Three people were placed in police custody on Monday February 10 in the investigation into the death of Louise. The profile of one of them could correspond to a track envisaged by the investigators. DNA checks are underway to charge or innocent this individual.
It is a drama that we do not yet know the causes. Louise, an 11-year-old teenager, was found dead in an Epinay-sur-Orge wood (Essonne) on the night of Friday 7 to Saturday February 8 around 2 am. The girl had not given any sign of life since the afternoon of Friday, after her release from André-Maurois college around 3 p.m. Louise’s latest image was captured by the city’s video surveillance cameras when she crossed the woods of the Templars in which her body was discovered by the police after several hours of research.
Louise’s body presented traces of several stab wounds and the autopsy made on Saturday made it possible to “note the presence of very many wounds committed with a sharp object in vital areas” confirmed the Evry prosecution. The medical-legal examinations found “none element” allowing “to affirm that sexual violence had been committed”.
An investigation initially open for “disturbing disappearance” was reclassified as an investigation for “murder of minor under 15 years of age” said the public prosecutor of Évry, Grégoire Dulin. The investigations were entrusted to the organized and specialized crime department of Yvelines (DCOS 78), in co-saisine with the National Directorate of the Judicial Police.
Three suspects arrested
Two people were arrested this Monday, February 10 in Rouen, and placed in police custody. He is a 23-year-old man, placed in police custody for “murder murder under the age of 15”, and a 55-year-old woman, heard for “non-denunciation of crime”. According to information from BFMTV, the latter is the mother of the first, implicated. The prosecution, which announced the arrests, indicates that “checks are underway to determine their possible involvement in the commission of these facts”, in particular DNA analyzes and verifications concerning telephony. After The Parisianan identity document belonging to the young man would have been found in the woods. Likewise, it could correspond to the individual filmed by video surveillance cameras, which seems to follow Louise at the end of the college. The testimony of a friend of the victim goes in this direction.
The suspect, still presumed innocent, would be of French nationality and would present a “SDF profile” according to Le Parisien. He would be known to have his habits in Essonne where the death of Louise occurred, even if his mother resides in Rouen. He is also known to police services for several small crimes. His mother presents a virgin locker. The young man’s profile can correspond to one of the tracks envisaged by investigators to explain the death of Louise: that of a “free” act committed by opportunity by a marginal personality, suffering from psychiatric disorders or by a sadistic killer. This is only one track among others, no scenario has yet been dismissed at this stage.
A third person was arrested Monday evening around 8 p.m. according to information from the Public Prosecutor of Évry, of which Le Figaro echoes. It would be another young man also 23 years old. He was placed in police custody.
Two other released people
Before these arrests, the investigators had very few clues to identify the author of the murder of Louise. They relied on the silhouette of a man spotted on the last images of Louise. They tried to identify the individual by carrying out neighborhood investigations in parallel and by relating to telephony, in particular to identify users of all phones having limited to crime.
Investigators had arrested two other people on Saturday, February 8. It was a 22 -year -old man, who would have been seen on video surveillance images, and his partner, a 20 -year -old student. They were arrested shortly before 1 a.m. to the mother of the man, with whom he lives, in Épinay-sur-Orge. They were both released free at the beginning of the evening after having presented an alibi and for lack of evidence.
08:08 – Louise victim of a “free” murder?
The investigation into Louise’s death is advancing with the arrest of three people on Monday, but the investigators have not yet arrested or determined of a privileged track. The fact remains that some elements of investigations go in the direction of one of the tracks: that of a “free” murder committed by opportunity by a marginal person, suffering from disorders or presenting a sadistic profile. One of the suspects arrested, a 23 -year -old man described as “an homeless person” with his habits in Essonne, seems to correspond to the following silhouette louise spotted on the clichés of the city’s surveillance cameras. An object, which will be an identity document, belonging to the suspect has also been found in the wood. Investigators, however, invite caution, especially as DNA checks and analyzes are underway to instill or innocent the individual.
00:09 – A second young man of 23 years also placed in police custody Monday evening
The public prosecutor of Évry, of which Le Figaro Echo, revealed that a new arrest took place this Monday evening, around 8 p.m. He would be a 23 -year -old young man. He is the third person arrested this Monday as part of the investigation into Louise’s death. For the time being, little information concerning this new arrest has been revealed. The man was placed in police custody.
02/10/25 – 11:30 pm – Analysis in progress to allow to charm or innocent the main suspect
A silhouette similar to that observed by video surveillance cameras, an identity document which links it to the crime scene, but also a profile which could correspond to one of the tracks envisaged by the investigators: that of an act ” Free “committed by opportunity by a person with psychiatric disorders or a sadistic killer. SDF, marginal, could the suspect arrested on Monday be the murderer of Louise? Analyzes are underway. Investigators are currently checking telephony. DNA analyzes have also been launched. Objective: to establish or not a link between the suspect and Louise. Will young man DNA traces be found under the nails of the middle school or on his clothes? Pending the results, caution remains in order.
02/10/25 – 22:44 – The mother of the young man arrested, also suspected?
His home had been placed under surveillance since Sunday, after the discovery of the document belonging to his son in the woods. It was when the latter tried to enter that the police intervened and also arrested it. The 55 -year -old, the mother was also placed in police custody. Reason: “Non-denunciation of crime”. But according to The Parisianit would be a classic measure used by investigators for the sole purpose of being able to question it under a coercive regime. The 50 -year -old does not seem to have taken part in the murder of Louise. His criminal record is also a virgin.
02/10/25 – 22:17 – The key testimony of a friend of Louise
As BFMTV relay and The Parisiana friend of Louise living in the same district that she would have delivered a disturbing testimony to the investigators. While video surveillance cameras seem to show a man dressed in a down jacket that follows the college student going home, these do not allow the rest of the events. However, a friend of the girl claims to have seen Louise walking towards the Bois des Templiers accompanied by a man in black down jacket “. She did not seem to be physically forced by the individual in question. Nevertheless, he could just as well have threatened her verbally or use another ploy to push her to go to the forest against her will. Nothing indicates either that Louise could have known, or not, this young man.
02/10/25 – 21:33 – This object discovered in the woods which allowed to drive to the young man arrested this Monday
As mentioned earlier, an object belonging, it seems, to the young man arrested on Monday in Rouen on Monday with his mother was found during a hunt in the woods. According to the latest information from Parisianthe object in question would be none other than an identity document. However, investigators remain cautious. The suspect could just as easily lose this document on another occasion.
02/10/25 – 20:34 – These clues that would have allowed investigators to go back to the young man arrested this Monday
Several elements would have allowed investigators to go up the track to the man arrested on Monday. If for the time being, he remains presumed innocent, The Parisian advances that an object that could belong to him would have been found during the Sunday hunt. In addition, it could also correspond to the silhouette, qualified as juvenile by our colleagues, seen following Louise on the video surveillance cameras of the city. Dressed in a black down jacket, the person, who seems to be a young man, carries a cap on which he went up the hood of her down jacket. We then see her walking three meters behind Louise, as if she followed her. A teenage friend would have confirmed that the individual followed well Louise. However, if these clues seem to point the young man, a source close to the file contacted by The Parisian calls for caution as to the affirmation of its involvement. Recall that two people were already arrested on Saturday before being finally released free a little later.