into the Blois affair quickly revealed that only two hours before her attack, Chloe had gone to the police station in Blois and had been asked to return the next day. In all likelihood, the young woman would have come forward to complain about her ex-companion. The hearings of the relatives of the victim made it possible to learn that Chloé had broken up with the suspect at the beginning of December after four months of relationship “having reported (…) violence, threats and harassment, facts for which she had prepared a file in order to file a complaint”, according to the prosecution. The public prosecutor added that Chloé “had notably changed her phone (…) to put an end to the actions of her former companion and had recently had an abortion”.