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It is a terrible tragedy which affected the small, uneventful village of Seine-Maritime, Saint Martin de l'If. A 6-year-old girl was found lifeless after the kidnapping alert launched by her mother's call. The Rouen public prosecutor recounts the chilling elements of this night of horror.
The forty-year-old suspected of having kidnapped and then killed his 6-year-old stepdaughter, Célya, on the night of Friday July 12 to Saturday July 13, 2024 in Seine-Maritime, was overcome by a "stroke of madness" before violently child, according to the victim's mother who had been in a relationship with the suspect for almost two years.
According to her statements reported by the Rouen prosecutor, her 42-year-old partner, who had "never been violent, brutally tackled Célya to the ground" after a couple's argument on Friday at the end of the day. “It was like a stroke of madness,” according to the mother, who is still hospitalized. She allegedly intervened and received "several stab wounds", causing "nine shallow wounds", declared Frédéric Teillet during a press conference. The mother then left their home to call the emergency services, who could only note the absence of the child and the stepfather when they arrived.
Disappearance of Célya: the terrible report of the forensic doctor
The kidnapping alert triggered Friday evening, the presence in the area of "200 soldiers" according to the gendarmerie, supported in particular by a helicopter, and the report of local residents, made it possible to find the suspect's vehicle a few hours later, "three kilometers away home" in a wooded area, as well as the lifeless body of little Célya, again according to the prosecution.
Frédéric Teillet specified that "the forensic doctor (...) was able to carry out an external examination which revealed facts of extreme violence, a major smashing of the child's skull at the back of the head which most likely caused his death. “Ecchymotic lesions” were also visible “all over the body,” he continued.
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