The suspect in two unsolved murders 20 years old, arrested Monday in Dijon, will be presented to the investigating judge at the Nanterre “cold case” center after his police custody is lifted this Friday.
Hopes of solving two 20-year-old crimes continue to grow. The man who was arrested Monday at his home in Dijon, as part of the investigation into two unsolved murder cases, will be presented to the investigating judge at the “cold case” center in Nanterre, the prosecutor's office said. Friday, after 96 hours of custody before investigators specializing in serial crimes.
Mohammed C., 63, is suspected of being involved in the murder of Leila Afif, killed in 2000 in La Verpillière, and in that of Nathalie Boyer, 15, found with her throat slit in August 1988 in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier. Two businesses relaunched in 2022 with the creation of the Nanterre “cold case” hub and technological progress. New analyzes of the suspect's DNA, found on the seals of the Afif file, made it possible to identify the sixty-year-old. Investigations by the research section of the Grenoble gendarmerie then refined the suspicions in recent weeks.
“The Missing of Isère”
“Investigators would never have been satisfied with a genetic fingerprint, if there was nothing around”supports Me Corinne Hermann, lawyer for the family of Nathalie Boyer, behind the creation of the “cold-case” center. She herself had initiated a previous cell called “Mineurs 38” to try to elucidate the mystery of the Disparues de l'Isère which concerns nine disappearances or murders of children in the department between 1983 and 1996.
“We are not safe from other casesdeclares Corinne Hermann at Figaro. There will be checks on his diary, his journey. It’s a tremendous hope that shows families that we can do it. We can identify authors even years later.”
