Overview
- The defendant, identified as Younes E., is appearing before the Val-de-Marne cour d’assises in Créteil, a court that hears the most serious crimes in France.
- Prosecutors say the two older daughters had chest stab wounds and the youngest died from asphyxia, with investigators reporting the children were given sleeping pills.
- He went to the Dieppe police station on November 26, 2023, confessed to the killings, and police then found the three bodies in the family’s Alfortville apartment.
- Psychiatric experts told the court he shows a paranoid profile without a finding that his judgment was impaired, which limits an argument for diminished responsibility.
- Records show a 2021 conviction for domestic violence with a six-month sentence under electronic monitoring, and reporting links the case to a painful breakup with his ex-partner.