Following the murder of Victorine Dartois, a man was arrested on Tuesday, October 13, 2020. He was taken into custody, according to information from Dauphiné Libéré.
It was at the beginning of the afternoon that a man was arrested in Villefontaine, then placed in police custody for the murder of Victorine Dartois, reveals Le Dauphiné Libéré. The 25-year-old, known to the police and father of a baby of about 6 months, admitted the facts, details the regional daily.
Boris Duffau, deputy prosecutor of Grenoble, specifies: "On Tuesday, October 13 around 3:20 p.m., as part of the investigation procedure for kidnapping / kidnapping and murder, the gendarmerie proceeded in Isère to the arrest of a 25-year-old individual, who was placed in custody in seen to be heard by investigators from the research section of the gendarmerie. A search was carried out at his home. For reasons relating to the secrecy of the investigation and the effectiveness of the investigation, the Grenoble prosecutor's office did not will not communicate for the moment other additional details ".
For Le Dauphiné Libéré, it's good "the local hypothesis which seems to be confirmed". As a reminder, 18-year-old Victorine Dartois disappeared on Saturday, September 26, 2010, when she was walking home after missing the bus. Her family quickly reported her missing. Despite beatings organized by the inhabitants the next day, it was finally the gendarmes who found his body on Monday. The autopsy concluded "one death by drowning with intervention of a third party".
The young man arrested is said to be living in the Fougères district, as are the family of the victim.