Trial of Inass Touloub’s Parents Begins 39 Years After Girl Was Found Dead

The trial of Inass Touloub’s parents opened Monday in France, 39 years after the four-year-old’s mutilated body was found in a ditch beside the A10 near Suèvres. The father, 74, and mother, 72, are appearing at liberty, charged respectively with torture and acts of barbarity resulting in death without intent to kill, and complicity; both face life imprisonment. Injuries found on the child included burns attributed to an iron and scars from human bites. The trial is scheduled to run until November 18 and brings one of France’s oldest cold cases to court.