His death was like an electric shock in the Stalingrad district, on the edge of the 10th and 19th arrondissements of Paris.

Ten days after the discovery of the lifeless body of Kelyan Nsan-Nwet, a 22-year-old autistic young man killed in mysterious conditions in a drug addiction shelter, the Paris police prefect, Didier Lallement, wanted to respond to those accusing him of his teams for delaying the search for the young man, missing since July 5.

"I wanted to bring to your attention the action taken by my services which took action as soon as the report" of his disappearance, wrote the prefect on Monday in a letter addressed to the mayor of the 19th arrondissement, François Dagnaud and that

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On social networks, the councilor had tweeted or retweeted several messages moved by the lack of responsiveness of the authorities during the disappearance of Keylan.

“Dying at 22 is always a scandal.

Even more so when we have the feeling that the vulnerable victim could have been better protected.

Never again !

“, Declared the elected official after the white march organized this weekend.

"The procedure was initiated without delay"

François Dagnaud, on this occasion, affirmed that he would support at the start of the school year, at the district council of the 19th district, a wish that the searches for disabled people missing are carried out without delay, as is the case for a minor. . Relatives of the victim believe, in fact, that the authorities have taken refuge behind his majority so as not to immediately initiate research, putting aside his handicap. “They didn't want to do anything. Kelyan was found thanks to his family and his neighborhood, ”said his mother Félicité Nsan-Nwet - who herself works at the Paris police headquarters - at the microphone of France 3 Ile-de-France.

Wrong, retorts the prefect.

In his letter, he details in particular the various searches undertaken to try to find the autistic young person: requesting the day of the report of the hospitals and emergency services, distribution of a search sheet with his photo, use of CCTV cameras, collection of information. testimonies… "You will note that the procedure was initiated without delay, and that all the means of research were scrupulously exploited by the police officers", insists Didier Lallement.

The search, said the senior official, continued until the discovery of the victim's body on July 9.

Judicial information for intentional homicide

A 21-year-old man, whose behavior indicates that he is addicted to crack, was indicted on Sunday for "intentional homicide" and taken into custody.

The Paris prosecutor's office announced in parallel that a judicial investigation had been opened on this count.

The toxicological and anatomopathological assessments, ordered to determine the cause of death, were not disclosed.

The investigations, entrusted to the judicial police, had initially been opened for "research of the causes of death", the body of the young man showing no clear signs of a possible homicide.

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