The funeral of Philippine Le Noir de Carlan, the student found dead in the Bois de Boulogne last Saturday, is scheduled for this Friday, September 27 in Versailles. The profile of the suspect arrested Tuesday is becoming clearer and giving rise to several reactions and political recoveries.
The essentials
- Philippine Le Noir from Carlan, 19, was found dead in the Bois de Boulogne almost a week ago. The discovery generated a significant wave of emotion in France.
- Philippine’s funeral is to take place this Friday, September 27 at 1 p.m. at Saint-Louis Cathedral, in Versailles. The ceremony should last 2.5 hours and could be held for up to 1,500 people, which is the capacity of the cathedral. The young girl will then be buried privately in Montigny-le-Bretonneux.
- A suspect was arrested confused by his DNA, recorded in the automated judicial file of perpetrators of sexual or violent offenses (FIJAIS) and found at the crime scene. He also used the bank card of Philippine Le Noir de Carlan, in Seine-Saint-Denis.
- The suspect’s name is Taha O., he is 22 years old. He was arrested by Swiss police officers while he was at the Geneva train station. This Moroccan national was placed in pre-trial detention. The suspect was already known to law enforcement, as he had already been convicted of the rape of a 23-year-old woman who occurred in 2019 in the Paris region. Placed in detention between March 2022 and June 2024, he was subject to an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF) and held at the administrative detention center (CRA) in Metz after his release from prison. According to the Ministry of the Interior, whose RTL relays the words, he would have been released on September 3, due to lack of a pass issued in time to allow his expulsion to Morocco.
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08:20 – A burial in strict family privacy
At the end of the funeral which should last approximately 2.5 hours, Philippine Le Noir de Carlan will be buried in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, in Yvelines, where her parents live. The funeral will be held in strict family privacy according to the family’s wishes, despite the impact of the affair.
08:15 – Philippine funeral organized this Friday
The Philippine Le Noir funeral of Carlan is organized this Friday, September 27, at 1 p.m., at the Saint-Louis cathedral in Versailles, in Yvelines. The place was chosen because it is in this cathedral that the student found dead last Saturday had carried out her confirmation, reports BFMTV. The religious building capable of accommodating 1,500 people could be filled, but no broadcast of the ceremony will be broadcast.
09/26/24 – 11:16 p.m. – Is France really sure of obtaining the extradition of the suspect in the Philippine case?
END OF LIVE – For Me Jean-Charles Teissedre, lawyer specializing in extradition procedures, there is little doubt. “These are recent facts, there is an arrest warrant, the request is easy to formalize,” he analyzes to the Parisianbefore concluding: “France will obtain extradition. The only unknown is time.” As we mentioned earlier, it could indeed be weeks, or even months in the worst case, before the main suspect in the Philippine Le Noir de Carlan affair is handed over to the French authorities.
26/09/24 – 22:49 – Emmanuel Macron reacts to the murder of Philippine
From Canada, the President of the Republic denounced Thursday evening a “heinous and atrocious crime”. “Obviously justice will do its job, obviously the state services will do theirs,” assured Emmanuel Macron who expressed his “solidarity” with the family of Philippine Le Noir de Carlan.
09/26/24 – 9:19 p.m. – Philippine’s funeral celebrated this Friday in Versailles
One week to the day after her disappearance, the funeral of Philippine Le Noir de Carlan will take place this Friday, September 27, from 1 p.m., at the Saint-Louis cathedral in Versailles, in Yvelines. A symbolic place for the family since it is in this place that Philippine had made her confirmation, according to BFMTV. The cathedral was also chosen for its capacity to accommodate up to 1,500 people. Philippine’s death, which occurred in dramatic circumstances, has indeed caused a lot of emotion in recent days and many people should want to attend the funeral.
09/26/24 – 8:58 p.m. – “Justice was irresponsible”, regrets Jordan Bardella
Guest of 20 Heures de France 2 this Thursday evening, the boss of the RN considered that “justice was irresponsible” and the State had “failed” in the Philippine affair. “How many dramas do we need for our political leaders to become aware of what is happening today in the country?” questioned Jordan Bardella, who also recalled that “in a few days” the RN deputies “will propose [à l’Assemblée] the reestablishment of double punishment”, namely prison followed by expulsion for foreigners.
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Death by asphyxiation and gray areas
The body of the 3rd year financial economics and engineering student at Paris Dauphine University was discovered half-buried not far from the university canteen, where she was seen one last time at 2 p.m. on the 20th. september. The Parisian revealed that the forensic doctors responsible for the autopsy concluded on Sunday that he died of asphyxiation.
However, the exact circumstances of Philippine’s death and the modus operandi of her potential assassin still remain to be clarified. Because if strangulation is the first idea that comes to mind when we talk about death by asphyxiation, the forensic doctors would be clear: Philippine would not have been strangled. The absence of any trace of tightening would even tend to rule out this hypothesis, notes The Parisianwho also claims that the rumors according to which Philippine was the victim of beatings are false.
To explain the asphyxiation, a daily source in the capital mentions “a compression”, without further details being provided at this time. The “other examinations and expertise” to be carried out, mentioned on Sunday evening by the Paris prosecutor’s office, could be explained by this lack of clarity of the situation. But an expert immediately points out that not everything can be determined by forensic doctors and that we will have to wait for the results of the investigative work to find out more.
Philippine’s body found partly buried
Friday afternoon, the student left the University around 2 p.m., after having lunch at Crous. She had to go to her parents in Yvelines, in Montigny-le-Bretonneux. That was the last time she was seen. Realizing that their daughter was not arriving, her parents tried to call her, without success. The young woman’s sister was the first to raise the alarm, the same evening, at around 11 p.m. by going to the police station in the 16th arrondissement of the capital. A procedure for a disturbing disappearance was then opened.
Concern quickly grew among those close to him. Philippine wasn’t used to being unreachable for very long. His phone was limited for the last time to the Bois de Boulogne. A hunt was then organized on Saturday to try to find the missing young woman. Nearly fifty people helped the family by going there. His phone was first found, before the discovery of the body, “around 20 meters from where the device was discovered, behind a mound”, specifies The Parisian.
At 4:50 p.m., Philippine’s body was discovered, partly buried, near a hiking trail. “The victim was formally identified late in the evening” this Sunday, the Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed to the Parisianespecially thanks to the chain around her neck and the clothes she wore. An investigation was opened for intentional homicide and entrusted to the criminal brigade.
A man with a pickaxe seen by witnesses
From now on, a question must be raised: what was Philippine Le Noir de Carlan doing at the back of her University when she was supposed to go to her parents in Yvelines? In fact, the RER station of line C, which the student was supposed to take, is “on the other side”, explains The Parisian. “It might happen that he went for a little walk there [au bois de Boulogne ndlr.]just to get some fresh air, to get some fresh air,” an acquaintance of the family said on Tuesday on a daily basis.
According to information from Figarowitnesses reportedly saw a man with a surgical mask and carrying a pickaxe heading towards the Bois de Boulogne lake. Did the individual, “dark-haired about 1m80”, constitute the start of a lead for the investigators? The geolocation of Philippine’s phone would in any case have guided the investigators’ research, according to people close to the investigation to the 24-hour news channel. At the same time, the hearings continued in recent days, and the relatives who participated in the search on Saturday were to be interviewed in the premises of the criminal brigade.
Shock and incomprehension in those around Philippine
On Monday, a minute of silence to pay tribute to Philippine was organized in the university reception hall, an opportunity for those who knew her to remember the person she was. She was “a very intelligent, caring girl, very supportive of her comrades and above all full of life”, testified to the Parisian a former teacher of the young woman. “She was brilliant and very hardworking. She was a class act. I often said to myself that she would surely have access to better masters than me,” confides to Figaro a student. And another classmate adds: “She was a very good student who loved reading. She was deeply kind. She was gentle and very discreet. She was not someone extravagant. She spent time with her family as soon as she could.”
While a prayer vigil was organized Sunday evening in the Saint-Pierre-du-Lac church, which the victim and her family attended, a Philippine scout supervisor also remembered her in the columns of Figaro. “She is very active, very kind and very proactive. She was always willing and available if there was a need to do anything or to motivate others,” he recalled.
This Monday, at the university, the insecurity in the neighboring Bois de Boulogne was unsurprisingly on everyone’s lips, but those who knew Philippine were wondering above all who could have blamed her. “She was very hardworking, really nice, a little shy and reserved. I don’t know who could have wanted to hurt her,” she confided to the Figaro a classmate. “I only knew her by sight, but she was a very nice girl who didn’t seem to have any problems”, also remarked to the Parisian an acquaintance.