Overview
- The 28-year-old was detained on Tuesday and, after his custody ended Thursday morning, is being brought before magistrates at the national cold-cases unit in Nanterre.
- His DNA, taken during custody, matched genetic material from the crime scene, and he acknowledged the facts during questioning, according to TF1 Info.
- The identification followed a June 2025 international rogatory to U.S. authorities, with analyses via genealogy databases and cooperation involving the FBI.
- Arrested in Indre-et-Loire, he was a minor at the time of the 23 June 2015 attack and is being investigated for attempted murder accompanied by another crime and rape, offenses carrying potential life imprisonment.
- The breakthrough has renewed discussion on authorizing tightly regulated use of consumer DNA databases in France, a measure the justice minister has said he will seek to legislate.