JUSTINE VAYRAC. The main suspect in the disappearance of Justine Vayrac has confessed, announce several media this Thursday. The man would have recognized the murder of the young woman and evokes a rape. But he would also have retracted on certain points. The latest info.
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- Justine Vayrac killed? This is what the main suspect would have confessed, this Thursday, October 27, 2022, to the investigators during his hearing. The 21-year-old allegedly admitted to raping, killing and burning the 20-year-old, burying her body in a wood.
- However, local media add that the respondent would however have retracted part of his story.
- Since Sunday, Justine Vayrac has been missing in Brive (Corrèze) and has still not been found.
- During a search operation organized on Wednesday afternoon, Justine Vayrac’s handbag was discovered burned near the suspect’s home. Bloodstains were also found in his room and his car. Their analyzes are still ongoing.
- Follow the latest information live.
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12:43 – A press conference organized at the end of the afternoon
L’AFP announces that the public prosecutor of Limoges, who inherited the file, will hold a press briefing this Thursday at 6.30 p.m. to discuss the progress of the investigation. The magistrate should give the last elements of the investigation and confirm, or not, the passage to the confessions of the main suspect.
12:39 – A confessed “rape under duress” .. before a retraction
What happened on Sunday morning? While the suspect admitted to having killed Justine Vayrac, the man would also have declared to have raped the victim, “under the duress of another man” announces The Parisian. A vague statement, which could imply the presence of an accomplice. The story raises more questions because the suspect would then have retracted this part of the statement.
12:06 – The suspect reportedly pointed to a location of a body
According The Parisian, the suspect allegedly admitted to having buried the body of the young woman and indicated a location in a wood, not far from his home. Investigators are on site to verify his statements.
11:27 – The suspect’s lawyer does not confirm the confession
The mountain also confirms for its part the information revealed by the two editorial staff of France 3 concerning the confessions of rape and murder of Justine Vayrac. However, the local daily adds that the suspect’s lawyer has not confirmed that his client has confessed.
11:21 – The suspect reportedly confessed to burying the body in a wood
New information on the suspect’s overnight hearing. France 3 New Aquitaine announces that the man would have confessed to having killed Justine Vayrac. The media adds that the respondent would also have confessed to having buried her in a wood. Investigators go on site with a judge this Thursday morning to verify this information.
10:25 – The suspect already known to justice
According The Midi Dispatch, the main suspect in the disappearance of Justine Vayrac would already be known to justice. He allegedly caused the arson of an agricultural shed.
09:57 – The suspect would have confessed .. before retracting
Rebound in the investigation into the disappearance of Justine Vayrac. According France 3 Occitania, the main suspect would have confessed overnight from Wednesday to Thursday. The local media quotes a source close to the investigation indicating that the young man would have admitted to having raped, killed and burned the 20-year-old young woman. But, a little later, he would finally reconsider his statements.
09:13 – The suspect presented to an investigating judge during the day
According franceinfo, the main suspect will be presented to an investigating judge during the day of Thursday. The young man would have already been transferred to the courthouse of Limoges, competent on the file.
08:41 – Towards the opening of a judicial investigation? What would change
During her press conference, the public prosecutor of Brive announced that a judicial investigation could be opened. While the ongoing investigation is being conducted for kidnapping and forcible confinement, what would change? A judicial investigation would lead to the seizure of an investigating judge who holds “extensive investigative powers to seek evidence and perpetrators of offences.” Thus, this will give another dimension to the file and the use of new means to shed light on this disappearance.
08:29 – Justine Vayrac’s phone has not been found
Contrary to information published Wednesday at the start of the day, Justine Vayrac’s phone was not found. This was confirmed by the public prosecutor of Brive, Wednesday afternoon at a press conference.
08:18 – Why is the man in custody the main suspect?
The investigation into the disappearance of Justine Vayrac therefore revolves around a 21-year-old man, arrested Tuesday morning at his home. The man is the main suspect in this case since he is the last person to have been in contact with the disappeared, according to the elements collected. Since they left the disco together on Sunday around 3:30 a.m., no one has seen the young woman. In addition, traces of blood were discovered in his vehicle as well as in his room, even if there is nothing to indicate, at this time, that it is the blood of Justine Vayrac. However, the charred bag of the latter was also found near the suspect’s home.
08:06 – What property belonging to Justine Vayrac has been found?
Since her disappearance on Sunday, around 4 a.m., investigators have been trying to get their hands on personal effects belonging to Justine Vayrac in an attempt to reconstruct her journey. The search organized on Wednesday afternoon made it possible to find her handbag, in which were several of her personal effects. But the object was charred, near the suspect’s home. In addition, his car was found, partly open, in the parking lot of the nightclub.
07:51 – The suspect still in custody
A 21-year-old man is still in custody as part of the investigation opened for kidnapping and forcible confinement. His police custody must end this Thursday morning at 9:45 a.m. It had already been extended for 24 hours.
07:45 – Where is Justine Vayrac?
Hi there ! Since Sunday, Corrèze has been in turmoil with the announcement of the disappearance of Justine Vayrac, a young woman barely 20 years old. The latter was seen for the last time at the exit of a nightclub in Brive. This Thursday marks the fifth day without news from this mother of a two-year-old child.
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Justine Vayrac is a 20 year old young woman. She has been missing in Brive, Corrèze, since Sunday October 23, 2022, after going out to a nightclub with friends. His last trace was at 4 a.m. that day. Since then, this mother of a two-and-a-half-year-old child has not given any sign of life. A report for “disturbing disappearance” was launched by the national police and the prosecutor’s office in Brive opened an investigation for kidnapping and forcible confinement.
According to the report sent by the national police, Justine Vayrac was dressed in a pastel pink dress and white Converse brand shoes. Measuring 1m65, she is of fine build, with smooth brown hair, mid-length. She has light eyes adds the description. The Mountain specifies that the young girl left the nightclub La Charrette, in Brive. In the event of information concerning this young woman, it is requested to contact the investigators of the Brive police station by telephone, at 05 55 17 46 00.
Justine Vayrac was therefore 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”, indicates 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 then took care of 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. But since then, no more news of the latter.
“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. She is in love with her boyfriend. She has no reason not to give news”, alarmed her mother. One thing is certain: on Sunday, Justine Vayrac did not drive 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.
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 chronology elements and to cross-check the various elements collected at this stage of the investigation. “said 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 public prosecutor’s office, relayed by The mountain. At this stage, no additional information has been provided regarding the profile of the suspect.
This Wednesday, BFM-TV announces that traces of blood have been discovered in the room of this same person, but also in his car. Is it Justine’s? Analyzes should make it possible to find out quickly.