Murder of Philippine: Taha confesses and plunges into amnesia

After having been heard as witnesses in the premises of the Paris criminal brigade, the relatives of Taha O. who sometimes hosted him in France, are subject to an OQTF with a view to expulsion to Morocco, their country of origin.

On Wednesday, the Moroccan Taha O., the main suspect in the murder of Philippine, the student found dead in the Bois de Boulogne in September, confessed during his hearing at the Paris judicial court by the investigating judge in charge of the case . The young 22-year-old Moroccan national, who was arrested in Switzerland before being extradited to France, admitted to having killed the 19-year-old student whose body was found partially buried and not far from her mobile phone, on 21 September, in the Bois de Boulogne, west of Paris, reports The Parisianspecifying that the autopsy concluded that he died of asphyxiation. This young Moroccan “with a chaotic journey, marked by abandonment by his father in Spain and placements in a foster home”, however, says he is incapable of remembering the facts.