Overview

• The Parquet de Caen said the 34-year-old suspect was mis en examen for kidnapping, sequestration and rape after his arrest on Thursday.
• Gendarmes detained the man in Montbert, Loire-Atlantique, after a tip from a convenience store a few hours after an alerte enlèvement was issued.
• The 12-year-old, identified as Lucie, was found at the suspect's side and was taken into care in Nantes in the presence of her parents, according to the Argentan prosecutor's office.
• Authorities launched a Plan Épervier search that mobilized about 120 gendarmes along with a helicopter and a drone, the gendarmerie said.
• The suspect, identified as Charles Foury, is reported to be an acquaintance of the girl's father and has prior convictions for violence, including against a minor, and is under a guardianship measure.