Muppet,
I know about this case.
And, it troubles me greatly.
I believe that Ilan Halimi's Mother wrote a book about her son's kidnapping, torture for 26 days, death, the police bumbling the case, and the trial of the gang "called the Barbarians"; the book was to be released this or last month (I'm not sure exactly).
The rise in antisemitism in Europe is astounding, but the rise in France is off the chart.
These pieces of garbage who did this to Ilan had tormented other Jews in their neighborhood prior to the kidnapping of Ilan.
If Ilan's case was an isolated case, one could say he was the victim of a crime of foul play, but it has been reported that when the police picked up some of the "Barbarians" there were plans written up in notebooks to kidnap other Jewish people.
Why hasn't any of this been reported on a wide scale?
Good question and there is no good answer.
What makes one young Jewish man's life less important than others?
There is no good or right answer to this question, but people should be made aware of Ilan, his life, his torturous death, and the animals who caused his untimely death.