“The ogre of the Ardennes”, who died in 2021, was indicted in this case, while Monique Olivier is being prosecuted for complicity.
Published on 20/01/2025 13:51
Updated on 20/01/2025 13:53
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Monique Olivier admitted to having witnessed the attempted rape and then the murder of Lydie Logé by her ex-husband Michel Fourniret, the family's lawyer announced on Monday January 20 to franceinfo, confirming information from RTL. “Monique Olivier admitted to having been there”assured Master Corinne Herrmann. DNA found on a hair element in Michel Fourniret's van matches the DNA of Lydie Logé, the lawyer also confirms. “The ogre of the Ardennes” was indicted in 2020 for this disappearance. The young woman's body was never found.
Lydie Logé, 29 years old and mother of a 7-year-old boy, disappeared on December 18, 1993 in the village of Saint-Christophe-le-Jajolet, in Orne, where she lived. After doing her Christmas shopping with a friend, the last person to see her alive, she returned home. His mother and aunt had spoken to him by phone around 7 p.m. Then when his sister Sophie tried to call him later in the evening around 9:00 p.m., nothing. “It disappears, we don’t know how or why”explained to AFP in 2023 Me Herrmann.
While two investigations from 1994 to 1998 then from 2004 to 2009 resulted in dismissals, the investigations were relaunched in 2018 after connections established between the DNA traces from organic compounds found in Michel Fourniret's van and the DNA of Lydie Logé's mother. On December 22, 2020, the serial killer was indicted for “kidnapping and sequestration followed by death”. His ex-wife, Monique Olivier, is being prosecuted for complicity. “The ogre of the Ardennes” died a few months later, in May 2021.
