France: Moroccan Suspect in Custody for Rape and Murder

Bois de Boulogne in Paris

-La Provence

Once again, it has happened, this time in France. A 22-year-old Moroccan man, identified only as Taha O, is charged with the rape and murder of Philippine, 19 years old in Paris. Previously imprisoned for rape in France, he was under a deportation order and placed in some sort of house arrest. He left France, indeed, but not before allegedly raping and murdering the victim in Paris' Bois de Boulogne, where her body was discovered buried. He has been captured in Geneva and is awaiting extradition.

Of course, we are experiencing the same problems in the US, thanks to the lax border policies of Biden, Harris, and Mayorkas, but too many innocent victims have died in western Europe thanks to their own lax immigration-deportation policies.

Le Figaro has the latest here and is translated by Fousesquawk. (Note: this article is still being updated and may change from the translated version.)

Murder of Philippine: Judicial investigation opened for homicide, also for rape.

By Agence France Presse (AFP) and Alexandra Perrini

Posted three hours ago, updated 2 hours ago.

The investigating judge has issued an arrest warrant for the suspect, Taha O., who was arrested in Switzerland on September 24. He was already known to French justice authorities and was the subject of an Order to Leave French Territory (deportation).

Since Tuesday, an investigating judge has been in charge of the case opened specifically for homicide and rape in connection with the death of the young student, Philippine, in Paris, and in which a suspect was arrested Tuesday evening in Switzerland. The judicial investigation involves the crimes of murder preceded, accompanied, or followed by another crime, rape, theft, and fraud, all (in connection with) criminal recividism.

At the end of the day on Tuesday, the investigating judge issued an arrest warrant against the suspect, identified thanks to the use of surveillance video images, specifically from the bank where he made a withdrawal using the bank card stolen from the victim, and "telephonic investigations", the prosecutor's office stated. "At the same time, the subject was arrested in Switzerland in the canton of Geneva," at the end of Tuesday, he added. "The French judicial authorities will send an extradition request to the Swiss judicial authorities for the purpose of having the subject turned over as soon as possible," the Public Ministry stated.

The body of Philippine, a 19-year-old student at the University of Paris-Dauphine, was discovered buried in the Bois de Boulogne, in west Paris, during a search Saturday afternoon. The family had reported her disappearance. The student had been seen for the last time Friday during breakfast time at the university located near the woods. The results of the autopsy carried out Sunday, "have not been communicated at this point," the prosecutor's office noted.

Targeted for deportation

The suspect, Taha O., a Moroccan national, age 22, had been "sentenced by a juvenile criminal court in Val d'Oise on October 5, 2021, to 7 years in prison for acts of rape committed in 2019-for which he had been placed in pre-trial detention in 2019, and freed at the end of his sentence in June 2024," the Public Ministry explained.

Illegally in France, he was notified of an order to leave French territory (OQTF) on June 18, 2024. Upon leaving prison, he was placed in an administrative retention center (CRA) in Metz. His stay was extended three times before he was assigned to (house) arrest in a hotel in the Yonne (French départment in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region).  

On September 18, the prefecture of Yonne reported his non-compliance, and Taha O. was placed in the file of wanted persons.