Frenchman admits killing girl who vanished from Alps wedding

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Last Updated : Feb 15 2018 | 12:55 AM IST
French authorities say a man in custody has confessed to "unintentionally" killing a 9-year-old girl whose disappearance from a wedding party in the Alps prompted nationwide concern.
Grenoble prosecutor Jean-Yves Coquillat said that investigators found some of Maelys De Araujos remains Wednesday in a snow-covered ravine, six months after she went missing.
The prosecutor said chief suspect Nordahl Lelandais told investigators today 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.
The prosecutor said Lelandais did not explain the circumstances of the girls death. A former army dog handler, Lelandais had already been charged in her disappearance.

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First Published: Feb 15 2018 | 12:55 AM IST

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