The autopsy on Lina's body completed, the funeral of the teenager whose body was found on October 16, 2024, is scheduled for this Friday, October 25 in her village of Plaine, in Bas-Rhin, where she had disappeared a year ago. a little over a year old.
The first partial results of Lina's autopsy fell on Thursday October 24, 2024, revealing that the 15-year-old teenager at the time of her disappearance on September 23, 2023, would have died of asphyxiation.
Following the forensic examination carried out last weekend which should determine the circumstances in which she died, Lina's remains were returned to her parents.
It is this Friday, October 25, 2024 that the young girl's funeral is scheduled in Plaine, in Bas-Rhin, her village. They will take place, according to the wishes of the loved ones, in the strictest privacy.
A religious ceremony in the Plaine church
The funeral will take place in two stages. First, a religious ceremony is planned at Saint-Arnould church. It will start at 2 p.m. Priest Jean-Claude Klotz will officiate.
The ceremony should last one hour. It will be punctuated by Father Klotz's homily, songs chosen by the family performed by the parish choir and followed by speeches from Lina's loved ones.
A sound transmission
The church can accommodate up to 300 people, sound transmission is planned outside the church.
A security perimeter to avoid “voyeurism”
As reported by Les Latest News from Alsace, through the lawyers of the Groll (Lina's mother) and Delsarte (Lina's father) families, “the public is asked to remain outside the church of respect the “solemnity of the moment. It is a demonstration of solidarity and emotion.”
Police officers were mobilized to establish a security perimeter as well as volunteers to prevent traffic and parking of cars near the church.
Lanterns released into the sky
A lantern release is planned at the exit of the church, indicates our colleagues from BFMTV.
Lina buried in the strictest privacy
Lina will then be buried. The mother and father's lawyers have indicated that the burial will take place in the strictest family privacy.
The exact location has not been communicated.
His body found submerged in water
Lina's body was found in Nièvre, 500 km from where she disappeared on September 23, 2023. That day, she left the family home in Plaine on foot to go to Blaise station -la-Roche located 2.9 km away. She had to take a train towards Strasbourg to join her boyfriend. She never went inside.
The investigation into the sole and main suspect in this case continues. This is Samuel Gonin, a 43-year-old man living in Besançon who killed himself last July. He could not have been heard as part of the judicial investigation opened for kidnapping and sequestration. The only certainty was that Lina's DNA and bag were found this summer in her car.
