Suspect Identified in Decades-Old Isère Murders Through DNA Evidence

Mohammed C., a 63-year-old man, has been charged with the murders of Leïla Afif in 2000 and Nathalie Boyer in 1988 after a breakthrough in cold case investigations.

Leïla Afif, 40, was killed in 2000, and Nathalie Boyer, 15, was murdered in 1988; both cases are part of the 'disparus de l’Isère' cold case investigations.
Mohammed C. was identified as the suspect after DNA evidence linked him to both crime scenes, decades after the murders occurred.
He was arrested in Dijon last week and has since been charged with both murders and placed in provisional detention by the Nanterre cold case unit.
The suspect, who denies the charges, was known to the family of Leïla Afif and described by some as having exhibited predatory behavior in the past.
The cold case unit in Nanterre, established in 2022, has been instrumental in reopening and advancing investigations into long-unsolved cases in the Isère region.