Missing Paris girl, 12, found dead in suitcase with numbers ‘placed’ on body
A 12-year-old girl was found stuffed in a suitcase in Paris with her throat slashed and a chilling bizarre clue — the numbers 1 and 0 “placed” on her corpse, authorities said.
The hands and feet of the French child, who was not named, were bound with tape, and she appeared to have died from asphyxiation, according to Fox News and the Independent.
At least four people have since been taken into custody for questioning in the case, but no arrests have been announced.
The girl’s parents notified police when their daughter didn’t come home after school in the French capital Friday, the outlet said.
The girl’s father, who is a caretaker in their building, told police he saw his daughter with a woman in her 20s on video footage from the building — with the woman later emerging on the footage carrying a suitcase.Cops later found evidence of a kidnapping in the basement of the building.
Around 11:30 p.m. Friday, police received a call reporting a suspicious suitcase on Rue d’Hautpoul, several streets away from the family’s home.
Police said the numbers “1” and “0” had been “placed” on the murdered child’s body with “a device.”
The outlet reported that the girl had cut wounds to her throat, and she was bound with tape.
The numbers "1" and "0" were reportedly found on her body. The numbers, according to reports, were "placed" on the corpse with a "device."
An autopsy was due to be performed to determine the cause of death.
Police have taken at least four people into custody in connection with the case, the report said.