the town of Prahecq under a bell for the reconstitution

At 6 p.m., rue de Niort, we no longer pass. Large barriers were installed this Wednesday early evening in Prahecq, in Deux-Sèvres, to prepare for the imminent reconstruction of the assassinations of Leslie Hoorelbeke and Kevin Trompat scheduled from 8:30 p.m. The couple had been killed in the house of Tom Trouillet on the night of November 25 to 26, 2022. The latter returns to his former rental at number 14 for the first time since his arrest in March 2023 and his placement in detention. Indicted for assassinations, he is invited to “replay” the crime scene alongside three other suspects, Nathan Badji, Enzo Challat and Mickaël Zadi, who would have lent him a hand.

Little by little, the streets empty, the town hall square is deserted, local residents lean out of their windows. The children watch the police cars pass by like watching a Netflix series. “This reconstruction really bothers us,” grumbles Georges, a resident of the cordoned-off neighborhood. We can’t do anything. We had to take precautions so as not to have to go out again. » This act of investigation is nevertheless necessary in this case where the different protagonists pass responsibilities on to each other.

“The K” expected on the fishing ground

At 7:45 p.m., end of show. The gendarmes, who came in large numbers, spread opaque tarpaulins in front of number 14 to protect the arrival of the suspects. In the house, everyone will be invited to reproduce exactly the acts committed in Prahecq. The reenactment is expected to end late at night.

This Thursday, the second part is planned on a fishing ground in the town of Niort, on the banks of the Sèvre Niortaise. It is here that the bodies would have been stored for twenty-four hours in a tent, before being buried in Charente-Maritime in Puyravault and Virson. The fifth suspect indicted in this case, Stevan Mathieu alias “Le K”, will be present. He had been called in as reinforcements by Nathan Badji to help the group remove the bodies.