The investigation for “disturbing disappearance” opened at the beginning of November 2023 after the disappearance of Mélodie Mendes da Silva was reclassified on November 17, 2023 for “kidnapping and sequestration”. Mélodie Mendes da Silva, a 34-year-old beautician, married and mother of two children, left her home located in the center of Marseille on November 3, 2023 at the end of the afternoon, and no longer gave any sign of life near of his family ever since.