Four suspects in custody following discovery of 12-year-old found dead in suitcase
Four suspects are being questioned as part of a murder inquiry after a 12-year-old girl was found dead in a luggage trunk in Paris.
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UPDATE 09h35UT:
Four people remain in police custody for questioning over the killing of a 12-year-old girl whose body was discoverered in a suitcase on Friday.
Initial reports following an autopsy indicate the victim was asphixiated before what appears to have been an attempt to decapitate the corpse.
No motive for the killing as been established.
UPDATE 15h00UT:
An autopsy of the victim's body is being carried out to determine the cause of death. Initial findings indicate that her head was almost torn off and that inscriptions were left on her body.
Her hands and feet were also bound.
Prosecutors say the suitcase was discovered on Friday evening at the foot of the building where she lived in the capital's 19th arrondissement.
Four people have reportedly been taken into custody in connection with the investigation.
A source following the investigation said the young girl's father started to worry after she did not return home from school on Friday afternoon.
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— Clément Lanot (@ClementLanot) October 15, 2022
Le corps d'une adolescente née en 2010 a été découvert cette nuit dans le 19e arrondissement de Paris.
Il était dans une valise.
Elle avait disparu hier après midi alors qu'elle rentrait du collège.
La brigade criminelle est saisie de l'affaire. pic.twitter.com/gbULYp3jtT
He warned his wife, who went to the police to say their child was missing.
In a video posted on Twitter by freelance journalist Clement Lanot, who revealed the discovery of the body, white tarpaulins can be seen stretched over the facade of the building where the discovery was made and police officers wearing white overalls are seen working.
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