The relatives of Tiphaine Véron, a Frenchwoman who disappeared in Japan in 2018, will ask that the new national pole dedicated to “cold cases” take over the file, we learned on Friday October 7 from her brother Damien on the occasion of a delivery of a letter to the Japanese ambassador in Paris.
The family of this young woman from Poitiers regrets that the investigating judge in charge of the investigation for "
kidnapping and forcible confinement
" has decided to complete her investigations without going to Japan.
According to them, the judge and the Poitiers prosecutor's office intend to close this file.
"
After four years of instruction in Poitiers, the results are clear, it's a failure
," Damien Véron told AFP.
New hope for the family
“
At the Nanterre centre, magistrates are used to dealing with complex cases.
They will be able to devote time to it.
What is important is that a judge travels to Japan.
We are rather optimistic
,” he added.
Since its creation in March, the national center dedicated to “
cold cases
” has opened 37 investigations, 13 of which initially ended in a dismissal or a classification without follow-up.
With this in mind, the Véron family has indicated that it has retained the services of a new lawyer, Me Corinne Hermann, who notably defends the family of Estelle Mouzin in an unsolved disappearance case, transferred to Nanterre.
Tiphaine Véron disappeared on July 29, 2018 in Nikko, a tourist city in northeastern Japan surrounded by hills and woods with famous sanctuaries.
The young 36-year-old woman, epileptic, had left her hotel without her suitcase or her passport, to go for a walk.
His brother Damien traveled to Paris on Friday to deliver a letter to the Japanese ambassador so
that "Japan can finally collaborate with French justice and open a criminal investigation on the spot
".
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The family criticizes the Japanese police for the lack of resources they have devoted to the investigations, believing that witnesses have been neglected and that the criminal trail has not been seriously explored.
According to her brother, there was "
blood on one of the walls of Tiphaine's room
".
The Vérons, who intend to return to Japan by the end of the year, also intend to collaborate with Catherine Jane, an Australian who has lived in Japan for 40 years.
She “
knows perfectly
” the judicial system and has “
also been confronted with this wall of Japanese justice
“, after a rape, according to Damien Véron.
She created an association there that campaigns for better consideration of complaints of sexual assault and to free women's voices.
According to Damien Véron, the place where his sister disappeared "
is full of suspects who tried to sexually assault women
".
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