Héléna Cluyou would have been the victim of an accident, says the number one suspect in the case of the disappearance of the student from Brest. Sunday February 5, 2023, The Telegram revealed that a 36-year-old man had been hospitalized following confessing his involvement in the possible death of the young student nurse.
The suspect, a cook working in the city, is said to have collided with Héléna Cluyou a few meters following passing in front of the surveillance camera which filmed her for the last time before she disappeared at 6:42 a.m. on Sunday January 29, in the Recouvrance district in Brest. The 21-year-old was walking home from a nightclub party, crossing the city’s harbor towards her grandmother’s home.
The suspect admitted “a big bullshit, with a girl”
Hospitalized in serious condition following having made two suicide attempts, by taking medication and then by suffocating with a plastic bag, the suspect was found in psychological distress by his brother and sister-in-law, whom he alerted. According to information from Telegramconfirmed by the public prosecutor of Brest Camille Mansoni, who spoke at a press conference on Sunday February 5, he would have admitted “having committed a stupidity”, “a very big bullshit with a girl” , believing that “his life was over”.
always according to The Telegram, when his brother asks him to explain his confession, he would have replied: “You just have to see what we’ve been talking regarding in Brest for five days.” In this case, the case of the disappearance of Héléna Cluyou which has been in the headlines for several days.
Tuesday January 31, 2023 the police had released several photos of the student taken the evening of her last appearance. On these, Héléna Cluyou, brown hair, 1.65 m, wears a long black coat with a belt.
Hospitalized before being heard by investigators
The couple close to the cook from Brest first showed up at the police station on Friday, February 3, in order to give themselves over to the suspect’s serious confessions, before returning the next day with him. The latter was in a “comatose” state writes the Breton regional media. Thus, he was rushed to the hospital, before he might be confronted with the investigators. The Brest prosecutor expressed doubts regarding the suspect’s “chances of survival”.
His car was found a few days earlier, on Thursday February 2, burnt down in the Pontanézen district. For the time being, no trace of the missing young person has been found in the vehicle, but the calcination will complicate the search. “The case is far from being elucidated… It is only when we can hear, we hope, this person, that we will be able to establish a scenario, as precise as possible”, declared Camille Mansoni.
In case of information concerning Héléna Cluyou, the police invites to dial 02 21 09 53 60.