Today at 08:00 – by Thomas Fourcroy
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On Saturday October 5 at 2:00 p.m., France 2 broadcasts its show At the end of the investigation. An issue returning to the Denis Waxin affair, a pedophile who shook the Lille region for around fifteen years.
This Saturday at 2 p.m., the show At the end of the investigation will focus on the profile of a serial killer and rapist who brought terror to the Lille region from 1985 to 1999, Denis Waxin. A solitary man, he kidnapped his young victims, all children, before raping them and sometimes killing them with several stab wounds. A pedophile whose name resurfaced in the news a few years ago, the fault of fake news.
Denis Waxin found guilty of six rapes and three murders
Denis Waxin committed his first murder on November 22, 1985. Nathalie Hoarau was kidnapped in a street in Lille, before being raped and stabbed. Although a major system was put in place, the man was not found and will do it again on October 8, 1990 in Wazemmes. Cathy Monchaux, 9 years old, was murdered with 14 stab wounds after having also been raped. On July 23, 1992, Nadjia Tebib, 4 years old, was in turn kidnapped in Moulins before meeting the same fate. Each time, the criminal cannot be found, even if for this latest case, there are witnesses. In addition, a DNA profile was established using a trace of sperm. In November, then in December 1993, in Moulins and Lambersart, he raped two young boys aged 7 and 10. It is thanks to Julie, 6 years old, raped in Fives on January 6, 1999 that Denis Waxin will finally be confused. Having memorized his face, she will turn the investigation around by recognizing her attacker. Summoned by the police, he ended up confessing to his crimes and in particular three other rapes of which no trace was found in the investigators’ files.
No, Denis Waxin is not out of prison
Tried on appeal in November 2003 by the Pas-de-Calais Assize Court in Saint-Omer, Denis Waxin, prostrate in his box, for the first time asked for forgiveness from the victims’ families. Ultimately, the former gas station attendant was sentenced to life imprisonment. A sentence with a security period of 29 years, so he can only be released from January 2028. Despite this, a rumor arose on social networks in June 2019, mentioning Waxin’s release. As noted The Voice of the Northcontrary to what many Internet users have said on Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat, the pedophile never walked the streets of Wattignies or Lille. In addition, it should be noted that serial killers do not generally benefit from release at the end of their security period, as shown by the cases of Tommy Recco and Guy Georges.
