A 15-year-old girl found stabbed to death in Haute-Vienne, a minor arrested

The teenager taken into custody claimed to have killed the young girl to steal her cell phone, according to a police source.

The body of a 15-year-old girl, stabbed to death, was found on the night of Saturday December 14 to Sunday December 15 in Isle (Haute-Vienne), the Limoges prosecutor's office announced on Sunday, confirming information from the Popular of the Center and RMC. A teenager was taken into custody for murder, added the Limoges public prosecutor, Emilie Abrantes, specifying that“it is not at all a question of rape” in this folder.

The teenager, a resident of this town in the suburbs of Limoges, admitted to having ambushed and killed the young girl to steal her mobile phone, a police source told France Télévisions. The disappearance of the schoolgirl was reported by her family after organizing a meeting on Snapchat, according to this source.