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Thread 'France , 19 yo student Philippine found murdered September 21 in park, Bois de Boulogne'

Sep 25, 2024

Suspect in student's murder in Paris park arrested in Switzerland​

The 22-year-old Moroccan national had already been convicted of rape. He was under an obligation to leave the French territory which had not been enforced due to the lack of consular travel documents issued by Morocco.

Suspect in student's murder in Paris park arrested in Switzerland

The Bois de Boulogne (French for Forest of Boulogne) is the most famous park in Paris, located in the city's 16th arrondissement. The park is 846 hectares...

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Found Deceased Thread 'France - Kirk Handley, 60, climbing Pic du Glacier d'Arsine, French Alps. Supposed to finish Sep 10 2024. Car in parking lot.'

Sep 25, 2024

Kirk Handley's family reported him missing on September 13 when he failed to return from his bid to scale the 11,000ft glacier summit of the Pic du Glacier d'Arsine in the French Alps, local media reports.

The 60-year-old from Yorkshire has not been heard from since September 7, but it is unclear why the search for Mr Handley was only launched now after his family sounded the alarm nearly two weeks ago.

Fears for Brit mountaineer, 60, missing for two weeks in French Alps

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France Thread 'France, Le Cellier, 'The girl w. the 10-pence coin', #2024-FR07, 16-23, white, brown hair, 165cm tall, perfect teeth, bowling pin pendant, 25/11/82.'

Oct 9, 2024

Identify Me

Help us identify these unknown women whose bodies were found in Europe in recent decades.

www.interpol.int

Can you help identify ‘cold case’ of woman in France with UK coin?

The teenage girl is one of 46 unsolved 'suspicious death' cases highlighted in a new appeal by Interpol

www.connexionfrance.com

'A teenager who was found dead in France with a British 10p coin in her pocket is among one of 46 unsolved murder cases highlighted by a new Interpol ‘Identify Me’ campaign.'

‘The girl with the 10-pence coin’​

Found on the woman: A leather choker with five beads, a British 10-pence piece, a keychain in...

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France Thread 'France- Julie Michel, 26, left for road trip, 1/7/13, no contact after 10/7/13, her car & belongings found, Port de Ler, French Pyrenees, *RE- OPENED*'

Apr 7, 2025

April 7 2025 Annabel Bate

https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/inside-chilling-disappearance-of-julie-michel-whose-belongings-were-found-at-mountain-base-as-cold-case-is-reopened/news-story/14aa3958a9727764390a06bdea2116d7

''Julie Michel vanished without a trace in 2013 after her car and belongings were found at a mountain pass in the French Pyrenees.
After almost 12 years, the cold case into the 26-year-old’s disappearance has been reopened – with police probing leads that hadn’t been explored before.

Julie set off on a road trip from her home...

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Thread 'France- Man, 18, tied to incel movement arrested for alleged plot to attack women, July 2025, *France’s 1st-ever ‘incel’ case*'

Jul 3, 2025

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Man faces France’s 1st-ever ‘incel’ case for alleged plot to attack women - National | Globalnews.ca

This is the first time France's National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office has taken on a case linked to the 'incel' or involuntary celibate movement.

globalnews.ca

''An 18-year-old French man who claimed affiliation with the misogynist “incel” (involuntary celibate) movement has been arrested and placed under formal investigation on suspicion of planning attacks targeting women, France’s National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) said on Wednesday.

This is the first time PNAT has taken on a case linked to the “incel” movement, an online network of men motivated to engage in violence against women who they believe unjustly reject their...

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Thread 'France- Floriane Roux, 31, missing after planning a night out w. friends, found deceased near her car, hidden in undergrowth, Paunat, 28 July, 2025.'

Jul 31, 2025

July 31 2025

Body of young woman found close to where British expat was murdered in rural France

Florian Roux’s body was found in thick undergrowth in Paunat, east of Bordeaux, after she was reported missing a week ago

www.independent.co.uk

'Floriane Roux, 31, was reported missing exactly a week ago, before her body was uncovered by a police dog on Monday.
It was hidden in thick undergrowth in the village of Paunat, in the Dordogne department, east of Bordeaux.'

Body of woman, 31, is found near spot where British expat was murdered

Floriane Roux, 31, was reported missing exactly a week ago, before her corpse was uncovered by a police dog on Monday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Floriane Roux (pictured) , 31, was reported missing exactly a week ago, before...

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Thread 'France-Homeless Tunisian migrant, 'Monji', 20's, arrested for ‘Homophobic’ murders of 4 men, whose bodies were dumped in the Seine, Paris, Aug; 2025.'

Aug 31, 2025

https://www.metroweekly.com/2025/08/paris-police-homophobic-murders/

''Paris Police Arrest Homeless Migrant for ‘Homophobic’ Murder​

''Police say the suspect, known as "Monji," killed four men, including two after sex, and dumped their bodies in the Seine.''​

By John Riley on August 27, 2025
Police in Paris, France, have arrested a homeless Tunisian migrant accused of killing four men whose bodies were later found in the Seine River. The case began on August 13, when a commuter spotted a corpse floating in the river. Investigators subsequently recovered three more...

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France - Louve museum robbery, 19 October 2025:

Thread 'FRANCE, Paris, Robbery at the Louvre, Oct 19, 2025'

Oct 19, 2025

The Louvre in Paris, the world’s most-visited museum, has suddenly closed for the day after the French culture minister said there had a been a robbery...

At least one person had entered the museum, a member of her team told Agence France-Presse, without adding anything about any possible theft.

Louvre closed after robbery, French culture minister says

Rachida Dati announces robbery had taken place at world’s most-visited museum

www.theguardian.com

No info yet on WHAT might have been stolen.

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France Thread 'France- Sarjit Kaur Mann, 20, UK student @Birmingham University, went missing on holiday in France, September 1976.'

Dec 27, 2025

Search for long-running missing people including Cov man who vanished in 1989

Jayson Duffy, from Coventry, had been visiting Amsterdam when he vanished in 1989

www.coventrytelegraph.net

27 Dec 2025
''Another long-running case involves Sarjit Kaur Mann, who was last seen in France in September 1976. She had been on holiday there and is thought to have stayed in the country while the people she was with returned to the UK.''
''Mann had been studying at the University of Birmingham and was living in the city with her family when she went missing. She was described as being around 5ft 1in tall, with long black hair, and may have worn glasses.''
11 January 2025...

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