There may be nice concern in Saint-Etienne-de-Montluc, a city of 8,000 inhabitants positioned close to Nantes in Loire-Atlantique. Since the end of March, Manon Relandeau has not given any sign of life. Her child, a 15-month-old woman named “Inaya” based on The Parisianadditionally disappeared.
The search continues to search out the younger mom. A yellow “prohibited zone” ribbon bars entry to his farm and a seal has been positioned on the door of his home in a residential space a little bit additional away. 20 Minutes takes inventory of this case, whereas, based on the Nantes prosecutor’s workplace, the investigations “converge in direction of the speculation of a homicide”.
Who’s Manon Relandeau?
Three years in the past, Manon Relandeau, 31 years previous and initially from Nantes, had “bought the Ferme du Chêne Creux, a 65-hectare farm, on the sting of a marsh, in Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc”, based on The Parisian. She then moved in 2026 to a home within the city along with her associate Karim, aged 41.
Cow breeder, supervisor of a horse pension, Manon Relandeau, who doesn’t come from the world of agriculture, seems on her Fb account smiling, glasses on her nostril, usually on horseback or posing with a canine. In her neighborhood, a neighbor describes a younger girl recognized “solely from afar,” who “appears good” and goes to work within the morning in a farmer’s outfit.
Why is the potential for femicide favored?
Family members of the younger girl raised the alarm on April 3, apprehensive about not having heard from her and her child for a number of days. “In a short time, the investigations carried out in the course of the day led us to a worrying disappearance (…) The identical night, we had legal investigation technicians. And all through the Easter weekend, we elevated our energy to achieve nearly 60 troopers engaged,” defined Thierry Coin, second in control of the Nantes gendarmerie firm, throughout a press level organized in entrance of the farm on Tuesday on the finish of the day.
The partner of Manon Relandeau and father of the kid took the airplane on April 2 along with his daughter, departing from Nantes and sure for Algeria, based on the prosecution, which opened an investigation into spousal murder and kidnapping of a minor. A neighbor claims to have seen the partner go away the home that day behind the wheel of a automotive, after the disappearance which dates again to the top of March based on investigations. Since her departure, the younger girl’s associate has “contacted just a few folks by phone”, the prosecution defined on Monday, with out giving additional particulars.
What are the means deployed?
Along with the presence of the army and investigators, searches by drone and helicopter had been additionally initiated, two canine groups and the river brigade mobilized, and a nationwide investigation unit led by the Nantes analysis part was particularly created. The investigation has up to now not made it doable to find out exactly the day of the disappearance of the younger girl and her daughter, defined Thierry Coin.
Divers had been deployed Tuesday morning within the neighborhood of Saint-Etienne-de-Montluc, the gendarmerie indicated.
