It is therefore a 36-year-old case, a cold case, which could be on the verge of being resolved. The murder of a 15-year-old Reunion girl, Nathalie Boyer, found with her throat slit in August 1988 in Saint-Quentin Falavier near Lyon. An individual is in police custody. His DNA was found on the seals of another murder case which dates back to the year 2000. Murders which are part of the vast file of the missing from Isère. 9 disappearances or murders of children in the department between 1983 and 1996.
At the time, the case was already making headlines. More than 30 years later the investigation resumes. A DNA analysis made it possible to identify a suspect aged around 20 years old. Nathalie Boyer was a family of 6 people. She was found dead along the railway tracks in her town. It was in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier near Lyon. Get answers, find a potentially guilty suspect. This is a new ordeal for the teenager's family.
“It is both a relief but not total because today we do not know what is happening, what the suspect may have said to the courts. So we are waiting for what happens passes during this custody, the elements which allowed justice to get closer to this man It is not yet a relief it is a wait for the moment”, declares the family lawyer, Maître Corinne. Herrmann.
How can we explain that the suspect was found 36 years later? Both because investigators' technologies have improved and also because the police DNA data bank has expanded since the 1990s.
The man is in police custody for at least 96 hours. He is also accused of killing Leïla Afif, a 40-year-old woman who was shot dead in 2000.
At the time, the affair was already making headlines. More than 30 years later the investigation resumes. A DNA analysis made it possible to identify a suspect aged around 20 years old. Nathalie Boyer was a family of 6 people. She was found dead along the railway tracks in her town. It was in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier near Lyon. Get answers, find a potentially guilty suspect. This is a new ordeal for the teenager's family.
“It is both a relief but not total because today we do not know what is happening, what the suspect may have said to the courts. So we are waiting for what happens happens during this custody, the elements which allowed justice to get closer to this man. It is not yet a relief, it is a wait for the moment. declares the family's lawyer, Maître Corinne Herrmann.
How can we explain that the suspect was found 36 years later? Both because investigators' technologies have improved and also because the police DNA data bank has expanded since the 1990s.
The man is in police custody for at least 96 hours. He is also accused of killing Leïla Afif, a 40-year-old woman who was shot dead in 2000.
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