Overview
- Investigators confirmed by DNA that the partially burned body found in a Saint‑Gilles vineyard on August 12 was 29‑year‑old TikTok creator Sonia Bellina.
- The public prosecutor is treating the case as a homicide and a 32‑year‑old man has been formally charged with murder and placed in pretrial detention.
- Prosecutors say the accused admitted meeting Bellina on the night she disappeared but denies killing her.
- Police built their case using a chain of evidence that investigators say includes electronic ankle‑monitor location data, analysis of a second phone that moved with Bellina’s device, and CCTV footage of a vehicle, while French media report investigators also found the suspect’s DNA on the victim.
- Key forensic details remain unreleased: the autopsy and final cause‑of‑death findings are pending, the probe is active, and the case has drawn intense public scrutiny because of Bellina’s large social‑media following and the suspect’s prior conviction for domestic violence.