COLD CASE – Twenty-seven years after the disappearance of Cécile Vallin – a 17-year-old teenager who vanished from a road in Savoie in June 1997 –, the ex-wife and accomplice of Michel Fourniret was taken into police custody this Tuesday.
It was twenty-seven years ago, on June 8, 1997. Cécile Vallin, a 17-year-old teenager, disappeared late in the afternoon while walking along a departmental road in Savoie, in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. Investigators first thought it was an accident, especially since the area is quite steep, and considered suicide, but never ruled out criminal activity. Despite the significant resources deployed, her body was never found. No one was taken into custody. Until Tuesday morning. Monique Olivier, the ex-wife and accomplice of serial killer Michel Fourniret, was taken from her cell in Fleury-Mérogis to be taken into custody, it has been learned 20 Minutes from concordant sources, confirming information from the Parisian.
“This hearing follows statements that Monique Olivier made to Belgian investigators in 2005, but the hearing report was only sent to us very recently,” said a source close to the case. The wife of the “ogre” mentions the murder of a young girl, a “babysitter”, at the end of the 1997 school year. In her memories, the victim is between 16 and 18 years old, with light hair. Monique Olivier explains that she (…) - 20minutes
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