On the night of October 4 to 5, 2021, Dinah, 14, kills herself. The young girl who was in second grade was found hanged at her home, located in Kingersheim in Haut-Rhin. Her mother then indicates that her daughter was the victim for many years of school harassment. But after months of investigation, the public prosecutor of Mulhouse, Edwige Roux-Morizot, announced, on Friday September 30, 2022, that the investigation was dismissed. “For the prosecution, Dinah’s death was not the result of school harassment.” For justice, Dinah was a “brilliant young girl, absolutely not isolated. She was a complex personality, with a psychological imbalance“. Conclusions which pushed Dinah’s family into terrible sadness and anger and which unfortunately echo the release of the schoolchildren implicated in the suicide case of young Lucas.
“His family particularly requested the exploitation of Dinah’s phone”
But now, months after this announcement, the lawyer for Dinah’s family welcomed, on Thursday, November 9, 2023, that the investigation into the death of the young girl is “relaunched” after being received by two investigating judges from Mulhouse. “The affair is relaunched, to the great relief of the family who despaired of being heard”she declared to theAFP the same day. So, the judges “validated the principle of new investigative acts which will, we hope, give rise to future indictments.” “His family particularly requested operating Dinah’s phone about the period during which she was in 3rd grade and which corresponds, according to his family, to the acts of harassment”specify our colleagues from The Dispatch, on November 9, 2023, on the national day against bullying at school. Therefore, Dinah’s family hopes that this decision “gives hope to families in their legal battle”, said the family’s lawyer. She specifies that “Two years later, [les proches de Dinah] are standing, they are determined to shed light on what happened.” “We are here for Dinah and we will fight for her and everyone else who suffers. And If we had only one message to send, it would be to tell parents to listen and never wait“declared Dinah’s mother, Samira Gonthier, at the end of her meeting with the investigating judges, as specified by our colleagues at theAFP.