The murder case of Lilian Dejean, this municipal agent from Grenoble (Isère) killed in cold blood at the beginning of September, seems to have its epilogue. As revealed Thursday by several media, then confirmed by our colleagues at Dauphiné Libéréa man who could be the main suspect was arrested Thursday afternoon after more than two months on the run. He was arrested around 5 p.m. in Póvoa de Lanhoso, a town located tens of kilometers north of Porto.
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“Delivered in the coming weeks”
Checks were carried out during the night, and the Grenoble public prosecutor confirmed this Friday during a press conference that he was the main suspect in the homicide of Lillian Dejean. “If I confirm her identity, it is because she has been known since the very day of the murder since Abdoul Diallo's identity card was found in the damaged vehicle in front of Grenoble town hall,” said Eric Vaillant.
Aged 25, the suspect, who already has 19 convictions on his criminal record, is now detained in Portugal, the public prosecutor confirmed, under the arrest warrant issued by the Grenoble investigating judge responsible for the case.
The suspect “was presented to a judge at the Porto court and agreed to be extradited”, declared a spokesperson for the judicial police, specifying that his transfer will be done “in coordination with the French authorities”.
As a reminder, Lilian Dejean, then aged 49 and father of two children, was shot and killed in front of the city of Grenoble by a man he had tried to prevent from fleeing after a car accident. Eric Vaillant also added that investigators “would now work on people likely to have helped Abdoul Diallo during his run.”
