Woman killed in France finally identified after 20 years and murder suspect arrested

Hakima Boukerouis was a mum of four, long assumed to have abandoned her family (Picture: Interpol)

A woman whose body was discovered in France more than 20 years ago has been identified – and a suspect in her murder arrested.

Hakima Boukerouis is the fifth woman to be named through an international police campaign called Operation Identify Me.

Her body, tied up and wrapped in bin bags, was discovered in a rainwater barrel in Saint-Quirin, a village in northeastern France, on January 7, 2005.

The barrel was seen in October 2004, floating in the Red Saar, a river about two miles north of the village, according to an Interpol ‘ Read Entire Article