It is first of all a tribute, worthy. A hundred people parading through the streets of Mantes-la-Jolie, T-shirts in the name of Lamba, his loved ones moved in the front row.
Then a moment of contemplation on the Limay bridge, the same place where this father switched just a week ago, on the night of Friday July 3 to Saturday July 4. Flowers, a heavy silence, thoughts for this 34-year-old man from Val-Fourré, known to all. And behind the emotion, questions, nagging, haunting for those closest to him: "what really happened to Lamba", asks his wife, Sunay.
All week long, the popular city was buzzing with the wildest rumors. On social media, the conspiracy theory once again pointed the tip of his pen, anonymous, to evoke the responsibility of the police in the death of Lamba. “I am not talking about police blunders. I just want to know what happened to my husband. The police told me about suicide, but I don't believe it, ”says Sunay.
"I saw him cross the bridge and then disappear" reports a witness
The last contact between this young woman and her husband dates back to Saturday, at 12:28 a.m. They send each other a final text message to wish them good night. Lamba is with friends. At 3:40 a.m., his car was found accidentally on rue Jules-Ferry, in Mantes-la-Ville, "driverless", specifies a police source.
Shortly after 4 hours, a man who goes to work crosses the Limay bridge and sees "an individual with a hesitant gait". "I saw him cross the bridge and then disappear," says the resident who wishes to remain anonymous. I immediately called for help. I am formal, there was no one else, no police. "
CCTV cameras seized by the police actually show a figure falling in the Seine at 4:37 a.m. Investigators believe he was drunk.
The police arrive on site at 5:02 a.m. Sunay, she wakes up with a start, almost at the same time. "I was not well, sweating," she says.
"I'm not talking about blunders, but there has been negligence" says the victim's wife
She will remain all morning without news of her husband, thinking he is in police custody. The police will take several hours to identify Lamba's body. "This explains why the family was informed late," said a source close to the case.
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Sunay will be notified by phone shortly after 4 p.m. According to his wife, he was quickly told of suicide and the police statements "are vague". These inaccuracies quickly ignited the conversations. "People have found it suspicious that the police are talking about suicide when they know nothing about it. Some have therefore deduced that the police had something to hide, ”said a close friend of Lamba.
"Again, I'm not talking about a blunder," insists Sunay. But there was negligence, his case was treated lightly because he had a criminal record. There was not even an autopsy requested. I had to get a lawyer to get one. "
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