Three months after their sudden disappearance, Leslie Hoorelbeke and Kévin Trompat were found dead on March 3 and 4. After the worry and the anger, the sadness of the last goodbyes.
The funeral of Kévin Trompat took place on March 16 in Niort, in the Sainte-Hilaire church, in the presence of nearly 200 people. Devastated, Guy Trompat, the father of the 21-year-old young man was in the front row to accompany his son, in the conspicuous absence of the family of his girlfriend, Leslie.
“I couldn’t live without my son”
Devastated by the pain of the loss of his son, Guy Trompat had attended a white march last Sunday organized in tribute to Kévin and Leslie, whose bodies had been found shortly before. At the microphone of AFP, the man had declared “It’s insurmountable. They destroyed lives, destroyed my life. I can’t live without my son.” For the family and friends of the young man, things are incomprehensible, after the three suspects aged 22 to 23 confessed to killing the couple, presumably with a blunt object. “Two of the three suspects are Leslie’s exes, and then we get asked about drugs? Everything comes from jealousy!“say the friends of the young fisherman.
Indeed, the Poitiers prosecutor’s office has not yet clarified the motives for the double murder, and this lack of certainty has driven a wedge between the families of the two victims. This is undoubtedly what explains the noticeable absence of Leslie’s relatives at the white march and Kevin’s funeral. The funeral of the young woman is scheduled for Saturday, March 18, in La Rochelle. According to Le Figaro, Leslie’s parents now let their lawyer communicate for them. This is Me Mourad Battikh, the media lawyer for the Palmade and Jubillar cases. “The contact with the one who could have become the in-laws is broken“indicate our colleagues from Figaro.