Nathalie Debaillie's femicide trial opens this Monday: she was found gagged and slit in a bathtub

Les proches de Nathalie Debaillie ont engagé une procédure en responsabilité contre l’État. MAXPPP – Stéphane Mortagne

The trial of the alleged murderer of Nathalie Debaillie opens this Monday, June 24 before the North Assize Court, in Douai. He is suspected of having kidnapped and killed his ex-partner in Lille in May 2019.

A man will appear this Monday, June 24, 2024, before the Northern Assizes in Douai for the kidnapping and murder of his ex-partner Nathalie Debaillie, aged 47 years old, in La Madeleine, near Lille, on May 27, 2019, indicates France Bleu.

Found dead in a bathtub

He won't be alone. Three other men will appear alongside him. They are accused of having participated in his kidnapping in the parking lot of his workplace in Lille.

The events took place on May 27, 2019. Nathalie Debaillie was kidnapped by several men and locked in a van when she had just parked in the parking lot at his work in the center of Lille. A biker present at the parking lot tries to intervene but is shot.

Police officers, quickly alerted, came to the home of his former companion. They knock on the door, but there is no answer. So they turn around. A few hours later, they returned and discovered the lifeless body of Nathalie Debaillie, in the bathtub, gagged, her throat cut. His former companion and his three alleged accomplices were then arrested.

Three handrails and a complaint filed

According to our colleagues, the investigation revealed that Nathalie Debaillie had filed three arrests and a complaint against her former companion for harassment. Sa The complaint had not been transmitted to the public prosecutor's office and she did not benefit from any protection measures. Nathalie Debaillie's relatives initiated liability proceedings against the State.