French town buries murdered child as questions mount over police failings

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A French town mourned 11-year-old Lyhanna this week as investigators grapple with a troubling timeline: the prime suspect in her killing had been reported to police nine months earlier but was never questioned. The case has ignited scrutiny over whether procedural failures allowed a known risk to remain free. Officials are now examining why an earlier report didn't trigger an investigation, raising questions about how the police department handled the warning and what, if anything, might have prevented the child's death.