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A border worker suspected of having killed with great violence, at the end of 2016, an 18-year-old Romanian sex worker, made unrecognizable and identified almost a year later, will be tried in 2020 before the Assize Court of Doubs, a indicated on Saturday the parquet floor. An Besançon investigating judge, who issued his indictment on Monday, believes he has "enough evidence to refer the 32-year-old suspect to the Assize Court for intentional homicide," said prosecutor Etienne. Coats. He plans a trial "in 2020".

This security guard, father of a child, who lived as a couple in Mouthe (Doubs) and worked near Lausanne (Switzerland), "says he is innocent, that he only got rid of the body" , specified the magistrate. His DNA was found on the victim, Mihaela Miloiu, killed in Switzerland. Her naked body was discovered by loggers on December 15, 2016 in the municipal forest of Frasnois (Jura), above the Hérisson Waterfalls, near the Swiss border.

A late merger

He had 26 stab wounds, none of which were fatal. According to the autopsy, the death was caused by multiple blows to the face, with broken bones and teeth. The victim was unrecognizable. To identify it, the National Gendarmerie Criminal Research Institute (IRCGN) had carried out a facial reconstruction of the young woman in order to establish her 3D robot portrait. A call for witnesses had been widely distributed in Europe.

A reconciliation was made between this disappearance, an identity card with the name of Mihaela Miloiu found in Sullens (Switzerland) and the body discovered at the Cascades du Hérisson. Almost a year after her death, the one who was nicknamed "the unknown of the Frasnois" was identified thanks to the cross-checking of her DNA with that of her mother, found in Romania. The investigators then went back to the security guard, who had gone to Pontarlier hospital (Doubs) on November 30, 2016 to have a hand treated.

"He admitted to having sex with the victim. He explained that individuals then killed her, "said the prosecutor. "But he said nothing, neither on their description, nor on their vehicle, nor on the weapon used," notes Etienne Manteaux, emphasizing his "multiple versions".

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  • Assize Court
  • Murder
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