Murder of a student in Paris: Lola died of asphyxiation according to the autopsy

The autopsy on the body of Lola, 12, found dead in a trunk in Paris, carried out this Saturday, October 15, made it possible to ascertain that the young woman had died of asphyxiation, a source close to the investigation indicated. The first results had reported neck injuries. The Paris prosecutor has opened an investigation into the murder of a minor under 15, entrusted to the criminal brigade.

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Lola was on her way home from college. Her body was found Friday night in a plastic trunk near her home in 19^And arrondissement of Paris, and six people were arrested in connection with this macabre affair. It was 11 pm when a homeless man reported to the police the discovery of an opaque box containing the body of a teenager, in the inner courtyard of a building in this arrondissement east of Paris. The schoolgirl’s body was hidden by fabrics, according to sources familiar with the matter. Next to the box were two hand suitcases.

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Six people in custody

During the night, investigators arrested three people near the scene and a woman was arrested on Saturday morning in Bois-Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine). All were placed in police custody, according to the prosecution, which specified that their role remained to be defined. Two other people were arrested and also placed in police custody, one of the sources with knowledge of the matter added in the afternoon. The criminal brigade carries out multiple investigations to understand the course of events and establish the motive of the perpetrators.

In front of the ten-storey building where the young woman lived, in a half residential and half commercial district, bouquets of flowers and words of homage were placed in her memory. “It’s horrible, horrible, I’m afraid of leaving my kids in the neighborhood,” said the mother of a fifth grade student at Georges-Brassens College. Another mother, whose daughter is in the same class as the victim, said she “no longer dared leave the house alone.”