Nordahl Lelandais Explained

Nordahl Lelandais (born February 18, 1983 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French murderer and alleged serial killer and rapist.

In 2022 and 2021 respectively, Lelandrais was sentenced for the murders of Maëlys de Araujo[1] and Arthur Noyer[2] in 2017. He is suspected to be the perpetrator in a number of other murder cases in France, among them Jean-Christophe Morin and Ahmed Hamadou, who disappeared in 2011 and 2012 from a electronic music festival at Fort de Tamié near Albertville[3] and the Annecy shootings, in which four people were killed in the French alps.[4]

Life

Nordahl Lelandais was born on February 18, 1983 in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine).[5] After failing his baccalaureate, he joined the French army and stayed in service from 2001 to 2005, working as a dog handler. He was discharged due to psychological problems.[6]

Criminal acts

In 2009, Lelandais was given a suspended prison sentence for setting a fire in a bar in Paladru.[7]

Lelandais was arrested in the summer of 2017 as the prime suspect in the murder of Maëlys de Araujo. The girl had disappeared during a wedding party in Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Isère on August 27. Lelandais was convicted using CCTV footage and mobile phone data.[8]

In 2018, he became the prime suspect in the disappearance of Arthur Noyer, a 23-year-old soldier who disappeared when hitchhiking in France in 2017. Lelandrais confessed later the same year after first only admitting that he had picked him up hitchhiking[9] .

During the investigation in the Maëlys case, police discovered that Lelandais had used child pornography and he has been suspected to have abused several underage girls in his family and circle of friends.[10]

References

  1. Web site: Meurtre de Maëlys: Nordahl Lelandais condamné à la perpétuité . 2024-11-01 . BFMTV . fr.
  2. News: 2021-05-11 . Nordahl Lelandais condamné à vingt ans de réclusion criminellepour le meurtre d'Arthur Noyer . 2024-11-01 . fr.
  3. Web site: 2021-06-14 . Nordahl Lelandais : après Maëlys et le caporal Noyer, d'autres affaires? . 2024-11-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210614121020/https://www.lejdd.fr/societe/faits-divers/nordahl-lelandais-apres-maelys-et-le-caporal-noyer-dautres-affaires-3527219 . 2021-06-14 .
  4. News: Samuel . Henry . 21 December 2017 . France to reopen Alps murder investigation of al-Hilli family after possible serial killer charged . 14 February 2018 . The Telegraph.
  5. Web site: 2018-03-29 . Meurtres d'Arthur Noyer et de Maëlys : la troublante personnalité de Nordahl Lelandais . 2024-11-01 . TF1 INFO . fr.
  6. Web site: Nordahl Lelandais « l'impulsif », sa vie intime et le bruit médiatique - Pénal Dalloz Actualité . 2024-11-01 . www.dalloz-actualite.fr . fr.
  7. News: 2017-12-21 . Affaire Maëlys : Une personnalité ambivalente qui glace les enquêteurs . 2024-11-01 . fr.
  8. Web site: SAVOIE/NORD-ISÈRE. Affaire Maëlys : le suspect, un ancien militaire passionné par les chiens et la boxe . 2024-11-01 . www.ledauphine.com . FR-fr.
  9. Web site: 2018-03-30 . Nordahl Lelandais reconnaît avoir tué le caporal Arthur Noyer . 2024-11-01 . lejdd.fr . fr.
  10. Web site: Nordahl Lelandais soupçonné d'attouchements sexuels sur une petite fille de sa famille . 2024-11-01 . BFMTV . fr.