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Meuse: investigation into “disturbing disappearance” of a minor

2024-02-14T11:00:38.998Z

Highlights: Meuse: investigation into “disturbing disappearance” of a minor. According to a message published on Facebook by her mother, the teenager left the family home in Vavaincourt (Meuse) on Sunday February 4 in the morning. The investigation was entrusted to the Commercy research brigade, which carried out “numerous interviews” and visits to the homes of “Lucie’s family and friends” “No evidence has been collected at this stage to support a tort or criminal theory,” notes the prosecutor.


The Bar-le-Duc public prosecutor's office opened an investigation after the “disturbing disappearance” on February 4 of a 16-year-old girl named Lucie and a...


The Bar-le-Duc public prosecutor's office opened an investigation after the

"

disturbing disappearance

"

, on February 4, of a 16-year-old girl named Lucie and a call for witnesses was launched, we learned on Wednesday from the prosecutor.

According to a message published on Facebook by her mother, the teenager left the family home in Vavaincourt (Meuse) on Sunday February 4 in the morning.

Since then,

“investigations have been carried out under the authority of the Verdun public prosecutor's office and then taken up by the Bar-le-Duc public prosecutor's office on February 8, taking into account the location of the disappearance”

, specifies Sofian Saboulard, public prosecutor of Bar-le-Duc. le-Duc, confirming information from the newspaper L'Est Républicain.

The investigation was entrusted to the Commercy research brigade, which carried out

“numerous interviews”

,

“telephone investigations”

and visits to the homes of members of

“Lucie’s family and friends”

, indicates the magistrate.

He also broadcast a call for witnesses.

A letter sent by Lucie

According to the first hearings, Lucie had already

“run away from the past”

.

Her mother notably mentioned a runaway

"a few days before"

, after which the teenager had

"been found at a friend's house"

.

“Investigations continue with intensity.

Eight judicial police officers are mobilized on a daily basis on this case

,” continues Sofian Saboulard.

“The auditions follow one another.

We are expanding the operating scope of video surveillance.

We are continuing technical investigations.”

According to the prosecution, Lucie's parents were the recipients of a letter, received on February 8 and sealed the day before, which notably bore the following words:

"mom is Lucie, I am well and I am safe"

.

The teenager's mother said she recognized her daughter's handwriting.

“No evidence has been collected at this stage to support a tort or criminal theory.

However, no leads are ruled out, especially as time passes

,” notes the prosecutor.

Source: lefigaro

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