This Monday, June 13, nearly 1,000 people gathered in Clessé to participate in a white march organized in memory of Emma, this 13-year-old teenager murdered by her boyfriend.
A palpable emotion. This Monday, June 13, almost a thousand people met in Clessé (Saône-et-Loire) to participate in a white march. A white wave then crossed the village to pay tribute to Emma J., this 13-year-old teenager stabbed on June 9 by her boyfriend.
Colleagues from college, neighbours, relatives, friends of the pony club, elected officials of the town or even anonymous, all responded to this event. At the head of these two processions quiet, the girl’s parents who couldn’t hold back their tears. They still managed to find the courage to thank all the people present at their side in this painful ordeal. “We all want to thank you for being there for Emma. Thanks to you, we want her to stay and that things like that don’t happen anymore. We want you to bring our daughter to life through your hearts every day. Because we are going to need it”said his mother in front of the crowd, a speech taken by Le Figaro who was there.
Stabbed by her 14 year old boyfriend
On June 9, a local resident discovered the lifeless body of the teenager, found behind the primary school of this small village located about fifteen kilometers from Mâcon. Very quickly, suspicion fell on her 14-year-old boyfriend. While in police custody, the schoolboy acknowledged the facts. According to information from the Mâcon prosecutor’s office, he would have made an appointment with the young girl whom he often found at night, and would have “stabbed three times in the neck”. The latter would then have “tried to flee, but the suspect tried to strangle him and then stabbed him again”.
The young man is currently incarcerated in a juvenile prison with a psychiatric health unit. He risk of up to 20 years in prison for assassination.