Fleurance
- Jun 16
Aunt of murdered 11-year-old Lyhanna opens official Leetchi fundraiser to help family with 'new start'
Julie Bodart, the aunt of Lyhanna, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Leetchi to support the girl's parents and brother with administrative procedures after her body was found in the Gers.
- Jun 15
France rallies for 'integral law' after murder of 11-year-old Lyhanna
Thousands gathered at courthouses across France for a second Monday of protests, demanding a comprehensive law against sexual and gender-based violence following the killing of Lyhanna, 11.
- Jun 13
US child protection body flagged Lyhanna murder suspect years before killing, but French police took no action
Years before the murder of 11‑year‑old Lyhanna, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sent multiple alerts to French authorities about Jérôme Barella’s online activity, yet the warnings went unheeded amid chronic understaffing and a flood of reports.
- Jun 11
Lyhanna case: Father of suspect probed for sexual abuse, brother charged with rape
French prosecutors have reopened a sexual abuse probe into Joël Barella, the father of the main suspect in the murder of 11-year-old Lyhanna, as his eldest son Yannick was charged with rape.
- Jun 1
French father charged with kidnapping 11-year-old Lyhanna, who vanished from school in Fleurance
Jérôme B., 41, was indicted and jailed Monday for the abduction of Lyhanna, 11, last seen entering his car outside her school in Fleurance, Gers. The girl remains missing as nearly 200 gendarmes comb the countryside.
