Cold Cases in France
ColdCaseIndex documents 3 cases in France, dated 2017 to 2023. 0 are recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Maëlys de Araujo (2017) and the most recent is Annecy Knife Attack (2023).
Regions covered: Isere (1).
Status of the 3 cases in this index
- Charges or trial pending 1 (33%)
- Solved or convicted 2 (67%)
By type
All France cases
Pending Trial
2023
Annecy Knife Attack
A man stabbed six people, including four toddlers, at a lakeside playground in Annecy, France, in June 2023. All survived. The suspect, Abdalmasih Hanoun, a Syrian refugee who had been living in Sweden, was charged with…
Solved
2017
Alex Batty (found)
Alex Batty of Oldham, England, was 11 when he failed to return from a holiday in Spain with his mother and grandfather in October 2017.
Conviction
2017
Maëlys de Araujo
Eight-year-old Maëlys de Araujo disappeared from a wedding party in Pont-de-Beauvoisin, in the French Alps, in the early hours of August 27, 2017.