Despite the pouring rain and gusts of wind, there were about fifty people who rushed to Pontpoint (Oise), to support Sylvie Kellens this Saturday afternoon. For ten years and the death of her 14-year-old son Louis Greth, this courageous mother has fought relentlessly, refusing to believe the official version that had concluded that it was a suicide.
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While his lawyer has just asked for the case to be transferred to the "cold case" unit of the Nanterre prosecutor's office (Hauts-de-Seine), which specialises in old unsolved cases, a white march was organised this Saturday to support this claim. In a circumstinating silence, the procession made its way from the town centre to the family farm, where the teenager's body was found, a white rose in the hand of each of the participants.
'A botched investigation'
Wearing a white T-shirt with a photo of her son and the words "Justice and Truth for Louis", Sylvie Kellens spoke for nearly 45 minutes to retrace the legal battle she has been waging for ten years. In a diatribe castigating the forensic doctor, some of the investigators as well as the former investigating judge in charge of the case, the mother of the family pointed out one by one the points that, according to her, the hypothesis of a murder was never taken seriously despite disturbing elements.
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Like the white van seen at the scene of the incident, or the DNA traces found on the tie around the young man's neck, as well as the marks found on his body, reminiscent of a cigarette burn: "It's not normal to have a botched investigation when, even if you can never be 100% sure, The elements present in the file would make it possible to resolve it. But for this to happen, we need will, especially on the part of the magistrates, she insisted, before being moved by the number of people present on Saturday. To be there in this time for a child, he really has to mean something to you. »
"We hope that these mobilizations will serve to relaunch the investigation"
Among this audience of anonymous people, Martine, who lives in the town. "I don't know the family, but you could see this guy walking by," she sighs. It happened practically before our eyes and ten years later we're still talking about it. It is hoped that these mobilizations will serve to revive the investigation. A little further in the procession, this retired couple came from Pont-Sainte-Maxence. "We've been hearing about this story for so long that we kind of feel like we know it," they say. Coming here is also a way of telling Louis that we don't forget him. »