The days pass and the mystery remains… Since Saturday September 23, 2023, Lina has not given any sign of life. If the 15-year-old had to take the train towards Strasbourg to join Tao, her boyfriend, for a day of shopping, she vanished on the path linking her home in Champenay to the Saint-Blaise-la-Roche station (Bas-Rhin). Sunday May 12, 2024, Louane, Lina’s cousin, spoke for the first time in front of the cameras of Seven to eighton TF1. “It’s not like Lina to run away like that. Even compared to her mother, she grew up with her, she was so close that it was not possible for her to run away”she assured, before specifying: “Not even with a boyfriend”. Moved, the 17-year-old remembered the smile of the one she considers a sister, a confidante and a best friend. “We share everything together, we do everything the same… We may not see each other often, but when we do, we’re so happy.”she revealed.
Louane: “We wondered what we would be when we grew up”
With a smile on her lips, Louane indicated that Lina was “a bitch” And “a little girl full of joy”. A month and a half before the disappearance of her cousin, Louane had spent vacation with Lina in Tunisia. “We were together all the time. We talked about the future, we wondered what we would be when we grew up. She already imagined that the two of us would live close together. We imagined ourselves having horses“she remembered, before specifying: “Besides, she really liked a horse from us that she wanted to take home”. Raped at the age of 13 and a half by two boys during an afternoon with friends, Lina immediately confided in her cousin. Unfortunately, she didn’t take it seriously. “She directly told me: ‘Louane, I was raped’. I thought she was joking so I started laughing and I told her: ‘Stop, it’s not funny’. And then she told me it was true and she left crying. She broke down in tears“she said.