JUSTINE VAYRAC. The confessions of the suspect Lucas L. indicted for rape, kidnapping and murder made it possible to find the body of Justine Vayrac on October 27, 2022. The investigations are continuing in particular on the links which united the two individuals.
The essential :
- Justine Vayrac was found dead on October 27 in the town of Beynat (Corrèze) south-east of Brive, where she was last seen on Sunday morning at a nightclub exit.
- Justine Vayrac’s body was found after the confession of the main suspect who admitted to having killed the young woman and having buried her in the forest near his home. Investigators did find the body in the location indicated.
- The suspect, known as Lucas L. although his identity was not confirmed by the Limoges public prosecutor last night, also said he killed Justine Vayrac with a “punch” and after consensual sex but the investigators doubt the veracity of the facts because the body of Justine Vayrac presents several traces of blows as for the sexual intercourse, the track of the rape is not excluded.
- The investigation must still shed light on the relationship that united Justine Vayrac to the suspect and examinations in addition to an autopsy must specify the causes of death or the presence of drugs in the blood of the victim.
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09:17 – Justine Vayrac and Lucas L. “were far from strangers”
If Justine’s friends testify, it is also the case of the relatives of the suspect Lucas L. Yesterday two young men who know the defendant but wished to remain anonymous testified on the set of the show Do not touch My TV on C8 last night. According to them, Justine Vayrac knew the suspect well and had already been the subject of discussion: “We talked about it once or twice. [Lucas L.] said he liked her, that they liked each other.” More than a friendly relationship, according to the two men, the suspect and the victim seemed to have affinities. “She had already left with him at the late evenings. They were far from being strangers, they had already danced together and clubbed together. He even told me that he really liked her”. not understand how the situation could have ended in murder: “I do not understand how all this could have happened. We had been drinking a little, like a Saturday, but it was normal. It’s not violent”
09:04 – Was Justine Vayrac the victim of rape?
Investigators suspect the suspect of having raped Justine Vayrac before killing her. The man in question said during his police custody that he had consensual sex with the young woman before punching her that resulted in her death. The examinations and the autopsy of Justine’s body must make it possible to know whether there has been sexual violence or not, for the time being the suspect is indicted for rape in addition to the charges of forcible confinement and murder .
08:49 – The suspect Lucas L. found thanks to a friend of Justine Vayrac
It is the same friend who accompanied Justine Vayrac outside the discotheque and who noted the friendly bond between the victim and the suspect who made it possible to find Lucas L. and that thanks to his telephone number. If the young man contacted by The Parisian actually says he left Justine with Lucas L. during the evening, he explains that he had the reflex to take the suspect’s phone number: “I left, making sure that he would take care of her. As I didn’t didn’t know him, I preferred to take his number. I asked him to give me a call, which he gladly did. And I recorded his cell phone.” Later in the evening when neither the friends, nor the boyfriend, nor the parents of Justine Vayrac had any news, everyone was worried. Once the police were mobilized, it was the suspect’s telephone number recorded by the young man who made it possible to arrest Lucas L.
08:37 – Justine Vayrac and the suspect “had a friendly attitude”
Several friends of Justine Vayrac indicated that the 20-year-old knew the suspect who admitted to having killed him. At Parisian, a friend of Justine present at the nightclub party explains that when he went out with the young woman in front of the nightclub and ran into Lucas L., the suspect and the victim seemed to know each other. “Justine already knew him. She had done several evenings with him. They had a friendly attitude towards each other”. The witness, who saw no reason to worry, stayed with his tired and drunk friend and the suspect for a while before letting them both rest in Justine’s car.
08:29 – Did Justine Vayrac and Lucas L. know each other?
Before her reported disappearance on the morning of Sunday October 23, Justine Vayrac was last seen with Lucas L. outside a nightclub. According to the testimonies of the victim’s friends, the young woman left the club drunk and staggering and was entrusted by a friend to the suspect. But then what was the relationship between the two individuals? Wednesday evening, the public prosecutor of Brive indicated that Lucas L. “would be a friendly acquaintance [de Justine Vayrac] met a few times in the nightclub.” With TF1 Info the best friend of the victim however indicated that the young woman and the suspect had already had sexual intercourse. A theory refuted by the parents of Justine Vayrac who assure do not know the suspect and who recall that their daughter was in a relationship.
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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.