Overview
- Manon Relandeau, a 31-year-old farmer, vanished on March 27 in Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc and police opened a missing-person investigation.
- Her partner, 41, left France on April 2 for Algeria with their 15-month-old daughter, and Algerian authorities later arrested him.
- He is expected to be prosecuted under Algerian law because both countries refuse to extradite their own citizens under a bilateral treaty.
- Searches in western France continue, with drones and public appeals as investigators work to find Manon.
- Relatives describe growing control and jealousy in the home, and Manon had booked an April 3 visit to a Nantes support center for abused women that she did not attend.