"I would like to know the last words of Maëlys": implores her mother as the trial of Nordahl Lelandais approaches

Add this article to your favorites by clicking on this button!

Jennifer Maeco de Araujo gave a poignant testimony on RTL, Thursday January 27, 2022. The mother of little Maëlys spoke a few days before the opening of the trial of Nordahl Lelandais in the case of the death of his daughter, then 9 years old, who disappeared during a wedding in Isère in 2017.

Stay informed

In four days, one of the most publicized trials of the year will begin. Nordahl Lelandais is due to appear on January 31, 2022 before the Grenoble Court of Appeal in the context of the Maëlys case. Her mother gave a poignant testimony on RTL, Thursday January 27, 2022. Today more than ever, Jennifer Maeco De Araujo wants to know her daughter's last words: "I would like him to tell the truth, she said. estimated in front of journalist Alba Ventura. I would like to know Maëlys' last words, I would like to know what she said. Afterwards, we will have to disentangle the true from the false of everything he is going to say. As D-Day approaches, the mother still refuses to name Nordahl Lelandais: "He does not deserve that I call him by his name," she said. Jennifer Maeco De Araujo shared her many questions: "What could (Nordahl Lelandais) have done to Maëlys? How could he do this to us? Lying to us all this time, making us wait, being in survival mode? So many questions that will be at the heart of the trial to be held from January 31 to February 18, 2022 and which will seek to lift the veil around the death of little Maëlys who disappeared on the night of August 26 to 27, 2017, during a a wedding in Pont-de-Beauvoisin, in Isère.

@BilldeBlasio How to run once a Premier city into the Ground in a couple of months it was him urging people to ride… https://t.co/tRGWnbZtBy

— Wendy Bradford Fri Apr 17 17:02:05 +0000 2020

Confessions in 2018

As a reminder, Nordahl Lelandais is the main and only suspect in this case. In February 2018, the remains of Maëlys had been found thanks to the information communicated to the investigators by the former dog handler. The man had confessed to having accidentally killed the little girl. Traces of the girl's DNA were found in her vehicle. The investigators then found bones as well as the clothes and a shoe of the little girl at the place indicated by Nordahl Lelandais. The IRCGN experts had subsequently highlighted a fracture of the girl's jaw, caused before her death, "by one or more violent blows".

Also read: Maëlys affair: how Nordahl Lelandais managed to get invited to the fateful wedding