More than three months after the disappearance of Leslie Hoorelbeke, 22, and Kevin Trompat, 21, the second man taken into custody on Wednesday has been indicted for murder and placed in pre-trial detention, announced Friday March 9 the floor.
He is also being prosecuted for "
modifying the inventory of a crime to obstruct the manifestation of the truth
"
and
"
kidnapping and kidnapping without voluntary release before the seventh day
", specifies in a press release the public prosecutor from Poitiers, Cyril Lacombe.
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Tom T., the first suspect arrested as part of the investigation, was indicted on Thursday for "
kidnapping and forcible confinement not followed by voluntary release
",
Le Figaro
learned from the prosecution.
He had been presented to an examining magistrate in Poitiers on Thursday morning.
A third 23-year-old individual, linked to Tom T., was also placed in police custody on Thursday March 2, according to a source familiar with the matter at AFP, confirming information from our colleagues from
Parisian
.
Kevin had "10,000 euros on him"
On December 8, in the village of Puyravault (Charente-Maritime), where the second suspect is from, belongings belonging to the missing couple, in particular a hairbrush from the young woman and a road safety certificate from her companion, had been found in a clothing recycling container.
From a source close to the investigation, their disappearance could be partly linked to drug trafficking.
During a hunt organized by the family of Kevin Trompat on January 5 in Prahecq, his mother-in-law, Karine Prat, had told journalists that he "had practically 10,000 euros
on him
" the evening of his disappearance, a sum which she had brought to him in Prahecq, according to her "
to buy a car
".
