Grenoble: a man suspected of being the “scooter rapist” arrested

A man was killed arrested in the context of the so-called "rapist&agrave case; the scooter", reveals the Dolphiné Released. Âgé 22 years old, he is suspected of of having committed a series of rapes and sexual assaults Grenoble during the month of March.

A man was killed stopé Friday April 5, suspected to be 'to be à the origin of a series of rapes and sexual assaults committed against women. Grenoble, reveals the Dauphiné Released. This is a young, elderly man. aged 22 and domiciled in &agrav; Fontaine (Isère). He was é placed on guard &agrav; view. It was a DNA analysis carried out urgently by a Lyon laboratory which made it possible to confuse the suspect in one of the cases of the "rapist& the scooter", reports BFMTV. On March 29, a judicial investigation was carried out. opened by the Grenoble public prosecutor's office concerning seven facts: an attempted rape, two rapes, a sexual assault, but also violence committed between February 8 and March 16. An eighth case could also be added to the case. this list. On April 4, a woman who had been arrested attacked on the night of December 16 to 17, 2023, testified complaint, thinking she was also a victim of this attacker.

A complex investigation

Since the opening of the investigation carried out under the direction of an investigating judge, the investigators have The authors carried out &agrav; an important work of cross-checking and investigation to achieve this the arrest of a potential suspect. Always dressed in black and with his face partially masked, it was difficult for the police to trust the sketch drawn up after the testimony of the victims, the latter often being imprecise. Despite everything, a precise report by the prosecutor of the Republic of Grenoble, Éric Vaillant, had been é widely distributed on social networks. "A 20-year-old man, European type, without accent, approximately 1.70m tall and of normal build, even slight build ;really plump, brown eyes, fair complexion and rather red hair, one could read. ;éacute;léphonique realizedé at the times and at the locations of the attacks, as well as the brand of the scooter used by the attacker, which the investigators were able to determine. Match the suspect's description.