Saulieu: searched pedophile found dead in Liernais. His victim still missing.

6 year-old Layla's kidnapper was found dead today in Liernais, a village a few kilometers from Saulieu where the kidnapping took place. Multi-recidivist pedophile David Fernandez's (a.k.a The Spider) body was discovered at the local Maison Familiale Rurale by the brigade of Liernais.

« A horrendous, barbarous crime scene »

It was with these words that prosecutor of Saulieu Danièle Merrat described the discovery of the body:

"The man's neck was broken, his skull cracked and his bones fractured in multiple places. It seems he has been violently assaulted and tortured by one or several people who ambushed him. His assaulters used such strength in the process his body is almost totally disarticulated. We're talking about a horrendous, barbarous crime scene."

The question is, however, where the authors of the facts are now and if their disappearance is connected with Layla's. "For now, medico-legal expertise and DNA tests didn't give a track regarding the identity of the killers. It is still too soon to affirm or invalidate the theory of a second kidnapping." M. Delenrs, one of the investigators, outlined.

A broken camera found next to the body. The pedophile intended to film his crime.

A theory is now established among the investigators. According to them, Fernandez led the little girl in the locals of the school with the intention of staging and filming the rape before he was interrupted by the arrival of his murderers. The experts are still trying to extract images from the chip inside the broken camera found next to him in hopes of identifying his assailants. They say the restoration of the chip might take a few days before furthering the investigation.

"This investigation will not end before the author –or authors- of the facts is -or are-identified, arrested and punished." M. Delenrs affirmed. The investigators also expressed their "solidarity" with Layla's family regarding their "unimaginable worry" and whose child is still reported missing since the discovery of the body of her kidnapper.

All brigades investigators of Saulieu and Liernais have been mobilized exclusively for the case. In order to centralize all useful information, please call 04. 93. 40. 91. 91.