Overview
- Authorities say the 25-year-old, under formal investigation for rape, escaped Friday by exiting an escort vehicle near the Bar-le-Duc jail and running off.
- He was being returned from an appointment with the investigating judge in Nancy under escort by the Judicial Extractions Unit (PREJ).
- Newly reviewed surveillance footage indicates his right hand was no longer restrained by a handcuff at the moment he left the vehicle.
- The prosecutor reports no violence, no injuries, and no weapon use, and says agents immediately pursued him but could not catch up.
- Searches are ongoing with the fugitive entered in the national wanted-persons file, an escape inquiry is open, victim-protection measures are in place, and the prosecutor urges him to surrender.