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Aerial view of Choisy-le-Roi, in Val-de-Marne. This is where 4 bodies were found in the Seine on August 13, 2025.
Fairet Miscellaneous-A young homeless man was indicted for four murders in the investigation concerning the bodies found on August 13 in the Seine, near Choisy-le-Roi (Val-de-Marne). Certain details of the investigation were unveiled this Sunday, August 24 by The world et The Parisian. And according to investigators, the serial homophobic crimes track is seriously envisaged.
The suspect, whose identity remains “Uncertain”according to the prosecution cited by AFP, is a homelessness of a “Twenty years”, “Officially” 24 years old according to a source close to the file, “Unstructed nationality” And who would speak very badly French. The world Specifies that he had presented an Algerian nationality and said he was called Ahmed. He would actually be Tunisian and would be called Monji. He was placed in pre -trial detention.
Since Wednesday, the man answered “Skindly the investigators on its life elements” And refused to express themselves on the facts during his 96 hours of police custody. Faced with this silence, but using several elements noted by the investigators, the latter estimated that the most plausible track is that of serial crimes (we are talking about serial killer or serial killer from 3 victims, recalls The Parisian) Clerk due to the real or supposed sexual orientation of the victims – homosexuality.
Islam and ” repressed homosexuality » ?
The suspect had lived for three years in France but for eight months in an irregular situation in a squat on the banks of Seine not far from the place of discovery of the bodies, in an area known to be a gay flirting place ” where we meet for stealthy sex “, according to The Parisian.
However, the 24 -year -old could have developed a possible hatred against this community. Investigators dig the track of a ” repressed homosexuality The suspect, entering into an inner conflict with his rigorous practice of Islam, discovered during investigations.
According to the first elements, the suspect knew the first two missing, his companions of misfortune with whom he happened to spend time. The investigators plan that he could first attack them, then, in the criminal frenzy, would have attacked strangers who were going to this homosexual meeting area.
Victims related to the suspect
According to data found on his phone, he was a follower of an Islam close to Salafism, “Without this practice causing a terrorist character”underlines The Parisian. In particular, he allegedly criticized several of his relatives for not being religious enough.
“A sexual mobile cannot be excluded at this stage”said a source to AFP. The investigation highlighted connections between the victims, the suspect and the place of discovery of the bodies. “Each of the victims in a concomitant time for their disappearance” Can be linked to the suspect, depending on the prosecution. ” A link “ Also exists between each and the place of discovery of the bodies, not far away “Of an abandoned technical room frequented by homeless”according to this source.
Among the victims, one was found the lower body “Bare”. Originally from Créteil and aged 48, the investigation was able to determine that this man was homosexual and had frequented the place that day, says The world. The same source adds that in view of the findings, sexual intercourse could have taken place between the suspect and the victim. A man found in the Seine had the pants “Lower at the ankles”
Autopsies then additional examinations made it possible to identify “Lesions of violence, evocative of strangulation” On two bodies and leads to the opening of homicide surveys entrusted to the Parisian judicial police (PJ). A third body present “A suspicious trace whose origin could not be determined”added the prosecution.
