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French Court Orders New DNA Check in Nicolás Zepeda Retrial

After a prior conviction was annulled over procedural errors, jurors now confront a no‑body case built on circumstantial evidence.

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Overview

  • The Lyon court granted only one of four defense requests, ordering a DNA trace from the victim’s pillow to be run against the national genetic database.
  • Requests for Facebook account data and additional witness hearings were rejected by the presiding judge.
  • The new jury trial opened this week in Lyon, with a decision expected by March 26.
  • Zepeda denies killing Narumi Kurosaki and remains in pretrial detention following his 2020 extradition from Chile.
  • An earlier 28‑year sentence was thrown out by France’s Court of Cassation due to procedural irregularities, as prosecutors continue to pursue a circumstantial case without a recovered body.