Nearly a week after the discovery of her body, Philippine’s relatives will say a final goodbye. The funeral of the 19-year-old girl, found buried in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris on Saturday, will take place on Friday at 1 p.m. at the Saint-Louis Cathedral in Versailles (Yvelines), according to our information.
A kitty has also been opened by his relatives, to “help his family, in particular for the funeral and legal costs”. “The family thanks with all its heart all those who show concern and compassion in this tragedy”, is written in the description. This Wednesday morning, it had accumulated around sixty contributors.
The student from Paris Dauphine University disappeared on Friday, when she was due to go to her parents’ house in Montigny-le-Bretonneux (Yvelines). Worried, her relatives organised a search on Saturday in the Bois de Boulogne, where Philippine’s phone had been geolocated. Her body was found mostly buried a few metres away.
According to our information, the young girl died of asphyxiation, but the exact circumstances of her death have yet to be clarified. The suspect, Taha O., has been in pre-trial detention in Switzerland since Tuesday evening, where he had fled. This 22-year-old Moroccan national, who is under an order to leave French territory (OQTF), had been convicted of rape in the past. An investigation for voluntary homicide has been opened, and the investigations have been entrusted to the criminal brigade of the Paris judicial police.
The student’s murder has sparked a wave of emotion within her university, leaving students and teachers in shock. A minute of silence in her memory was held on Monday in the faculty’s reception hall.
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