Suspect, 23, Admits Involvement in Killing of 14-Year-Old Chloé in Aisne

Overview

• Chloé, 14, was stabbed multiple times on a footpath Wednesday morning while walking to Collège Anne‑de‑Montmorency, and she died at the scene.
• Gendarmes mounted a large search through the day and arrested a 23-year-old in Soissons on Wednesday evening, and he remains in custody.
• Prosecutors say the suspect acknowledged being at the scene and using a knife but denies intent to kill, and investigators are checking a reported past relationship with the victim.
• A flagrant inquiry for “assassination,” which in French law means suspected premeditated murder, is being run by the Amiens research unit with a transfer to the Laon criminal pole expected.
• The school reopened Thursday with gendarmes and psychological teams on site, and students and parents describe fear and grief as reports of prior threats are collected but not yet confirmed.