A man suspected of the murder of a young woman in Avignon was arrested on December 25 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, according to information from La Provence, confirmed to Le Parisien. The man, born in 1990, was arrested as part of a European arrest warrant issued by the Avignon public prosecutor’s office, indicates the public prosecutor, Florence Galtier. He should be transferred to France “in the coming weeks”.
The suspect is already known to the courts for theft, violence and drug-related offences. According to La Provence, the individual arrested would be the last man of the trio linked to the murder of the young woman killed at her home last December. He is suspected of having been in contact with the victim a few hours before his death.
The facts date back to December 10. That day, Barbara, 24, was found strangled to death in her Avignon studio. The victim had signs of a blow on his body and face as well as a dislocated finger. The lower part of his body was bare. The young woman apparently consumed drugs at home the weekend before her death in the company of three other people, according to the first known information.
The Avignon public prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation for “murder with acts of torture and barbarity committed by an organized gang”. The autopsy concluded that the victim died of strangulation. “What happened to him is horrible. These facts are unforgivable. We are angry at this violence. Who has the right to take someone’s life, such a pretty 24-year-old woman who had her whole life ahead of her? “, his sister, Hannelone, testified to Le Figaro.
