Overview

• The 3D re-creation opened on 22 September at the Valence courthouse and is expected to run for about two weeks.
• A judicial forensics laboratory produced the case materials in 3D, with French company Ibou designing the animation.
• Investigators plan to compare the visualization with DNA analyses and phone records to evaluate conflicting accounts.
• Fourteen defendants are indicted in the case; all parties will access the model for questioning, with nine detainees brought from prison according to judicial sources.
• The individual who delivered the fatal knife wound has not been identified, and a trial is not expected before late 2026 or early 2027.