Overview

• On June 26, the Marseille judicial court confirmed that nine items central to the 2021 killing of Souheil El Khalfaoui had been located in the office of Judge Patrick De Firmas.
• The recovered evidence includes a Caisse d’Épargne surveillance video, the bullet that killed Souheil, and the filmed testimony of the police officer involved.
• Souheil’s family expressed deep unease over the discovery given that the same judge who ordered the search originally held the missing items.
• The family has pressed charges against former Marseille prosecutor Dominique Laurens for allegedly diverting the nine sealed pieces of evidence.
• Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin had warned he would refer the matter to the General Inspection of Justice if the evidence was not recovered, prompting a separate investigation by the Marseille prosecutor’s office.