“He destroyed our family”, the poignant testimony of another victim

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The body of Sihem, 18, was found early this morning in a forest in Gard, near the town of Salles-du-Gardon where the young woman lived. The alleged murderer, Mahfoud H., was already implicated in a kidnapping case.

He destroyed our family, he destroyed Sihem’s familyhis friends… It’s unacceptable, I don’t have the words.” This is how Dylan Verdier spoke yesterday morning during a rally in front of the Nîmes courthouse in support of the family of 18-year-old Sihem Belouahmia. Then missing, the schoolgirl was found dead early this morning. Dylan Verdier knows Mahfoud H. well, who confessed last night to the murder of Sihem. For 11 years already, his family is on trial against him following the kidnapping and robbery of his father in 2011.

Asked by the local newspaper Objectif Gard, Dylan is revolted. “The individual who was arrested in the story of Sihem was the one who tied up, kidnapped and robbed my father. Our trial has been going on for 11 years. One week before my father’s trial, people like that are still out there. It’s not normal. Mahfoud H. is under judicial control in connection with this case, but he was already known to the police for other facts. Indeed, in 2015 he was sentenced to 12 years in prison with two accomplices following armed robberies in the region of Alès.

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What we know about the circumstances of the death of the young Sihem

Sihem, an uneventful 18-year-old high school student, had been missing for a week. On the night of Wednesday February 1 to 2, the main suspect confessed in the early hours of the day. While in police custody, he was immediately transferred, then imprisoned. During this last hearing, Mahfoud H. gave only a few explanations on the sequence of events. According to him, Sihem was in love with the 39-year-old man, whom she herself called a “bad boy.” Mahfoud would not have wanted a relationship with the schoolgirl, claiming that she was the cousin of his ex-partner.

According to what he told the police, an argument broke out when they met late in the evening. Mahfoud H. says he tried to silence the girl by putting his hand over her mouth, which would have led to his death by suffocation. These allegations will still have to be confirmed or invalidated by the autopsy of Sihem’s body, which will take place in the coming days. After admitting to the murder, the man pointed on a map to where he left the body, with enough details for the gendarmes to go there without him. The body of the 18-year-old high school student was found in a forest in the Gard near the village of Salles-du-Gardon.

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