UpdateIn northwestern France, 200 officers have been looking for a 17-year-old girl who went missing while jogging in a forest area yesterday. Her father followed the trajectory she normally travels and found her wireless earbuds. They were covered in blood. More than 24 hours later, the girl was found alive and well.
Public Prosecutor Celine Maigné just reported the finding of the girl in a press statement. She is now undergoing a medical examination to clarify her health condition. The investigation will also be continued to gain more clarity about her sudden disappearance.
‘Ears covered in blood’
That disappearance happened yesterday in the Bellebranche forest in the Mayenne department. According to the AFP news agency, the girl left her parental home in Saint-Brice on Monday around 4 p.m. for her regular 5 kilometer round. By the evening, however, she still had not returned. The parents then went to look for their daughter. They reported the disappearance of the girl to the police at 6.40 pm.
Prosecutor Celine Maigné stated earlier today at a press conference about the case that the girl’s father has followed her regular running route. “He found several items that belonged to his daughter.” According to French media, it concerns a GPS watch, telephone and earplugs with traces of blood on them.
The running app that the girl used indicates that she ran five kilometers per hour and abruptly stopped running after 1 kilometer, researchers have now established. The signal suddenly stopped at a crossroads of three country roads.
Large-scale search
Last night after the report, the police already deployed fifty agents to find the girl. Today, that number has quadrupled. A helicopter, a diving team and a dog team were also called in. The search area was difficult to access. ,,We are concentrating on an area that is about 190 hectares. Wooded areas and water features alternate,” says Maigné. According to her, it was an ordinary girl, from a good environment, sporty and a good student at a secondary school in Sablé-sur-Sarthe. “Certainly not the type that would just walk away.”
The public prosecutor opened an official investigation into kidnapping and deprivation of liberty, but after 24 hours still did not know whether it was a criminal act or an accident. Now all those efforts have at least resulted in the girl being found alive. It is possible that an interrogation can provide more clarity about her disappearance.
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Man arrested
A man was taken into custody last night. According to RTL France, it is a 42-year-old drunk who is said to have called the police several times and asked for more information about the girl’s disappearance.
For now, however, there is nothing concrete that links him to her disappearance. The prosecution does not rule out the possibility that he will be released soon.
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