Le jeune homme sans abri a été mis en examen, puis incarcéré pour quatre meurtres. L’hypothèse de crimes en série homophobes est étudiée. Les corps des victimes ont été découverts dans le fleuve le 13 août, près de Choisy-le-Roi.
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Les enquêteurs n’excluent pas la piste d’un mobile homophobe dans ces meurtres. En effet, les victimes étaient toutes des hommes âgés de moins de 30 ans, originaires du Maghreb et sans domicile fixe. Une réunion avec des associations LGBT a eu lieu vendredi 22 août à la préfecture de police de Paris, pour évoquer le sujet.
Enfin, la quatrième victime, dont la découverte a été annoncée vendredi, est un homme âgé de 27 ans, de nationalité algérienne, résidant à Choisy-le-Roi. Son décès remonte à environ un mois. Les enquêteurs ignorent pour l’instant comment il a pu croiser la route du principal suspect.
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According to the prosecutor, it has been established that the fourth victim, Frantz, a 48-year-old Frenchman residing in Créteil and missing since August 11, frequented this location for casual homosexual encounters.
Therefore, while the prosecutor did not specify the favored hypothesis regarding the motive for the murders, it was highlighted that the investigation had revealed connections between the victims, the suspect, and the location where the bodies were found. Each of the victims, at the time of their disappearance, could be linked to the suspect. A homophobic motive is being considered. The autopsies of the last two victims identified injuries indicative of strangulation.
A man already known to justice and arrested twice for other offenses
«Monji H.» had made headlines in the past for minor offenses. According to the prosecutor, he was known to the justice system for a theft with damage to a vehicle in January 2025. He was due to be tried for these offenses in September. However, he had recently come into contact with law enforcement. On August 5, he was found in possession of documents that did not belong to him. It turned out they belonged to the third victim, Sami. At that time, the disappearance of this man had not yet been reported. Therefore, the justice system allowed «Monji H.» to leave, with a judicial summons for concealing stolen goods. A fourth murder, that of Franz, was then committed. The suspect was again checked on August 13 by the first police officers who arrived at the scene where the bodies were found. He was then placed in a detention center due to his irregular status in French territory. It was there that he was arrested as part of the investigation into the four murders.
«He was placed in pre-trial detention, denied the facts, and remained silent during the rest of the police custody,» commented his lawyer, Antoine Ory, to France Télévisions. His client has been indicted for «murders in concurrence,» a charge that applies to serial crimes and allows for specific investigative techniques. While the trail of a serial killer – defined by the commission of at least three consecutive murders – is becoming clearer, the investigation itself is just beginning.
The homeless young man has been indicted and imprisoned for four murders. The hypothesis of homophobic serial crimes is being investigated. Le 13 août, les corps des victimes ont été retrouvés dans le fleuve près de Choisy-le-Roi. Sans souscription. The man arrested in the case of the four bodies found in the Seine in Choisy-le-Roi (Val-de-Marne) on August 14, 2025 is starting to have his profile clarified. He chose not to answer questions from investigators during his custody. However, some details are emerging about his background and the murders he is suspected of committing within a sixteen-day period.
The possibility of homophobic serial killings is being investigated by the Paris criminal brigade, which is handling the case. Here is what is known about the main suspect at this point.
– He is described as a homeless man in his twenties, with an uncertain identity. While he claimed to be a 24-year-old Algerian named «Ahmed» who arrived in France irregularly three years ago and worked in markets and construction, the police have identified him as a homeless man in his twenties from Tunisia named «Monji H.» According to information gathered by France Télévisions, the Créteil prosecutor’s office referred to him as «a North African man of undetermined nationality» and mentioned that he provided limited information about his life during questioning.
– He frequented the same squat as the first two victims. Evidence from the investigation, including observations at the crime scene, surveillance footage, and phone analysis, indicates that he was usually around the area where the bodies were found. He, like other homeless individuals, frequented an abandoned technical building on the banks of the Seine in Choisy-le-Roi. The building, made of concrete and littered with trash, had mattresses, blankets, and a chair inside.
Authorities have stated that the first two victims, whose disappearances were reported at the end of July, were also homeless individuals who knew the squat and the suspect. Abdellah, a 21-year-old Algerian, and Amir, a 26-year-old Tunisian, were the first two victims. Abdellah’s mobile phone was found among the suspect’s belongings, and the suspect used Amir’s bank card after the incidents. Their cause of death has not been determined due to the severe state of decomposition of the bodies.
Investigators are exploring the possibility of a homophobic motive in the case. The third victim, Sami, a 21-year-old Algerian man, lived in Choisy-le-Roi and was reported missing on August 7. How he crossed paths with the suspect is still being investigated.
The area where the bodies were found is known as a «cruising» location, a meeting place for gay men. Le parquet a confirmé que Frantz, un Français de 48 ans résidant à Créteil et porté disparu depuis le 11 août, fréquentait un lieu de rencontres homosexuelles éphémères. Bien que le mobile des meurtres n’ait pas été précisé, des connexions entre les victimes, le suspect et le lieu de découverte des corps ont été mises en évidence. Le parquet a suggéré que chaque victime, disparue au moment de leur disparition, pourrait être liée au suspect, et une possible motivation homophobe est étudiée. Des autopsies des deux dernières victimes ont révélé des lésions évocatrices d’une strangulation.
Le suspect, Monji H., était déjà connu de la justice pour des délits mineurs, dont un vol avec dégradation dans un véhicule en janvier 2025. Il avait également été contrôlé en possession des documents appartenant à la troisième victime, Sami, avant que sa disparition ne soit signalée. Malgré cela, il avait été laissé repartir avec une convocation pour recel. Le quatrième meurtre, celui de Frantz, a eu lieu peu de temps après. Monji H. a été à nouveau contrôlé par la police sur le lieu de découverte des corps et placé en centre de rétention en raison de sa situation irrégulière en France. C’est là qu’il a été interpellé dans le cadre de l’enquête sur les quatre meurtres.
Son avocat a déclaré qu’il avait été placé en détention provisoire et avait nié les faits, gardant le silence pendant le reste de sa garde à vue. Monji H. a été mis en examen pour «meurtres en concours», un chef d’accusation qui s’applique aux crimes en série et permet des techniques spécifiques d’enquête. Alors que la piste d’un tueur en série se confirme, l’enquête ne fait que commencer.
Le jeune homme sans abri a été mis en examen et incarcéré pour les quatre meurtres, et l’hypothèse de crimes en série homophobes est actuellement étudiée. Le 13 août, les corps des victimes ont été retrouvés dans le fleuve près de Choisy-le-Roi. Sans abonnement.
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