A horrific incident unfolded as a 12-year-old girl named Lola Daviet was subjected to rape, torture, and murder in a shocking manner. The tragic discovery of Lola’s lifeless body inside a suitcase in Paris led to the arrest of Dahbia Benkired, a 24-year-old woman at the time. Following a swift police investigation, Benkired made history in France by becoming the first woman to receive a life sentence without the possibility of parole for her role in the gruesome crimes.
Disturbing details of Lola’s final moments emerged during the court proceedings. Lola, a young girl who enjoyed camping trips with her family, encountered Benkired, a homeless Algerian immigrant, outside her residence. Surveillance footage captured Benkired unlawfully entering the building and lurking in the hallways, despite lacking access privileges.
The last recorded images showed Lola noticing the stranger and seemingly following her down a corridor. Tragically, these moments marked the final sightings of Lola alive. Three years after this chilling interaction, Benkired recounted the events that unfolded, admitting to luring Lola, restraining her, and ultimately ending her life.
The harrowing sequence of events revealed that Lola was sexually assaulted and then suffocated by Benkired using tape she had obtained. Following the brutal assault, Lola was physically assaulted with a knife and scissors, both before and after her death. Benkired callously left Lola to perish, only returning briefly after playing music to drown out any sounds of struggle.
After concealing Lola’s body in a suitcase, Benkired attempted to cover her tracks by cleaning up the crime scene before leaving her sister’s residence. Surveillance footage captured Benkired’s suspicious behavior as she manipulated suitcases to prop open the building’s entrance and later transported the suitcase containing Lola’s remains outside.
During the subsequent trial in Paris, Benkired faced strong condemnation from Lola’s family, who described her as a “monster devil.” The court handed down a life sentence to Benkired for the atrocious acts she committed. Notably, other individuals serving similar sentences include Salah Abdeslam, a Belgian terrorist involved in the ISIS attack that claimed 130 lives in Paris in 2015.