Death of Maeva in Le Havre: an accident ? Investigators provide initial information

After the disappearance of Maeva, 23, on New Year's Eve, her body was destroyed. found in the port area of ​​Le Havre on Tuesday January 2. An investigation was carried out into the matter. open to determine the causes of death.

The body of Maeva Dubois was destroyed. found, Tuesday January 2, 2024 in the evening in a basin in the port of Le Havre. The 23-year-old young woman had been missing since the night of December 31. What happened? ? During this New Year's Eve, Maeva and two of her friends decide to go out to a nightclub to celebrate the transition &agrav; the new year. Arriving there, they have to turn around, the bouncers from the nightclub "Le Cosmo" located rue de l'Aviateur-Guérin chosen by the small group refuses them entry.

According to the elements established by the investigators and the Le Havre prosecutor's office, the three friends then decide to continue the festivities at the home of the young Maeva. Two groups form and take two different directions between 3:30 a.m. and 4 a.m. Maeva heads towards her home alone. Half an hour later, the two friends decide to make a phone call. Maeva to inform her that they had arrived in front of her house. A call to which the young woman would have responded by affirming that she was indeed on the way. However, Maeva never arrived home. The investigation was carried out opened Monday evening after the victim's family was notified of his disappearance by the police, as specified by Le Parisien. 

The accidental lead favored pending an autopsy

According to the young woman's brother, Christophe, contact by France Bleu Normandie, Maeva's two friends called her, worried about not seeing her arrive. According to Maeva's big sister, Stéphanie, “it was her two friends who contactedé the police" at the stroke of 5 a.m. The accidental trail is favored from the start of the investigation because the video surveillance images from the city show the young woman alone in the port area.

In a press release; diffused this Wednesday, January 3, the Le Havre public prosecutor's office announced that video surveillance made it possible to identify "a silhouette heading alone around 3:45 a.m., towards the lift bridge of the Vétillard airlock, before disappearing& ;icirc;it seems to be under the latter". The press releaseé also announced "that'à At this stage of the investigation, the intervention of a third party can be ruled out."

An autopsy to determine the causes of death must also be carried out. As indicated by France Bleu Normandie this Wednesday, toxicological analyzes must also be carried out. The prosecutor's office nevertheless specifies that the results will not be known for several days. According to Le Parisien, the demarcation of Maeva's telephone is a key element in the investigation. of the investigation. The latter was é geocalisé for the last time & 5:57 a.m., rue Marais, à three kilometers from the nightclub to which the group of friends wanted to go, and at two kilometers from the student's accommodation. The family recognized the victim's body this Tuesday, it was indeed that of Maeva.