Under the windows of Tower 5 of the Cité Hoche (officially named the Cité Pierre-et-Marie-Curie for several decades), the white tent that hid the bloody and lifeless body of Marjorie disappeared this Saturday morning.
The day before, shortly after 5 p.m., in the heart of this immense district of Ivry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne), this teenager who should have celebrated her 18th birthday in July lost her life after receiving a stroke. knife right in the chest, hit by a kid she probably met regularly.
Arrested on Friday shortly after 8 p.m. in Massy (Essonne), where his mother lives, he is still in custody in Créteil, where the judicial police of Val-de-Marne are trying to shed light on this case.
"What happened surprised everyone here"
According to several corroborating sources, the alleged perpetrator, aged 14, had had words with Marjorie and part of her siblings, it seems following the first heated exchanges on social networks about their more young sister.
The altercation could have been of little consequence if the teenager hadn't put an end to it by striking a fatal stab at Marjorie.
"The blade must have been twenty centimeters," said one witness, not alone in being stunned by such violence and its repercussions.
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The moving testimony of Marjorie's mother
Beyond the two families concerned, this terrible tragedy also shakes up a good number of inhabitants of the city of Hoche, which has several thousand.
Among the youngest, the incomprehension is total.
"What happened, it surprised everyone here," says a big teenager, who describes the alleged perpetrator as "a good kid, respectful".
A source close to the investigation tells us that he was known to the police, in particular for having participated in gatherings.
"It started too quickly, too far"
This other youngster from the neighborhood “condemns this act”, without however qualifying it as murder. “We have known each other since we were very young, I still find it difficult to imagine that it was he who did that, he breathes. He screwed up, we all agree on that. "Confusion has been here before, but not until someone pulls out a knife and uses it that way," he says. There, it started too quickly, too far. "
Among the oldest, the same sadness and the same incomprehension animate the exchanges between neighbors.
"It is unfortunate to see a young girl who had her whole life in front of her die in this way, because of an undoubtedly reckless act", analyzes Thierry, 53, fixing an improvised altar not far from where Marjorie was killed.
Bouquets of flowers, candles and messages are placed there in his memory.
"It can happen anywhere"
A stone's throw away, at the foot of towers 5 and 6, was also posted on Saturday morning a series of white posters crossed out with tall black letters, like the campaigns carried out here and there against sexism, feminicides and violence. Women's.
On one, we read: “For Marjorie, neither forgetting nor forgiveness”.
The other speaks directly to Marjorie's little sister, whom the latter had apparently wanted to protect, before her life was taken from her: “Don't feel guilty.
The only culprit is the murderer ”.
Ivry-sur-Seine, this Saturday.
A few flowers, candles and messages were left in Marjorie's memory.
LP / Gerald Moruzzi
Do parents have a responsibility in this matter? "Some are often overwhelmed and no longer have any authority over their kids," said a neighbor, reacting to the words of Marjorie's mother, calling on fathers and mothers to better supervise their children, too many according to her to hang out at the low buildings. “It's still not the Wild West, eh,” said a former, who does not want to see her city stigmatized. “Here, it's like a village, not a ghetto, a lot of people work,” she continues. What happened is dramatic, but it can happen anywhere. "