Overview
- Prosecutors in Angoulême presented the suspect on January 15 for the opening of a judicial investigation with a request for pre-trial detention.
- The officer admitted to the January 31, 2025 abduction and rape of a 17-year-old in Nersac as well as five attempts between November 19, 2025 and January 5, 2026.
- Investigators say the attacks followed a fixed script: a masked driver in a car, a handgun displayed, and the threat, “monte, ou je te bute,” with recent victims aged 18 to 61 escaping.
- A 60-year-old woman’s account after resisting an attempted abduction on January 6 helped link the cases and accelerated the inquiry.
- Forensic DNA from the 2025 rape matched evidence in the recent cases, and phone and video data placed the suspect’s vehicle at each of the five attempts; he serves as a technical training instructor with access to service weapons.