2023-06-16 17:10:46
He was accused in the context of an opening of judicial information “of the head of kidnapping followed by death”, specified the prosecution, confirming information from Ouest-France and the Telegram.
Khadidja Bengrine, then 19 years old, disappeared in the summer of 2004 from the accommodation she shared with the suspect in Quimperlé, Finistère.
“Investigations were carried out at the request of his mother in particular in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010, without success. A preliminary investigation opened by the Quimper prosecutor’s office was closed on July 5, 2013,” said the Nanterre prosecutor’s office.
The young woman did not give any sign of life overnight, according to a judicial source.
On July 26, 2022, the prosecution of the serial or unsolved crimes unit took up the case and relaunched the investigations as part of a new preliminary investigation.
“The resumption of the investigations was first of all directed towards new searches for Khadidja Bengrine, of whom no sign of life on the national territory could be discovered since her disappearance in the summer of 2004, nor any correspondence with unidentified bodies listed. Requests for information broadcast abroad have remained, to date, unanswered, ”indicates the Nanterre prosecution.
Her ex-husband was arrested with one of his ex-girlfriends on June 13. He was later charged and placed under a warrant of committal.
This man is currently serving a sentence in another case.
According to the Quimper prosecutor’s office, he was indeed sentenced in May 2022 by the Finistère Assize Court to 12 years’ imprisonment for the rape of his stepdaughter and for the sexual assault of a friend of the latter. .
Asked about the disappearance of his ex-companion during this trial, the accused assured that the young woman had disappeared without giving any news, according to the same source.
“Other investigations have also been carried out in recent days, in particular research to find the trace of the missing person, but all have turned out to be negative”, specifies the parquet floor of Nanterre.
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