The investigations of the men of the scientific and technical police allowed the arrest of a 46-year-old man, suspected of having raped and killed a 15-year-old teenager, in Nantes.

Who could have brought a 15-year-old teenager to a house under renovation in the center of Nantes and killed her in broad daylight? The question had haunted many Nantes residents for eight days. The investigations of the scientific and technical police have borne fruit. According to information from Europe 1, they allowed the arrest on Thursday of a 46-year-old man. Story.

It is the firefighters, intervening on the start of an arson, who discover the 15-year-old girl in the attic of a house undergoing repair in Nantes. They fail to revive her. The teenager lived on the same street. She was out around 4 p.m. to pick up a package and never returned home.

The suspect has already convicted of rape several years ago

The girl had strangulation marks on her neck, her underwear was gone. She had traces of blood on the crotch, cleaned with bleach. According to our information, investigators from the technical and scientific police managed to find male DNA on the victim's clothes. DNA that already appeared in the national DNA file: it corresponds to a man already convicted of rape several years ago. This 46-year-old suspect was arrested yesterday and taken into custody as well as his wife, the couple lives in Nantes.