Kidnapping alert: what we know about the disappearance of Mia, kidnapped by three men in the Vosges

How to help investigators?

If you locate the child, do not intervene yourself, immediately call 0 800 36 32 68 or send an email to [email protected].

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Kidnapped at the end of the morning in a village

Mia Montemaggi, an 8-year-old girl, “European type, 1.30m, brown eyes, long brown hair with bangs”, was abducted from Les Poulières (Vosges), a small town of 240 inhabitants near Saint-Dié, around 11:30 this morning, according to the kidnapping alert issued by the authorities.

At the time of her abduction, the girl was wearing “small gold earrings with a red design, black pants, a t-shirt, a gray zipped waistcoat with gold dots, a white puffer jacket with black polka dots and white fur lining ”.

Three kidnappers, the mother can be present

The kidnappers are three men of “European type”. Two are between 25 and 35 years old, “one of whom is said to have a cross-shaped tattoo on his neck,” and a third is between 45 and 50 years old.

They are likely to be driven in an anthracite gray Volkswagen Transporter vehicle.

According to the local daily Vmorning osges, the three suspects would have passes for educators of the PJJ (judicial protection of youth). The grandmother had obtained custody of her granddaughter by a decision of the children’s judge on January 11. The kidnapping allegedly took place at his home.

The girl could be accompanied by her mother Lola Montemaggi, who is not allowed to see her alone. She is 28 years old, measures 1m70, “very thin build, shoulder-length light brown hair, and two” star “tattoos on the inside of one wrist”.

The mother is likely to travel in a black Peugeot 207 car, registered BZ-370-GZ.

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“Put all the chances on our side”

The Attorney for the Republic of Epinal, Nicolas Heitz, recalled this Tuesday evening the “exceptional” nature of the device. “There are several criteria: a minor victim, it is the case, an unexplained disappearance, an abduction, it is the case, a physical danger, it is the case and information which can identify both the victim and the victim. person who could be suspected ”, said the magistrate on BFMTV.

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The magistrate assured that this alert was triggered in “agreement” with the Attorney General and the Director General of Pardons at the Ministry of Justice “to put all the chances on our side, on the side of the investigation” in order “to locate this 8-year-old girl ”.

The prosecutor must give a press conference this wednesday at the Epinal prosecutor’s office and give more details on the removal. It will take place at 11:30 am at the courthouse, he told Lorraine News.

Triggered four times in Lorraine since 2006

The “Abduction alert” system, which has always offered success to investigators, has already been triggered three more times in Lorraine, four in total with this new disappearance.

In the region, it was used for the first time on December 19, 2012, after the kidnapping of a two-day-old baby at the regional maternity unit of the CHRU in Nancy, who was found the same evening safe and sound in Vandeuvre-lès-Nancy. .

A second time on April 18, 2014, after the abduction of a four and a half month old baby from the Nancy maternal center. He was found safe and sound in Moselle 26 hours later.

Finally, on April 23, 2015, after the kidnapping of a seven-year-old girl, little Bérényss in the village of Sancy in Meurthe-et-Moselle. She was found two hours later in the Ardennes. On February 23, 2016, the kidnapper was sentenced to five years in prison for “kidnapping and forcible confinement”.

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