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“It’s very hard…”: Colleen, Maëlys’ sister, breaks the silence
At the age of 16, Colleen confronted her sister’s murderer, Nordahl Lelandais. Still affected by the death of Maëlys, the young woman gave an exclusive interview to TF1’s 8 p.m. news.
Colleen de Araujo has shown extraordinary courage. It’s been more than five years since the 16-year-old teenage girlcry the disappearance and death of her little sister, Maëlys. In an exclusive interview with TF1’s 20-hour newscast, the young woman gave herself up as rarely on Thursday February 10 : “It’s very hard without her, I mightn’t sleep in our bedroom and decided to sleep in the living room for over a year and a half. We had to hang on and I do my mourning following my parents because I’ve been there a lot for them“, she confided in front of the camera.
Relatively discreet since media coverage of the casethe youngest recently questioned the alleged murderer of his missing little sister, Nordahl Lelendais : “When I was called to the bar, I admit that I started to stress. I asked him if he had raped my sister, he replied ‘no I did not rape your sister’. I continued with ‘Why did you take so long to tell us where Maëlys was? And he told me ‘I will explain the facts later. I told him: no it’s now! “, remembered the schoolgirl in front of the camera.
Colleen De Araujo “there’s nothing in her eyes, no empathy “
During this exchange, Colleen De Araujo admits to have felt anger, but also “the tiny hope that he is telling the truth”. Still moved by this meeting at the bar, the young sister of Maëlys evokes a cold and distant man: “there is nothing in his eyes, no empathy in his remarks… only lies“, reveals the young woman. Coming to confront his sister’s alleged killer in court, the student wished to externalize all that she had to say at Nordahl Lelandais“without having any regrets. I wanted to ask my questions and ask them myself and mourn”.
