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Seven months after Lina’s disappearance in Plaine in Alsace, her father speaks for the first time. If hope diminishes with time, the man affirms that it is always present.
This is his first public speech… Olivier Delsarte, the father of Lina, who has been missing since September 23 in Plaine (Bas-Rhin), spoke to our colleagues at Latest News from Alsace (DNA). The man confirms that the situation is “not simple” and talks about his relationship with his daughter.
Hope is “fading” but is still there
“The fact of not knowing allows us to maintain hope, to say to ourselves that, perhaps, she is sequestered somewhere and still alive. I cling to that,” explains the one who wants to remind us that he has “always been there” for his daughter, especially when she filed a rape complaint in 2022. A father who says he had “accomplice” moments and more difficult moments. “When I was with her, I wanted things to go well,” confides the man.
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But in July 2022, an event affects the relationship between the father and his daughter. They had planned to go for a walk with one of the girl’s friends. But “when Lina knew that her friend ultimately wouldn’t come with us, she went up in the towers.” “She called her mother and her mother came to pick her up. Then I didn’t see her anymore and there were no more exchanges. I sent two messages (in February 2023) but I didn’t no response,” says Olivier Delsarte.
Maintain confidence in justice
“Deep down I suspect…” If the more time goes on, the more hope “diminishes” according to Lina’s father, he says he maintains confidence in justice. “I would be in a bad position to criticize. They are giving their all with the means they have. It’s painstaking work. Despite the passage of time, they are not giving up.” The man was interviewed twice by investigators. “I was apprehensive because I didn’t really know what they wanted to know or what they wanted to tell me, but my two hearings went very well. The gendarmes were very good, very professional,” explains this driver. driver today on sick leave.
