JUSTINE VAYRAC. While Justine Vayrac was found dead and the main suspect, Lucas L., confessed, many gray areas remain. We take stock of the investigation…
The essential :
- Justine Vayrac was killed on Sunday October 23. Disappeared that day around 4 a.m., the young woman was found dead in the woods of a village 20 kilometers south-east of Brive.
- The main suspect is Lucas L. The 21-year-old admitted to killing Justine Vayrac after being arrested and taken into custody. For now, the motive is not yet known. Investigators are continuing their investigations.
- In particular, investigators must determine whether the death was intentional or accidental. Lucas L. claimed he hit the victim after having sex, which he described as “consensual”. However, the charge of “rape” was retained at this stage of the investigation. In addition, testimonies evoke remarks by Justine Vayrac the evening of her disappearance regarding a substance added to her glass of champagne. Analyzes will make it possible to know if the victim was drugged or not.
- Placed in pre-trial detention, the defendant faces life imprisonment
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10:50 – What kind of clues are collected by the investigators?
On Saturday October 29, the spokesperson for the scientific police Pierre Pascaud described the nature of the clues collected by the investigators: “It can be classic elements that everyone knows: papillary, biological, genetic samples.” He points out that “digital samples” are also taken. This is data contained in the cell phones and vehicles of anyone connected to the investigation. The commissioner explains the interest of the digital trail in a criminal case: “It is interesting for us to be able to possibly talk about mobile phones, both on the telephone boundary and then on the digital content.”
09:50 – Investigations continue Saturday, October 29
Saturday October 29, six days after the murder of Justine Vayrac, the investigations continue. Investigators have yet to determine the exact cause of the 20-year-old’s death. Questioned by BFM TV, Commissioner Pierre Pascaud, spokesman for the scientific police, indicated that the scientists “make observations on the most important areas: the suspect’s home, possibly a vehicle, in front of the night establishment”. And to specify: “This forensic work is done hand in hand with the judicial police officers, and the investigators.” According to Pierre Pascaud, “you have to be rigorous, methodical. You have to take the time to explore all the avenues”. A sign of the close collaboration between the police services, the spokesperson explains: “Obviously, the investigators direct the scientific police towards the most important, the most interesting elements.
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Justine Vayrac is a 20-year-old young woman, found dead on Thursday October 27, 2022 in Beynat (Corrèze), south-east of Brive. She had been missing since Sunday, October 23, after going out to a nightclub with friends. His last trace was at 4 a.m. that day. Since then, this mother of a child of two and a half years had not given any sign of life. A report for “disturbing disappearance” had been launched by the national police. After four days of research, his lifeless body was discovered on Thursday at midday.
Justine Vayrac was seen for the last time on Sunday October 23, 2022, leaving the nightclub La Charrette, in Brive (Corrèze) “in the company of a young man, not far from the night establishment, while she was going out to get some air for a while”, indicated a press release from the Brive prosecutor’s office, broadcast this Tuesday, October 25 and relayed by The mountain. It was at this time, around 4 a.m., that she would have met a man – “an acquaintance” – in the parking lot of the nightclub, after leaving the establishment with a friend.
According to the account of one of his friends, published by The mountain, Justine Vayrac would have, after having drunk a few glasses of alcohol in a box, asked to go to sleep in her car, parked in the parking lot. Accompanied by a friend (named Théo) outside the night establishment, she would then have met a man, who had already met several times. Which had then supported the girl. “I took the number of this man, before entrusting Justine to him. He told me to go and enjoy the evening, that he was going to watch her. I told him to keep me informed,” explained Justine’s friend. “I called the boy who was with her, he told me he had left, because Justine was feeling better. Then, a few hours later, he told me that she had texted him on Snapchat saying she was with another friend. It’s very weird that she only responds to him and not to others”, detailed Théo.
During the night, the young woman had exchanged in writing with her mother, as well as with her boyfriend. “Her phone went off at 1 p.m. on Sunday. I was told she was taken to Malemort to meet another friend. child of 2 and a half years old. She is in love with her boyfriend. She has no reason not to give news”, her mother was alarmed. One thing is certain: on Sunday, Justine Vayrac had not driven out of the nightclub where she was last seen. His car was left in the nightclub parking lot. But the vehicle was found unlocked on the passenger side and with the windows open. His identity papers were found there.
Justine Vayrac’s body was finally found Thursday, October 27, in a wood, located a few dozen meters from the suspect’s home. Investigators discovered the body on the suspect’s instructions.
Tuesday, October 25, a man was therefore placed in police custody as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Justine Vayrac “in order to verify the elements of chronology and to cross-check the various elements collected at this stage of the investigation” indicated the public prosecutor of Brive, Émilie Abrantes. He would be the last person to have been in the company of the young woman before her disappearance. “This man would be a friendly acquaintance, met a few times in a nightclub”, specifies the prosecution, relayed by The mountain. The Parisian indicates that the young man was identified under the name of Lucas L., he would be known to everyone in the town of Beynat in Corrèze. He is described as the son of a farmer very integrated into the sporting life of his city. Wednesday, BFM-TV announced that traces of blood were discovered in the room of this same person, but also in his car. The suspect has already made a confession.