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Narumi case: Nicolas Zepeda sent back to the Doubs Assize Court

2021-02-02T16:58:47.264Z


Chilean Nicolas Zepeda was returned to the Doubs Assize Court for the assassination in 2016 in Besançon of Narumi Kurosaki, a 21-year-old Japanese student whose body has never been found, the prosecution announced on Tuesday February 2. . Read also: Narumi case: the prosecution requires the referral to the assizes of Nicolas Zepeda " The investigating judge issued her order of indictment before


Chilean Nicolas Zepeda was returned to the Doubs Assize Court for the assassination in 2016 in Besançon of Narumi Kurosaki, a 21-year-old Japanese student whose body has never been found, the prosecution announced on Tuesday February 2. .

Read also: Narumi case: the prosecution requires the referral to the assizes of Nicolas Zepeda

"

The investigating judge issued her order of indictment before the Doubs Assize Court of Nicolas Zepeda of the murder chief of Narumi Kurozaki

", declared the public prosecutor of Besançon, Etienne Manteaux.

"

This order, in accordance with my requisitions, is very good news because it opens the prospect of a trial

", he stressed.

However, the defense can still appeal this decision to the investigating chamber of the Besançon Court of Appeal.

Etienne Manteaux had indicated in mid-January to rely on "a

lot of technical data

" (telephony, geolocation of the rental vehicle of the suspect, purchases by bank card ...) as well as on "

testimonies of relatives who come to highlight lacking Mr. Zepeda's version

”.

Heard on several occasions since his extradition from Chile and his indictment in July, the Chilean, however, claimed to be "

totally foreign to the disappearance of Miss Kurosaki

", saying "

convinced that she was still alive

", had specified the prosecutor.

Nicolas Zepeda, 29, faces life imprisonment after a trial that could be held in the fall.

Coming from a modest family, Narumi Kurosaki disappeared in December 2016. Nicolas Zepeda, admitted having spent part of the night from December 4 to 5, 2016 with her in the bedroom of the Besançon campus where she resided, but affirms the to have left in perfect health.

That night, several students heard "

howls of terror, screams

" but no one notified the police.

Source: lefigaro

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