He could be tried before the end of the year.
The Besançon prosecutor on Monday requested the dismissal of the Chilean Nicolas Zepeda before the Assize Court of Doubs for the assassination of Narumi Kurosaki, a Japanese student who disappeared in 2016 in Besançon.
Prosecutor Etienne Manteaux will hold a press conference on this subject Tuesday at 3:45 p.m. at the Besançon court.
The magistrate communicated his final indictment on Monday to the investigating judge in charge of the case.
"The lawyers have 15 days to make any requests for documents, then the investigating judge will decide whether Mr. Zepeda is referred to the Assize Court or whether to dismiss him", he said. to AFP.
A possible trial within a year
The possible trial of Nicolas Zepeda, 29, who categorically denies being linked to the assassination of Narumi, whose body has never been found, will have to be held within a year, suggesting a trial at the last quarter 2021.
A 21-year-old Japanese student from a modest family, Narumi Kurosaki disappeared in December 2016. Her former Chilean boyfriend, Nicolas Zepeda, admitted having spent part of the night from December 4 to 5, 2016 with her in the bedroom. from the Besançon campus where she resided.
But he claims that she was in perfect health when he left her.
That night, several students heard "screams of terror, screams," but no one notified the police.
No one has seen Narumi again, whose body has never been found despite extensive research, complicated at the time by the onset of a cold and snowy winter.