The facts date back to September 28, 2020 when Victorine Dartois was found partially naked. His body was discovered in the Turitin, a stream which runs along the towns of Villefontaine and Roche, in Isère. Two days earlier, she was shopping with her friends before mysteriously disappearing. She was on the phone with her sister on the way home and gave no sign of life afterward. But what happened to him? Analyzes were carried out on her body and the autopsy revealed that she had been strangled before succumbing to drowning. Twenty days later, a suspect was arrested.
Ludovic Bertin, now 29 years old, is accused of being behind this murder. He admitted to strangling the victim but the question still remains: did he also rape her? The young woman’s pants were found not far from the body, suggesting that a sexual act had occurred. He was indicted for murder preceded by attempted rape. However, Ludovic Bertin denies any accusation of sexual assault. “The sexual motive is denied by the analyzes which have been carried out since there is no dermabrasion on the genitals”,
said his lawyer.
Ludovic Bertin: a trial and many questions
The sexual motive would have been denied by the analyses. But juries will still ask questions, hoping to get more concrete answers from the accused. However, Ludovic Bertin’s lawyer said his client had consumed cocaine on the day of the crime. “He then finds himself in a particular mood and the facts arise at that moment,”
he indicated. An “excuse” which does not go down well with those close to the young woman. “I am angry because we took away the right to live from a girl who was peacefully returning home,” declared Karl Dartois, the uncle of Victorine Dartois before continuing: “She’s a girl who never did anything stupid, and who kept this joy and good humor. I think of her every day, every day.”
But why did Ludovic Bertin attack Victorine Dartois? At the time of his arrest, the accused explained that he had encountered the young woman while he was jogging. The two allegedly pushed each other and then argued. A particularly tense moment during which Ludovic Bertin explains that he would have “panic” before starting to “squeeze the neck” of the young woman and “ get rid of his body” in the water. Once again, the young woman’s uncle makes upsetting comments. “He didn’t just murder Victorine, he killed a family. This is why he must be condemned, because we are going to live with pain every day.” he said.
Ludovic Bertin: a known suspect but never imprisoned
Ludovic Bertin has already been convicted ten times for common law offenses but has never been imprisoned, benefiting from reduced sentences. At the time of the affair, a portrait had been dedicated to him in the columns of the Dauphiné Libéré. Readers were able to discover his childhood, shaken by the death of his father at the age of 9. “ Smile on your lips, thumbs up or middle fingers raised on the hood of a big Mercedes, riding a two-wheeler or even holding a pit bull on a leash. On social networks, Ludovic Bertin has been displaying his life for years. writes the media before continuing: “That of a millennial who has all the codes of the street”. It is specified that he did not know Victorine Dartois.
