“No lesions”was not noted during a first medical examination on Morgane, detailed the public prosecutor of Saint-Brieuc on Wednesday December 11 during a press conference. Morgane was found alive the day before in Coutances (Manche), in a young workers' home. Nicolas Heitz spoke in particular about how the events unfolded. A 21-year-old young man was taken into custody in this case. He is suspected of having taken Morgane to the Coutances home where the teenager was found.
Meeting on social networks
Morgane and this young man had gotten to know each other on social networks, via Snapchat. And according to the suspect's statements, “there were no intimate relations” between them. He explained to investigators that the young woman had asked him to come pick him up after an argument with her parents about the use of social networks. The teenager's phone was also broken. During During her hearing, Morgane explained that she had received a blow to the head.
Fifteen days spent in the young workers' home
Still according to the suspect's statements, Morgane spent 15 days in her room at the Young Workers' Home, with the door locked but with – also – the possibility of opening it from the inside. “He claimed on several occasions to have offered to take Morgane home and said he would not keep her. She refused, saying she felt good at his place”detailed Nicolas Heitz.
Still according to the suspect's statements, two weeks after the disappearance of the young girl, he made contact with a “mutual friend” and virtually met on social networks and living near Bordeaux to agree to bring the young girl to him. And this is what made it possible to speed up the investigation.
A report put investigators on the trail of the suspect
Because the suspect and Morgane arrived late at the home of this minor friend. And when the suspect knocks on the door around 2 a.m., the mother asks him “to turn back“. However, she saw a teenager in the car and made the connection with Morgane. On Monday, she went to the gendarmerie. The investigators ended up tracing the suspect and managed to arrest him at his workplace in Coutances.
The suspect was going to be tried in Beauvais
The suspect was known to the courts for a traffic violation. And above all, he was to be judged on Wednesday December 11 in Beauvais in Oise for minor subtractionfacts dating from April 2022. The victim was 14 years old at the time of the events. From now on, the suspect must be presented to an investigating judge for indictment. The prosecutor indicates that he will request his placement in pre-trial detention to avoid “so that he does not put pressure“on Morgane and to prevent the risk of”reiteration of facts“, specified Nicolas Heitz.
Intense research
Morgane had disappeared on Monday November 25 when she had to go to college. An investigation was immediately opened and significant research resources deployed. The investigators had increased the number of hearings, door-to-door operationssearches and road checks. For 15 days, hundreds of leads were studied before information enabled the teenager to be found.
Wednesday afternoon, Morgane's parents posted a message on Facebook to thank everyone who supported them.in these very difficult times“. In this message, they express their gratitude to the “families, friends, neighbors, colleagues, bosses, establishment staff, Mr. Le Mayor and the entire commune of Pabu“, as well as to all those who mobilized to the hunt bringing together 800 people or the posting of search notices, without forgetting “the Guingamp gendarmerie and the Rennes research section“.
