Four minutes.
That's the time it took little Lola to get home.
This Friday, October 14, it is past 3 p.m. when the young girl leaves the Georges-Brassens college, located just opposite the police station in the 19th arrondissement of Paris.
She walks back to her home.
Like every day, she goes up the rue d'Hautpoul, where her body will be found a few hours later in a crate.
She pushes a huge black gate to reach the residence at 119, rue Manin where her parents, building caretakers, live.
This other entrance allows him to avoid passing in front of the Le Rallye tobacconist, where you can see regulars smoking cannabis.
On the CCTV images, we see Lola entering her building at 3:15 p.m.,
"accompanied by a young girl of North African type"
, specifies a police source.
She is wearing light leggings and sneakers.
This is the last time the 12-year-old girl was seen alive.
"A Slaughtered Body"
Not seeing his daughter come home from school, Lola's father decides, fear in his stomach, to knock on the door of all the merchants in the neighborhood, photo of his daughter in hand.
We see an angelic face, blue eyes and blond hair, with a playful air.
The child's mother goes to the police station.
A few hours later, a man will assure the investigators that a young woman corresponding to the one visible on the video asked him to
"help her carry a large trunk"
to load it into a Dacia brand car.
At 11:20 p.m., another man reported to the authorities that he had discovered the body of a young girl in a plastic crate in the interior courtyard of 40, rue Hautpoul.
"A curled up body, slaughtered with taped and tied limbs"
is in this box.
This is Lola.
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At 2 a.m., the family is notified of the tragedy.
The next day, a 24-year-old Algerian national, Dhabia B., was arrested in Bois-Colombes, in the Hauts-de-Seine.
The latter would have taken the child to her sister's apartment (who would live in the same building as the victim) and would have ordered him to take a shower, before committing
"sexual abuse and violence resulting in death"
on her. , specifies the Paris prosecutor's office.
The autopsy reveals that the schoolgirl died
"of cardiorespiratory failure with asphyxiation and signs of cervical compression"
.
The large cuts observed at the level of the neck would not be the cause of death.
white march
Monday, October 17, Dahbia B. is indicted for "murder of a 15-year-old minor accompanied by rape, torture or acts of barbarism".
According to a source close to the investigation, this woman, arrested on August 20 at Orly airport, would have been notified of an obligation to leave the territory (OQTF) on August 21.
She had arrived in France in 2016 thanks to a student residence permit.
A 43-year-old man, suspected of having driven a vehicle between the 19th arrondissement and Asnières-sur-Seine in which the cash box was located, was also indicted for "concealment of a corpse".
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Two hours after welcoming the main suspect at his home, he would have ordered a VTC driver for her to return to Paris with the cash.
Today, a whole neighborhood is in turmoil.
"We are afraid to let our children out now
," says a resident.
Some denounce the presence of
"prowling drug addicts"
, and insist that
"the news item becomes a political fact"
.
A white march could be organized soon
"depending on the wishes of the family"
, said the town hall of the 19th arrondissement.
In the meantime, a demonstration "in tribute to Lola" and "for all the victims" should be held Thursday evening, at the call of the association the Institute for Justice.