The main suspect was recorded in the CCTV video carrying heavy luggage, which included the suitcase holding the victim, while leaving the building in the afternoon.

[3] Lola Daviet, born 18 July 2010 in Béthune,[4] was a student at the Collège Georges Brassens in Paris and was a champion of aerobics[5] in France.

On 14 October 2022, at about 16:30 (UTC+1), Johan Daviet reported the disappearance of his daughter to a police station after she failed to return home from school.

[6] Police found duct tape and a box cutter in the apartment building's basement, and started a criminal investigation.

[12] On 17 October, 24-year-old Dahbia Benkired was indicted on charges of "murder of a minor under 15" and "rape with torture and acts of barbarism".

[16][10] After the suspect was identified as having ignored an order to leave French territory, political figures of the right and far-right attacked the government of President Emmanuel Macron for the crime.

Éric Zemmour of Reconquête coined the term "Francocide" to describe the murder of a French person, for which he was criticised by Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior.