During a press conference, the Grenoble prosecutor announced that the suspect, Abdoul D., 25, had already spent six years behind bars in the last ten years.
A huge “relief» for those close to Lilian Dejean, but also for the investigators. After two months on the run, the suspect in the murder of this cleaning agent killed in Grenoble on September 8 was arrested in Portugal. During a press conference this Friday, Grenoble prosecutor Éric Vaillant, who did not specify the date of the arrest, provided details on his profile and described the journey of a repeat offender.
Abdoul D., 25, was arrested by Portuguese law enforcement, in collaboration with French authorities in Póvoa de Lanhoso, approximately 70 kilometers from Porto. His identity had been known since the day of the events since his identity card had been found “in the vehicle that he himself crashed in front of Grenoble town hall, before attacking Lilian Dejean», Underlines the prosecutor. For several weeks, no less than forty investigators have been tracking the suspect, in collaboration with Portugal, where “he thought he was safe, no doubt».
Abdoul D.'s profile is striking since he has no less than 19 mentions in his criminal record, mainly for “acts of violence or linked to drug trafficking», Indicates the magistrate. Imprisoned by the Grenoble children's judge at the age of 15, he has spent no less than six years behind bars over the last ten years. Currently detained in Portugal under the European arrest warrant, he should be handed over to the investigating magistrate in the coming weeks. If the prosecutor was not able to give a date, he considered a delay of “five to six weeks.»
Lilian Dejean, a 49-year-old cleaning agent, was on duty on Sunday, September 8, early in the morning on Boulevard Jean-Pain in downtown Grenoble when, witnessing a traffic accident, he tried to prevent its perpetrator from fleeing. The latter then took out a gun and shot the municipal employee several times. Hit by two bullets in the chest, the father died shortly after in hospital. His death aroused immense emotion among his colleagues and residents, who paid him vibrant tributes the day after the murder, then during a white march. He was then buried in Guadeloupe.
