A 12-year-old girl in Paris, France, who vanished after school Friday was found stuffed in a trunk with her throat slit and the numbers “1” and “0” possibly written on her feet, say authorities.
The parents of the girl, identified as Lola Daviet, called police Friday afternoon when she didn’t come home from school, theBBCreports.
To their horror, her mutilated body was found later that evening in a trunk near the building in the 19th arrondissement where she lived with her family, according to the BBC.
Her body was placed in the trunk underneath a small pile of linens,Le Mondereports.
Her hands and feet were bound with tape and her throat had been cut several times, the BBC reports. An autopsy showed that she died of asphyxiation,Le Mondereports.
She had also been sexually assaulted, the BBC reports.
Lola Daviet and the woman accused of killing her.Facebook (2)
On Saturday, police arrested a 24-year-old woman identified only as Dahbia B., according to authorities,Le Mondereports.
Security footage at the apartment allegedly shows the woman entering the front door of Lola’s apartment building Friday afternoon — with the girl, the BBC reports.
To his surprise, he saw her entering the building with the woman,Metro UKreports.
Lola’s mother, Delphine Daviet, wrote on Facebook on Friday: “Alert abduction of our daughter lola seen last time at 15:20 in the company of a girl we don’t know in our residence.”
The mother told Metro UK she immediately knew something was wrong when their daughter failed to come home on Friday.
“Lola knows that on Fridays you go straight home because we go to Béthune, the family village, a three-hour drive north of Paris,” she told the outlet.
Police found signs of a struggle in the basement of the building, according to Metro UK.
Tributes to Lola Daviet.Chesnot/Getty
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Dahbia B. was arrested on Saturday and appeared before a judge in the criminal court of Paris early Monday morning.
On Monday, the prosecutor’s office confirmed toLe Mondethat she is expected to be indicted for “murder and rape of a minor under 15 years of age involving acts of torture and extreme violence.”
A 43-year-old man is also in custody because police suspect he drove the woman and the suitcase in his car, the BBC reports. It is unclear whether he has been charged.
As police continue to investigate, Lola’s friends and family are mourning the loss of the happy girl who loved gymnastics.
“My daughter cried all weekend, she hasn’t slept a wink,” one father toldLe Parisiennewspaper. “We can’t trust anyone now in our neighbourhood. I am very afraid for my children.”
French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte Macron, called the child’s killing “an “absolutely abominable and intolerable tragedy,” the BBC reports.
source: people.com
