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Man in custody over suspected killing of teenage daughter in Brest
In Brest, France, a man in his 50s is suspected of killing his teenage daughter.
Police detained him on Wednesday, and he reportedly admitted to killing her.
The girl’s body has not been found, and investigators are searching for it using information he provided.
Before she disappeared, the teenager had filed a complaint against her father alleging violence and incestuous rape.
A specialized police division is investigating the suspected killing.
The Brest prosecutor’s office has not commented publicly so far.
A man in his fifties was placed in police custody in Brest on suspicion of killing his teenage daughter.
He reportedly told police that he had killed her.
The girl, who was about 15, had disappeared, and her body had not been found as of Wednesday morning.
She had filed a complaint against her father alleging violence and incestuous rape before she disappeared.
The investigation was entrusted to Brest’s Division of Organised and Specialised Crime.
- Who
- A man in his fifties is suspected of killing his daughter, who was about 15.
- What
- He was placed in police custody and reportedly admitted killing her. Her body had not been found.
- When
- Wednesday, 21 October 2026.
- Where
- Brest, Finistère, France.
- Why
- Not stated
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The teenager filed a complaint against her father alleging violence and incestuous rape.
The father was placed in police custody after his daughter disappeared.
The teenager’s body had not been found, and investigators were searching for it.
- Location
- Brest, Finistère
- Date
- 21 October 2026
- Suspect
- Father in his fifties
- Daughter’s age
- About 15
- Investigation
- Brest’s Division of Organised and Specialised Crime