Disappeared for five days, Sihem Belouahmia could have been kidnapped or kidnapped, according to the latest requalification of the investigation.
Disturbing disappearance, call for witnesses, trail of the kidnapping … For five days, Sihem Belouahmia, 18, has not given any news to his family in La Grande-Combe, in the Gard.
Significant resources have been deployed in recent days by the Nîmes research section, which is looking for the young woman using helicopters, criminal identification technicians and tracker dogs … in vain.
• A sudden disappearance
Wednesday, January 25, around 10:30 p.m., a friend dropped Sihem, 18, at his father’s rue d’Alger in Grande-Combe in the Gard. His grandmother lives on the same street, a little further down.
As usual, Sihem then goes to her house, the old lady being ill.
Around midnight, her grandmother, who was then in bed, heard a door knock. The young girl left, leaving her things behind. The door remained ajar, BFMTV learned from concordant sources.
• Rapid requalification of the survey
The Alès prosecutor’s office very quickly decided to open an investigation for a worrying disappearance. But, after certain hearings and other acts of investigation, he proceeded to a requalification. The investigation is now open for kidnapping and forcible confinement.
From the start of the investigation, significant resources were deployed by the gendarmes, without success: helicopters, dog teams with tracker dogs, criminal identification technicians.
Everything electronic is being explored: social networks, mobile phones…
On January 28, the Gard gendarmerie launched an appeal for witnesses on its Facebook page
• The profile of the young woman
The gendarmerie describes her as “a young woman, 1.69 meters tall, of normal build, with straight brown hair, length up to the middle of the back, and brown eyes”.
The young woman is described by those close to her as smiling, pleasant, generous. She thinks a lot about her entourage, very present for her family.
Sihem is in ASSP final year and must pass her white baccalaureate this week.
• The main leads of the investigations
The entourage of Sihem Belouahmia has already been questioned by the investigators, who favor the criminal track.
According to his relatives, someone close to him could be involved in this kidnapping. However, this man was also questioned by the investigators who subsequently left him free.
