Lina affair: the investigation rebounds, a suspect identified

Lina affair the investigation rebounds a suspect identified

Four months after the worrying disappearance of Lina, 15, in Alsace, investigators seem to be looking for a young man in his twenties.

Since the end of September, the investigation into Lina’s disappearance seemed to be slipping. But according to the Latest news from Alsace, the gendarmes of the cell dedicated to the Lina affair would be on a trail. In their sights? A man of around 20 years old who was reportedly seen driving a gray Renault Clio and may have approached different young girls in the weeks before and after Lina’s disappearance.

The daily reveals that the parents of teenage girls attending the Frison-Roche college in La Broque, an establishment in which Lina was still attending school in June 2023, three months before her disappearance, were contacted by investigators in order to question their parents. daughter(s). Objective: to determine if one of them, or even several, could have “discussed or met a man of around 20 years old in a playground during September 2023”, whether she was “alone or accompanied” at this moment. The gendarmes are also interested in any testimonies on this same subject that the young girls might have heard about.

The man would have “arrived and then left in a gray Renault Clio”, further specifies the investigators. Note that this is not the first time in this case that there is question of a Renault Clio in “dark, blue or gray” color, relays BFMTV. According to previous testimony, a vehicle of this type was seen in the area of ​​Lina’s disappearance on the day her relatives lost track of her. The continuous news channel also specifies that after a first email sent to the parent on January 15, a second was sent on Tuesday January 23 to parents with a daughter attending the Maison Familiale Rurale de Saint-Dié/la Porte d Alsace as well as at Grison college. It is indicated that the testimonies of young girls who began their schooling in September at the Frison-Roche college in La Broque and who visited the Saulxures playground last September and October are being sought. Lina has been missing since September 23, 2023. That day, she had to go from her home to the station, located three kilometers, on foot. She never arrived there.

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