Overview
- The 45-year-old suspected in the fatal shooting of Lizabete was arrested on Jan. 24 in Grasse by BRI and RAID units, formally indicted for assassination on Jan. 25, and remanded to pre-trial detention after remaining silent before the judge.
- Lizabete, 23, was shot multiple times in her car in west Nice on Jan. 21 while her seven-month-old daughter was inside and uninjured; police later found the scooter believed to have been used abandoned near Nice-Ville station.
- Investigators are prioritizing an intrafamilial lead, with the suspect described as a former partner of the victim’s stepmother; two people briefly detained for allegedly assisting him were released and the firearm is still being sought.
- In a separate case, a 29-year-old Tunisian was arrested over the rape of a 90-year-old at her home, tested positive for alcohol, cannabis and cocaine, is under an OQTF issued Jan. 11, admitted entering the apartment but denies rape, and is to be brought before a judge with detention requested.
- Civic responses included a city hall tribute and a pause in municipal campaigning, while Nice said it would grant the victim’s infant the ‘pupille de Nice’ status to ensure long-term care.