Murder of Maëlys de Araujo
Maëlys de Araujo | |
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Commemoration scene dedicated to De Araujo in Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin in March 2018 | |
| Born | 5 November 2008 France |
| Disappeared | 27 August 2017 (aged 8) Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Isère, France |
| Status | Found dead 14 February 2018 |
| Cause of death | Homicide |
| Body discovered | Attignat-Oncin |
Maëlys de Araujo (5 November 2008 – 27 August 2017) was a French child who was last seen alive in the early morning of 27 August 2017 at a wedding in the Chambéry region of south-eastern France. Her remains were found on 14 February 2018 when Nordahl Lelandais, who admitted to killing her, led investigators to the area where he had disposed of the body. On 17 February 2022, Lelandais was sentenced to life imprisonment for the kidnapping and murder of De Araujo.