Fillette décapitée : la piste du crime rituel privilégiée par les enquêteurs
The investigation into the brutal murder of a 5-year-old girl in the Kanda Fodé Bayo neighborhood of Kahone, in the Kaolack region, is progressing. The suspect, L. Sall (30 years old), who has been staying with the victim's family for the past two weeks, is still being questioned by investigators. According to information obtained by Libération, his custody is expected to be extended until Monday to allow the Kaolack gendarmerie to fully understand the circumstances of this extremely violent act.
A chilling modus operandi
On the night of February 17-18, Libération recounts, the suspect abducted the little girl while she slept alongside her sisters. He took her to a construction site 200 meters from their home before committing the act. After removing the child's earrings and protective charm, he undressed her and then coldly decapitated her. The murderer then attempted to open the victim's ribcage to extract her heart, a gruesome detail that reinforces the theory of a ritualistic crime, according to the same source.
The suspect's contradictory accounts
When questioned by investigators, Lamine Sall offered several conflicting accounts. As reported by the newspaper, he initially claimed the attack was an act of revenge stemming from a dispute with the girl's parents, a theory categorically denied by those close to him. He then asserted that he acted in a fit of rage, thinking of a former partner living in Dakar who shared the same first name as the victim. Finally, cornered, he went so far as to blame his own father, accusing him of failing to provide him with a "proper upbringing."
The ritual crime theory is being given priority.
Several clues rule out the theory of dementia or an uncontrolled impulse. "Lamine Sall was completely lucid at the time of his act." Furthermore, the observed absence of sexual abuse definitively points the investigation toward a mystical or sacrificial motive, supported by the removal of ritual objects (gris-gris) before the killing, the newspaper reports.
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