Overview

• 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.