A brother still alive according to Christine Dupont de Ligonnès, a testimony from a woman thinking she encountered him near Besançon last March, leads aborted. Every year, a lot of information circulates about the most wanted man in France: Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès.
The father, suspected of the murder of his wife and four children – found buried in the garden of their Nantes house on April 21 – was seen for the last time April 15, 2011 in the parking lot of the Formula 1 hotel in Roquebrune sur Argens. A file which, 13 years after his disappearance, continues to fascinate France.
Is he still alive? Did he commit suicide? On March 13 on RTL, the sister of Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès declared don’t believe “neither a flight nor a suicide”. Since the disappearance of his brother, rumors have multiplied and continue to fuel the debate.
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The last trace of “XDDL”
On April 10, Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès left Nantes and joined Roquebrune-sur-Argens by car. He has a good time on the road, notably in a luxurious inn in Pontet, where he dines and sleeps alone, before disappearing without a trace.
The investigation ends on April 15, 2011, the day the father left the Roquebrune-sur-Argens Formula 1 with his back a bag whose shape suggests that it can contain the rifle inherited from his father and in one of his hands a detective novel by Bernard Minier. The day before, he withdrew 30 euros from the town ATM.
For more than 1,750 reports in the space of thirteen years have been recorded, testimonies which claim to have encountered the suspect in the four corners of France and internationally. The latest one is currently being processed. DNA analyzes will be carried out on a cup from which the suspect allegedly drank.
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