42 years after the discovery of her body at Le Cellier, in Loire-Atlantique, the identity of “the young girl with the 10 pence coin” remains a mystery. In Europe, 46 women found dead have still not been identified. Interpol is trying to shed light on these cold cases, and is launching a call for witnesses, an operation called “Identify me”.
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On November 25, 1982, the body of a young woman was discovered on a road, near Le Cellier, in Loire-Atlantique. Who was she? Forty-two years after his death, the investigation was unable to identify him. She was between 16 and 23 years old.
It was two hunters who found the remains of the victim along departmental road 723. Nearby, some residents remember. “It was the dog that made them go to that place, just below the bridge. The body was not in good condition, she had been there for a while.” says Robert Marzelière.
The couple who live near the road keep all the press clippings about the case. “It’s really intriguing, we ask ourselves a lot of questions, as we don’t know exactly what happened”adds Huguette Marzelière.
According to investigators, the death dates back to a period between June and September 1982. On the day of her death, she was dressed in jeans, a white blouse with fine stripes and ruffles and red woven plastic shoes with small heels, Bata brand, European size 38, specifies the Interpol notice.
Shoes from “the girl with the 10 pence coin”
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© Interpol
Several objects were found on the body, a 10 pence coin (United Kingdom currency), a taxiphone token, a box of matches and a metal key ring bearing the image of Napoleon. But there is no document to identify him.
“There are two possibilities, either her disappearance was never reported because she had no family, she was out of touch; either his disappearance was declared in France or in a foreign country and we did not know, could not make the connection, explains Jean-Marc Bloch, former director of the judicial police in Versailles.
“The elements are very thin: a pair of red shoes, a 10 pence coin, it’s not much, it’s not a tattoo, it’s not very significant”.
To try to resolve this cold case, Interpol is launching operation “Identify me”, a call to citizens to collect testimonies.
“Their help can make the difference, even the smallest information can be decisive and help us resolve these unsolved cases”assures Jürgen Stock, Secretary General of Interpol
The young woman with the 10 pence coin was buried in the Cellar. Launched on October 8, the Interpol operation aims to identify 46 women found dead in six European countries, including France, over the past decades.
The report by Siegrid de Misouard, Fanny Borius, Vincent Raynal and Carole Mijeon
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