Overview

• The Reims Court of Appeal ruled Franck F. 'penally irresponsible' on April 3, 2025, citing decades of schizophrenia and prior psychiatric evaluations.
• Franck F. will be placed in full psychiatric care without consent and prohibited from contacting victims' families or possessing weapons for 20 years.
• Carène Mézino, a 37-year-old nurse and mother of two, was fatally stabbed nine times by Franck F. at the CHU of Reims on May 22, 2023.
• The suspect had previously attacked four staff members with a knife in 2017, yet systemic failures allowed him to remain unsupervised.
• The Mézino family plans to pursue legal action against the justice and medical systems for ignoring repeated warnings about Franck F.'s dangerous behavior.