What we know about the death of Shanon, 13, raped and beaten to death during an afternoon at a friend's house

Caroline Baudry / Photo credits: ODD ANDERSEN / AFP 7:50 a.m., April 4, 2024

What happened in Rantigny, a small town in Oise, at the beginning of March, behind the closed doors of a teenager's bedroom? The mystery surrounding the death of Shanon, 13, raped and found unconscious, continues. The young teenager died at the end of March in hospital. On March 6, 13-year-old Shanon simply left to spend an afternoon with one of her friends. 

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Her friend indicted

The latter exchanges with two boys aged 18 and 19, met recently and invited to join them at her home. Shannon would then be raped. She will be found in cardio-respiratory arrest, "in a pool of blood, with a gaping wound in her vagina", says the family's lawyer, Maître Frédéric Le Bonnois, in the columns of the newspaper

. Her friend, indicted for failure to prevent the crime, was also raped, says her lawyer Maxime Gallier.

“She is secluded at home, she does not even dare to attend the funeral of the woman she has long described as her sister of the heart. Facts of indescribable horror, for this young girl who, let us remember all the same , for more than 10 minutes will perform a cardiac massage on her best friend!”, he alerts on the microphone of Europe 1. 

“We must be careful not to make hasty conclusions”

Transported to hospital, Shanon does not regain consciousness and dies after three weeks in a coma. A 19-year-old young man was placed in pre-trial detention for “rape leading to the death of the victim”, but he denies any violence. "There was no violence, no coercion against Shanon. It was a reciprocal relationship. He thought she was 16. It's a tragedy for sure, but he We must be careful not to draw hasty conclusions,” explains the young man’s lawyer, Caty Richard.

A forensic autopsy is now awaited. She will have to determine precisely the causes of death.