The day had been mostly gloomy in Paris, just an hour or so of sun in a deluge of rain.

And it was about to get darker, literally and figuratively, across the City of Light but particularly in Butte-Chaumont or the 19th arrondissement, on the right bank of the River Seine.

Around 4:30 p.m., on Oct. 14, 2022, a father became deeply panicked when his pretty 12-year-old daughter failed to arrive home from school and called the police. The girl’s name was Lola Daviet.

As caretaker of the building, her father, Johan Daviet, scoured the CCTV footage. There was Lola, entering the building at 3:20 p.m. She was following a woman Johan believed to be Dahbia Benkired.

Later, Benkired was seen leaving and hauling a travel trunk and other luggage.

A small army of cops and volunteers scoured the n

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