Victorine's family during the tribute paid this Sunday, October 4, 2020 to the 18-year-old girl killed in Villefontaine, in Isère.

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E. Frisullo / 20 Minutes

  • A white march in memory of Victorine, found dead in Villefontaine, gathered thousands of people this Sunday.

  • Relatives of the girl, followed by the crowd, walked between the prairie stadium and the Fougeres district, a path the student was about to take to return home when she disappeared on September 26.

Arms tight around the cage, she gazes at the cross in front of which thousands of flowers are piling up.

Moments later, her mother reaches out her hands to the sky to let the dove fly, in memory of her daughter, to the applause of the moved crowd.

This Sunday afternoon, more than 5,000 people took part in the white march organized in Villefontaine (Isère) in tribute to Victorine, this 18-year-old girl, killed by drowning and found dead Monday morning.

Gathered behind a large banner on which was inscribed "Victorine rest in peace, we finish your journey together", Victorine's parents, brother and two sisters left the prairie stadium, where the young girl made her last call. before disappearing, to reach the Fougères district where they live.

Behind them, friends of the family, Victorine and many anonymous, masked and dressed in white, followed their footsteps in silence.

A very large crowd to pay tribute to #victorine at #villefontaine this Sunday pic.twitter.com/AQZS1OtiZy

- Elisa Frisullo (@ElisaRiberry) October 4, 2020

" We need you "

When the crowd arrived in the residential area which dominates Villefontaine, his brother spoke.

“Victorine, we need you (…) Watch over all the women who come home alone.

I love you, ”he said over the microphone, holding back his sobs.

Then the relatives of the student in BTS embraced and thanked "from the bottom of their heart" through the voice of their lawyer Kelly Monteiro, all those who came to pay tribute to Victorine.

Among them, Muriel came with her 16 year old daughter.

She did not know the young girl.

“But I am a mother, I came to support her relatives.

We all need to be concerned when such horrors happen, ”she says with emotion.

White march for #Victorine #Villefontaine pic.twitter.com/bmQlJ4WkKJ

- Elisa Frisullo (@ElisaRiberry) October 4, 2020

"It could have been my sister or me"

A little further in the crowd, Mehdi shakes hands with his wife.

“I have already passed Victorine, it is not very big Villefontaine.

At Les Fougères, we know the family.

I am happy that there are so many people for her and to show that we will never accept that.

Drown a kid, do you realize?

», She emphasizes.

In the town, since the young girl disappeared and was found dead in the Turitin stream, located near the meadow stadium, the affair is present in many minds.

Because the investigation for "kidnapping, forcible confinement and murder" is far from having delivered all the answers.

“Whoever or those who did that are still running.

Obviously, we think about it when we come home alone and it is already dark.

It could start again, worries a young girl, who has come to pay tribute to Victorine with a candle in her hand.

It could have been my sister or me.

I didn't even ask myself the question, I had to be there ”.

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