The 15-year-old girl was found dead on January 13 at the family home. The cause of death could not be determined, but the autopsy revealed “the presence of unknown male DNA’ The two boys of the teenager's father's partner, living in the same home as the victim, were taken into police custody almost a month after the discovery of the body on February 12.

DNA samples were taken and ‘the results provided by the laboratory make it possible to identify the older’ of the two brothers.