Europe 1 with AFP 8:05 p.m., December 01, 2021

A man was arrested on Tuesday because his DNA, recently identified in a case of domestic violence, corresponds to that found at the scene of the murder of a high school student in 1994 in Château-Thierry in the Aisne, we learned. Wednesday, December 1 from a source close to the investigation.

A man was arrested on Tuesday because his DNA, recently identified in a case of domestic violence, corresponds to that found at the scene of the murder of a high school student in 1994 in Château-Thierry in the Aisne, we learned. Wednesday, December 1 from a source close to the investigation.

The man had recently been indicted for domestic violence

The suspect, a fifty-something "very unfavorably known" for acts of violence, was arrested "in the north-east of France" then placed in police custody to be interviewed by investigators from the Central Office for the Repression of violence to persons (OCRVP) and the PJ of Creil, in charge of the investigations. The DNA of this man, recently implicated in domestic violence, was added to the National Automated DNA File (Fnaeg) and "matched" with unknown DNA found at the crime scene, according to the close source. of the investigation.

The body of Nadège Desnoix, 17, was discovered on the side of a path near the Jules Verne technical high school where she was a student in first class.

The victim, who showed signs of strangulation, had received several stab wounds, especially in the region of the heart, but had not suffered sexual violence, according to the autopsy carried out after the fact.

Living about fifteen kilometers from the school, she had taken a bus very early in the morning to attend classes which started at noon.