His face and Lorezana's had been displayed in the press and on television, causing concern and fear.
At the beginning of June 2018, Francesco Alonge, 54, is wanted by all the police forces in France.
It is believed in Sicily, even in Spain, where it has family ties and drop-off points.
It was finally in Berck-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais), a few kilometers from his home, that he was arrested a little over three weeks after his disappearance.
In the back of his vehicle, the police find Lorezana, his 12-year-old niece.
Together, they had wanted to disappear, saying they were convinced to live a love story.
The teenager was in reality under the "influence" of a man "ignoring the prohibition of incest", according to an expert report conducted during the investigation.
This relationship qualified as a hold, Lorezana will not be able to describe it before the Assize Court of Douai (North) which was to judge Francesco Alonge from April 19 for rape.
The 50-year-old was found dead on Tuesday April 7 at around 2 p.m. at the Douai remand center.
After spending nearly three years in a medical unit in Annœullin (North) following two suicide attempts, Francesco Alonge was transferred to Douai on March 29, pending trial.
“Many questions remain unanswered, underlines his lawyer, Me Damien Legrand.
An investigation must absolutely shed light on all the responsibilities at the origin of this tragedy.
Sadly, the upcoming trial could have gotten things done for everyone.
"
Awareness of the victim
For a long time, Francesco Alonge would have had difficulty in assimilating the criminal nature of his acts towards his niece.
He is suspected of first touching when the girl was only 9 years old.
After the arrest of her uncle, Lorezana reveals that the sexual relations began in 2016, when she was ten years old.
"Other sexual relations" will follow ... They will even take place "every two days" during the three weeks of her flight with her uncle.
In front of the police, after the arrest of Francesco, Lorezana nevertheless says she is "in love".
On May 15, 2018, convinced to expect a child, the young girl disappeared from her college.
Quickly, the hypothesis of a kidnapping by his uncle is acquired by the investigators.
Lorezana told her friends about her plan to go abroad with Francesco.
For three weeks, they will in fact make a living in a van between Le Touquet (Pas-de-Calais) and Douai, sleeping on a makeshift bed.
Apparently more aware than he wants to acknowledge the criminal nature of his actions, Francesco asks his niece to switch off his phone and install a camera in the back of his truck before surveying the surroundings… He asks her above all to " not to reveal that they had sexual relations, so as not to go to prison, ”the girl explained to the police.
During the investigation, Lorezana, "helped by psychologists", had been able to begin "to detach herself from this relationship qualified as controlled by the expert and was thus able to position herself as a victim", explains the judge. instruction in his arraignment order.
The magistrate recalls above all that Lorezana "did not have the necessary discernment to grant any consent whatsoever to a sexual act".
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A way of defeating the argument of a desired and shared relationship, long brandished by his uncle.
Version which he seemed to have given up as the trial approached.
"The predominant feeling is,
therefore, we will never have an explanation
, and perhaps never a request for forgiveness," responded to France Bleu Me Olivier Péan de Ponfilly, the lawyer for the family of the young girl. .
Francesco Alonge is to be autopsied in the coming days to determine the reasons for his death.
