The one suspect within the disappearance of Narumi Kurosaki, her ex-boyfriend Nicolas Zepeda has simply been extradited from Chile to France. – AP / SIPA Metropolis: Santiago
The airplane on board which was extradited the Chilean Nicolas Zepeda, suspected of getting murdered his Japanese ex-girlfriend Narumi Kurosaki in Besançon (Doubs) in 2016, landed in France, at Roissy airport (Val-d ‘Oise) this Friday on the finish of the morning. The younger man should now be taken to Besançon the place he might be indicted for homicide on the finish of the day.
Nicolas Zepeda, 29, was “taken care of by the French authorities” upon the arrival of the Air France flight from Santiago, which landed this Friday morning on the tarmac at Paris-Charles-de -Gaulle, stated an airport supply.
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The physique by no means discovered
The only suspect within the homicide of Narumi Kurosaki, whose physique has by no means been discovered, have to be notified of the execution of his worldwide arrest warrant earlier than judicial police investigators take him to Besançon the place he might be questioned by the investigating choose accountable for the case. This extradition process relaunches a judicial cleaning soap opera that has held the Japanese media in suspense for greater than three and a half years.
“He will be presented to the examining magistrate with a view to his possible indictment of the murder charge,” stated the prosecutor of Besançon Etienne Manteaux. “If he is indicted, the prosecution will ask for an adversarial debate to be held for a possible detention.”
The Chilean might be defended by Me Jacqueline Laffont, former lawyer of Nicolas Sarkozy. He has at all times denied having killed the younger lady.
“Howls of terror”
Narumi Kurosaki, a 21-year-old scholar, lived on the Besançon college campus, the place she was final seen on December 4, 2016. Nicolas Zepeda, son of a rich Chilean household, was her former boyfriend. They met in 2014 in Japan, the place he was learning. This son of a telecoms mogul had fallen head over heels in love along with her and even launched her to his household.
In response to the investigation, shortly earlier than Narumi’s disappearance, the 2 younger individuals had nonetheless distanced themselves and the Japanese scholar had began a brand new relationship, arousing the jealousy of Nicolas Zepeda who was then in his nation.
Etienne Manteaux went to Chile in April 2019 with an analyzing Justice of the Peace and two investigators. Seven months later, he introduced that the investigation was “closed” and justified “the request for extradition of Nicolas Zepeda to appear before the Assize Court of Besançon for the assassination of Narumi Kurosaki”.
In response to investigators, Nicolas Zepeda went to Besançon in early December 2016 to see the younger lady. On the night of December 4, they returned collectively to Narumi’s lodging. That night time, in response to the prosecutor, a number of college students heard “screams of terror, cries”. However “no one told the police”.
An “intrusive and disturbing profile”
In response to the geolocation of his rental automotive, on December 6, 2016 at daybreak, the suspect went to a wooded space, east of Dole (Jura), the place investigators imagine he was is rid of the physique. Just a few days earlier, the younger man had purchased matches and a can of flammable product. Regardless of in depth analysis, the physique has by no means been discovered.
The previous prosecutor of Besançon Edwige Roux-Morizot had evoked on the time of the information an “intrusive and disturbing profile” in regards to the suspect. The latter, in a letter despatched to the Chilean authorities, had recounted having gone to see Narumi in Besançon at first of December 2016 and that they’d then “realized that they were still in love”. He stated he spent a part of the night time of December Four to five along with her, however then stated he left alone.
Narumi’s household “hope he will have a different line of defense”, “find Narumi’s body, that’s all that matters to them”, their lawyer, Sylvie Galley, had declared on the announcement of the extradition of the Chilean in Could.
Narumi was a superb scholar from a really modest background. She obtained a scholarship for her research on the Utilized Linguistic Middle (CLA) in Besançon. The CLA has additionally collected 4,500 euros in donations by way of an internet kitty with a purpose to financially assist the household of the younger lady to go to France for the trial.