Maëva, 5, and her mother, Fanny Birenbaum, a 31-year-old nurse, have been actively sought since March 4, 2021. This Saturday, November 13, the gendarmerie published on social networks a new call for witnesses, indicating that the thirty-something "
organized her flight with her daughter
" to "
voluntarily and illegally remove her from her father's parental authority
".
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An arrest warrant was issued eight months ago for "aggravated minor subtraction", reports France Bleu.
The gendarmes of the Lunel brigade, in the Hérault, are in charge of the investigation.
Risk of incest according to the mother
Just before her departure, Maëva's mother had informed the police that she feared that her daughter would be the victim of incest from her father.
She had in particular asked the judge of family cases to withdraw the right of custody of the father, against whom she had filed a first complaint in May 2020 for "sexual assault", indicates
Midi Libre
.
But the latter had been closed without follow-up, specifies the regional daily, the interview of Maëva with a child psychiatrist could not confirm these allegations.
On March 5, the day after the mother's flight with her daughter, the children's judge, who had ordered a judicial educational investigation measure, asked for Maëva's placement with Social Assistance for Children, with personalized support at the father's home and mediated visiting rights (in the presence of a third party, editor's note) twice a month for the mother, specifies
Midi Libre
. The parents of the girl had separated in 2017 after acts of domestic violence. According to the daily, the husband of the young woman had been convicted for these facts, dating from 2011, in 2013.
Fanny Birenbaum has blue eyes, long light brown hair and is 1m62 tall.
The gendarmerie emphasizes that it could be called "
Stéphanie
".
The little one has brown eyes and light brown hair.
Fanny and Maëva would have recently stayed in Ardèche, Var and Ariège.
They remain untraceable for the moment.