Berenyss, 7 ans, qui avait disparu jeudi 23 avril dans un petit village de Meurthe-et-Moselle, a été retrouvée saine et sauve dans les Ardennes au bout de huit heures. L'"alerte enlèvement" avait été déclenchée et un important dispositif de recherches déployé.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Premier élément de l'enquête : "On avait bien affaire à un enlèvement". C'est ce que confirme le procureur de Briey, Yves Le Clair lors d'une conférence de presse nocturne à Sancy, le petit village de 350 habitants où la fillette avait disparu.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Selon le procureur, la fillette raconte n'avoir "pas été victime de violences, ni physiques, ni sexuelles."

La disparition de Berenyss à Sancy :

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Berenyss a disparu vers 15h à Sancy. Elle faisait du vélo sur une place du village à proximité, environ une centaine de mètres, de la maison familiale quand elle a échappé à l'attention de sa mère, explique à l'AFP un porte-parole de la gendarmerie.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        La mère s'est mise à sa recherche mais n'a retrouvé que le vélo de la fillette dans une rue un peu plus loin, avant de prévenir les gendarmes, selon son récit.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  "Il y a eu un délai très court entre le moment où la mère a perdu de vue l'enfant et celui où le vélo a été retrouvé", dans une ruelle à une centaine de mètres de la maison familiale, explique le procureur.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  "Un fourgon blanc conduit par un homme d'une quarantaine d'années a été vu sur les lieux", avait précisé la gendarmerie sur la base du témoignage de la mère, qui avait rapidement retrouvé le vélo abandonné de sa fille dans une rue voisine.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Le conducteur d'une Kangoo blanche était activement recherché "parce que c'est a minima un témoin", dans cette affaire, avait précisé Yves Le Clair.

C'est à ce moment-là que les autorités ont déclenché l' "alerte enlèvement"

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Les recherches pour retrouver Berenyss :

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Le plan "Alerte enlèvement" est un dispositif d'alerte massive et immédiate déployé pour aider à la recherche d'un enfant présumé enlevé. Adopté en 2006 en France, il est largement inspiré du plan "Amber Alert", créé au Texas en 1996, après l'enlèvement et l'assassinat d'une fillette.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Il vise à diffuser rapidement une alerte via une cinquantaine de canaux de diffusion : radio, télévision, sites internet, panneaux de gare et d'autoroutes, panneaux d'affichage urbain, réseaux de la SNCF ou de la RATP. Le but est de mobiliser la population dans la recherche d'un enfant enlevé et de son ravisseur.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         La fillette a été recherchée dans une large zone autour du village et l'alerte avait également été transmise à la Belgique, au Luxembourg et à l'Allemagne, dont les frontières sont proches.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Le dispositif de recherches est monté en puissance tout au long de la journée, mobilisant jusqu'à une centaine de militaires, dont 30 gendarmes mobiles.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Un hélicoptère et deux équipes cynophiles ont également participé aux recherches.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       La petite fille a été immédiatement inscrite au fichier des personnes recherchées, utilisé notamment dans tous les aéroports.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        L'enfant, aux longs cheveux bruns portait "une jupe à volants blancs et un haut multicolore" au moment de sa disparition, précise à ce moment la gendarmerie. "Si vous localisez l'enfant, n'intervenez pas vous-même, appelez immédiatement le 0800 36 32 68".

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               De nombreux véhicules ont été contrôlés dans la zone de la disparition, sans succès.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Un gendarme participant à ces recherches est mort, victime d'un accident de moto en se rendant sur les lieux, annonce jeudi le ministère de l'Intérieur.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Des habitants avaient également proposé de mener des battues, mais les autorités leur avait demandé de rentrer chez eux pour permettre à un hélicoptère de survoler la zone avec une caméra thermique.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        "Il y a un mouvement de solidarité populaire qui fait chaud au coeur" dans le village, avait souligné devant la presse son maire, Daniel Matergia.

 Berenyss est "déposée" à Grandpré :

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            La fillette a été retrouvée à Grandpré dans les Ardennes françaises, explique Pascal Niggemann, commandant de la compagnie de Briey.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Elle a été déposée à 23h devant une maison du petit village rural de 450 habitants situé à deux heures de voitures du lieu de l'enlèvement, à environ 80 kilomètres à l'est de Reims. Elle a frappé à la porte, et la résidente, médecin de profession, lui a ouvert.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 "Suite à a la diffusion de l'alerte enlèvement, la médecin a tout de suite compris de quoi il s'agissait", précise le procureur, estimant que c'était "peut-être" le déploiement du dispositif de gendarmerie qui avait conduit l'auteur de l'enlèvement à libérer sa victime.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Le dispositif "Alerte enlèvement" a été levé, mais les recherches se poursuivent, pour interpeller l'auteur", a-t-il ajouté.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Berenyss a pu parler avec ses parents au téléphone, et ces derniers devaient la récupérer dans la nuit.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       L'enfant est la deuxième d'une fratrie de trois - un grand-frère de 14 ans et un petit frère de 5 ans. Sa famille est présentée comme "sans problèmes" par le procureur. Le père travaille dans l'industrie au Luxembourg voisin, et son épouse travaille à la mairie, où elle s'occupe des animations, notamment avec les enfants du village.