Special correspondent in Grenoble
He had remained outside the courtroom since the start of the trial but, on Monday, the large watercolor portrait of Maëlys was placed at the bar, facing the jurors.
The face of her
"chick"
was at her side when Jennifer de Araujo came to testify, before the Assize Court of Isère.
The sixth day of Nordahl Lelandais' trial was devoted to the hearing of the girl's family.
In the courtroom poured out the unspeakable pain of the loss of a child, of a sister;
that of a family broken by
"four and a half years of ash field."
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From this fateful summer night, everyone keeps an intact image.
For Jennifer de Araujo, it's the memory of the last kiss placed on her daughter's cheek after she tasted the cream puff of the cake.
Colleen, from the height of her 17 years, recounts a bickering with Maëlys, her
"half"
, and the last words she threw at him:
"No, get out."
His father evokes these suspended moments...
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