A few years ago, the young Victorine still passed the door of the Saint-Paul-des-Quatre-Vents parish in Villefontaine (Isère) every week to join "the group of young people".
These Christians aged 14 to 18 who are preparing their confirmation or those who simply need to "discuss the meaning of life".
This Wednesday evening, night falls on the building with its architecture of the 70s. It is a little over 6 pm and Father Stéphane welcomes his little parishioners who arrive sparingly.
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Victorine is no longer there, but finally about fifteen young people meet.
Silent in the face of the press, the tongues of young people loosen up a bit, especially if we have to talk about the 18-year-old girl who was "accessible and smiling" and whom we sometimes saw taking place in sketches. at church.
"His death was sudden but it did not shake my faith in God, but rather my faith in the other, in my neighbor," says Pauline, 16, who is one of the 600 active practitioners in the parish.
"I prefer to think of his smile, of his joy"
The suspect is a resident of the Fougères district, this tangle of houses and apartments which shelters 3000 souls on the heights of Villefontaine.
"It's not quite a relief to learn that a man has been arrested," breathes Marguerite (the name has been changed), 16, fiddling with her long braids, we don't know what really happened. or if he was alone to do this.
We will not be able to breathe until we have had the end of the story.
"The teenager is sorry not to have been able to make an appointment with Victorine, a few days before her disappearance:" She had called us the weekend before her disappearance so that we go to McDonald's with some of the group of young people.
But we couldn't all be there.
I regret not making myself available.
I could have seen her one last time.
"
In the parish hall, Killian, 17, steps forward to talk about the missing person.
The teenager goes to high school with one of Victorine's sisters.
Rather, he is won over by bitterness.
“I imagine this 25-year-old man who allowed himself to take a daughter from her parents when he himself has a child.
He allowed himself to scare her, to kill her.
"But very quickly, the young man prefers to agree with the feelings of Victorine's sister:" Like her, I prefer to think of her smile, of her joy.
To keep it alive.
"
