At midnight on June 9, 2023, Alicia should have been 18 years old.
The day before her birthday, she is less excited about the family meal that awaits her the next day than about the night of celebration that she is about to spend alongside her friends.
At the end of the day, she strolls in the shade of the lime trees that adorn Place Bellecour in Lyon, accompanied by Freddy, whom she met a few days earlier on Snapchat.
Quickly, the high school student abandons him to join a mysterious stranger, older than her, who promised her an unforgettable night out.
The next day, worried about not seeing her daughter return, Alicia's mother reported her disappearance to the police who broadcast a call for witnesses.
The photo of the high school student, brown hair, small face framed by glasses, dressed in a black sweatshirt, is flooding social networks.
Her mother told the authorities of her stormy relationship, since the death of her father which deeply affected her when she was 8 years old.
Alicia's friends describe her as a young woman sometimes driven by suicidal thoughts, stifled by a conflicting family climate.
They discuss the possibility of running away.
But
“bad attendance”
, regularly cited by those around him, intrigues investigators.
The police try to trace the thread of the evening and linger on an abandoned house, rue Domer in the 7th arrondissement...
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