Suspect leads police to body of girl who vanished at Alps wedding
A French prosecutor on Wednesday said former army dog-handler Nordahl Lelandais, the chief suspect in the disappearance of a nine-year-old girl from a wedding reception in the French Alps last August, has confessed to 'unintentionally' killing her and led police to a snow-covered ravine where her remains were found.
FrenchFrench authorities say a man in custody has confessed to “unintentionally” killing a 9-year-old girl who disappeared from a wedding party in the Alps last August, reports The Washington Post.
Grenoble prosecutor Jean-Yves Coquillat said that investigators found some of Maelys De Araujo’s remains Wednesday in a snow-covered ravine, six months after she went missing.
The prosecutor said chief suspect Nordahl Lelandais told investigators Wednesday that he killed her accidentally, hid the body and then returned to the wedding party before eventually dumping the body in the ravine.
Lelandais had also been a guest at the wedding in Pont-de-Beauvoisin, near the mountain city of Chambery.
