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Amandine’s Coffin Exhumed for Reburial Near Father’s Home

Her father secured the transfer of her remains from the family vault where she was laid to rest five years ago to a cemetery near Perpignan.

Mort d'Amandine près de Montpellier : réclusion à perpétuité requise contre la mère de l’adolescente

Overview

  • Amandine’s coffin was exhumed on August 5 from the family vault in La Salvetat where she had been buried since her death in 2020.
  • Her father, Frédéric Florès, obtained court permission this year to move her remains to a cemetery in Saint-Estève near Perpignan.
  • In January, the Cour d’assises de l’Hérault sentenced Sandrine Pissarra to life imprisonment for torture and barbarity and Jean-Michel Cros to 20 years for causing death by starvation, with neither appealing.
  • The 13-year-old died of extreme malnutrition and injuries consistent with prolonged confinement during the COVID-19 lockdown, a case that exposed ignored warnings from educators and neighbors.
  • Florès’s successful effort to reclaim his daughter’s remains highlights ongoing issues around memorialization rights and gaps in child-protection oversight.