“It’s the end of a nightmare”: 2 months after the murder of Lilian Dejean, a suspect arrested in Portugal

A European arrest warrant was issued against him on September 13. The man suspected of having killed municipal agent Lilian Dejean two and a half months ago in the center of Grenoble was arrested Thursday in the north of Portugal, where he had been hiding since the murder, according to information from police-justice service of TF1/LCI.

While checks were underway Thursday evening to ensure the identity of the man arrested, the lawyer who represents Lilian Dejean's family, Me Romain Ruiz, shared the relief of his loved ones. “I spoke to them on the phone, they are obviously relieved by this news that they have been waiting for several weeks. It is the end of a nightmare and it is at the same time the beginning of a long legal journey,” he declared on TF1, in the report at the top of this article.

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  INFO TF1-LCI: the alleged murderer of Lilian Dejean, the municipal agent killed in Grenoble, arrested in Portugal

On September 8, in the morning, this 49-year-old cleaning agent was shot in the chest while trying to prevent a man who had caused a traffic accident while driving a car from fleeing. a powerful rental car registered in Poland. The father died shortly after in hospital. His death aroused strong emotion among his colleagues and residents, who paid him vibrant tributes the day after the murder, then during a white march. He was then buried in Guadeloupe. A judicial investigation had been opened in particular for “murder of a person entrusted with a public service mission”.

The identity papers of the suspect, residing in the suburbs of Grenoble, were found in the abandoned car, a large car rented in his name. Aged 25, the latter was already known for acts linked to drug trafficking.