Agnès Marin was a 13-year-old girl who was murdered on 16 November 2011 in Chambon-sur-Lignon, France. The murder was committed by 17 year-old Mathieu Moulinas, who at the time was on parole while awaiting trial for rape of another girl.
Early life
Agnès Marin was born to Paola and Frederic Marin. According to a close friend, she was a good student who was interested in becoming a filmmaker. Her parents had enrolled her at the Cévenollesboarding school in 4th grade after being exposed to negative influences including marijuana at her former junior high school. She was buried on her would-be 14th birthday, 26 November 2011.
Murder
On Wednesday 16 November 2011, in Chambon-sur-Lignon, in the département of Haute-Loire, Agnès Marin, a 13-year-old student at Les CévenolesBoarding School, went with Mathieu Moulinas, another student, who was nearly 18 at the time, to look for hallucinogenic mushrooms in a forest. Once there, Moulinas proceeded to rape and stab Agnès 17 times before finally burning her body with petrol that he had brought to the site previously.
Mathieu Moulinas
Mathieu Moulinas was born on 1993 from Sophie Moulinas and Dominique Moulinas. He also has two sisters, Zélie and Margaux. On 2 August 2010, in the Gers, Moulinas lured Salomé F., a 16-year-old acquaintance, into a forest on the pretense of giving her €10 he owed her. Once there, he proceeded to bind her then rape her with a dildo he stole from his parents. He was then examined by a therapist, who certified him as "redeemable"; The judge freed him under stipulations he had to undertake a therapy for his psychological problems and his drug use, go to school and leave the Gers. Out of seventeen schools the Moulinas applied to, only one, the Cèvenol school, accepted Matthieu in Première. Once there, he proceeded to have run-ins with the school authorities, including having a gothic style, taboo marks, publicly kissing and petting his Tahitian girlfriend or purchasing tobacco.
Trial
At his trial before the Cour d'assises des mineurs that began on 18 June 2013 and was held in camera for the most part at the request of Salomé F. in spite of the Marins' wishes and during which Mathieu recognized his guilt, the prosecutor criticized the numerous failings of the institutions and asked the jury to not grant the benefit of minority to Moulinas, instead asking for a 30-year sentence and civil commitment, taking into account the fact Moulinas had mental problems. On 28 June 2013, Moulinas was sentenced to life imprisonment, a sentence which had not been met against a juvenile since Patrick Dils in 1989. His lawyers appealed the sentence the next day.
Controversies
The murder was committed during a time when the French public was debating juvenile criminality and recidivism among offenders. Some in France criticized the several different failures of the judicial system, whether by freeing such a suspect after three months of remand and putting him in a co-ed boarding school or the lack of candor of Moulinas's judicial supervisor about Moulinas's near-expulsion for typing "pedo sex" in a search engine. While the prosecution argued the school was aware Moulinas was charged for rape, the school stated they were not aware of the exact reason why he was under investigation. His father said he alluded his son was under investigation for a sexual offense. However, the father of the victim claims that the school was aware that Moulinas had problems involving "sexual acts of aggression."
Appeal
On 2014-10-10, his life sentence was confirmed by the Appeal Assize Court, ending any possibility of the revision of the rulings on the facts.
Aftermath
On 2016, the parents of the murderer published Parents à perpétuité, a book about their experience, which caused the victim's family to protest. During an interview, the Moulinas reported their son still didn't feel any remorse.
