They removed her head and mutilated her body. A girl was found dead inside a box in Paris

French police found the body of a 12-year-old girl who was placed in a box on Friday evening near a building in northeastern Paris, while an investigation was opened to uncover the circumstances of the accident, which led to the arrest of 4 people.

The body of a 12-year-old schoolgirl was found in a box Friday evening near the building where she had been living with her family in northeastern Paris.

A source familiar with the case and a judicial source stated that four people were detained by the police on suspicion of involvement in the crime.

At 11pm, a homeless man reported finding an opaque box containing the body of a girl in the inner courtyard of a building. Sources close to the file said that the girl's body was wrapped in cloth, and next to the box were two handbags.

The box was found under the building where the girl lived, according to the Public Prosecution Office.

According to sources familiar with the case, the first results show that the student's head is almost detached, with writings on her body.

In a video posted on Twitter by independent journalist Clement Laneau, who revealed the news of the discovery of the body, police in white clothes were working at the scene at night. There were white cloths stretched over one of the facades.

During the night, investigators, according to an informed source, arrested three people near the scene of the accident, while a woman was arrested on Saturday morning in the Bois Colombes region, near Paris.

They were all placed in police custody, according to the Public Prosecution Office, which indicated that their role in the crime had not yet been determined.

An informed source said that the police had been informed of the missing girl earlier.

Another source familiar with the case pointed out that the victim's father, the supervisor of the building where the family lived, and because of concern that his daughter would not return from school at the usual time, notified his wife, who went to the police station to report her disappearance.

Surveillance cameras in the building showed the girl returning to the place, but then she disappeared, according to another source familiar with the case.

An autopsy is being conducted during the day, according to a source close to the investigation.