Since Lina’s disappearance on September 23, the mystery remains. Like that of little Émile, 2 and a half years old, who disappeared in July, investigators face many questions, but have, for the moment, managed to obtain few answers. On the day of her disappearance, the 15-year-old girl had left her home – located in Plaine, in Bas-Rhin – on foot to go to the Saint-Blaise-la-Roche station. She had, in fact, to take the train to Strasbourg in order to find her boyfriend Tao. But since then, no one has heard from him.
For more than three months, investigators have not stopped looking for the young girl. This January 2, The New Detective took stock of the case and revealed the broad outlines of the coming weeks of the investigation. In mid-December, a vast door-to-door campaign began in Saint-Blaise-la-Roche. This includes checking the schedules of the 250 residents, but also vehicle registration plates and to continue to inspect video surveillance tapes on major roads. Long-term work that takes time and which must be done carefully.
Disappearance of Lina: what we know so far
“It is far”explained a resident to the weekly, regarding many questions which she had to respond to on her schedule from three months ago. But “the slightest word can trigger something”, explained a gendarme. Because for now, there is not much concrete information on the investigation. Thanks to the security camera at the house of Jean-Marc Chiron – the former mayor of Plaine – who indicated that he had encountered the teenager on foot while he was returning home around 11:20 a.m. on the 23rd. september, authorities were able to determine the precise time slot during which Lina vanished into thin air. In fact, the former councilor, whose comments were confirmed by the images from his video surveillance camera, did not come across the teenager again when he went the opposite way a few minutes later. Investigators also know that the girl’s cell phone stopped transmitting on September 23 at 11:22 a.m. She had just sent a video to her boyfriend to tell him she was on her way. A judicial investigation for “kidnapping and sequestration” was opened on October 1.
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