The accused maintains that he “unintentionally” killed Maëlys. But whether it was his abduction or hours after death, he actually showed great composure.
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By our special correspondent in Grenoble, Valentine Arama
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“Toi, you go through the main entrance door; I go to the other side. “It is around 2:15 a.m. on August 27, 2017 when a guest at the wedding hears Nordahl Lelandais slip these few words to Maëlys de Araujo, 8 years old. The party is still in full swing in the village hall of Pont-de-Beauvoisin, in Isère. The little girl, dressed all in white, then starts running towards the entrance and then rushes into the vast room with a vaulted ceiling. Half an hour later, at 2:45 a.m., Nordahl Lelandais left the scene in slow motion at the wheel of his Audi A3. But he is not alone on board.
Little Maëlys is sitting next to him on the passenger seat. Since he confessed lip service to having killed her, the former dog handler assures that the child got into his car on her own that evening…
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