Today at 9:30 p.m. – by Thomas Fourcroy
This Saturday, at 2:00 p.m., At the end of the investigation will be interested in the Adeline Piet affair. Nicknamed by the press “the barbecue affair”it concerns the sordid murder of a mother by her companion, Benoit Piet. A man ready to do anything to erase his crime, which deeply affected the couple's children and those of Adeline, who testified during the trial.
Murder of Adeline Piet: A companion ready for the worst to cover his tracks
On July 3, 2006, Benoit Piet, a former handler, warned the police of the disappearance of his wife, Adeline. Mother of seven children, two of whom were born from a previous union, she, according to her, vanished, telling him that she needed “changer d’air”… Initially, this man is suspected, but the investigators will look into a worrying profile, that of a neighbor already convicted of murder. It was only in June 2008 that the truth came out; finally placed in police custody, Benoit Piet admitted being responsible for the death of his partner. On the night of July 1 to 2, 2006, he explained that he had caused Adeline Piet to fall down the stairs of their house in La Gouesnière (Ille-et-Vilaine) following an argument. He then faked his departure and buried his body in the garden. Benoit Piet then admitted to having dug up what remained of the body to burn it in the family barbecue, a month before facing the police. Tried in early 2011, he received twenty years of imprisonment for willful violence, causing death without intention of causing it. Note that during his trial, he multiplied the versions and maneuvers, like false letters, so that the investigation could be redirected. We recall that at the request of Adeline Piet, the couple was in the process of divorce in 2006 and that Benoit was obliged to leave the family home on July 13, 2006.
Children plagued by doubt in the face of Benoit Piet
Nathalie, Adeline Piet's daughter, 15 years old at the time of the events, testified during the trial. As we read in his remarks transcribed by The Pointwe learn that she had run away, so as not to live with Benoit Piet, “whose character (she) could not define” : “Very quickly, we wondered if he wasn't responsible for something. He was very strange.” Almost the same feeling with Vincent, also 15 years old: “I was afraid that our mother was dead. I was afraid of finding her somewhere.” Gwendoline, the couple's child, spoke of her doubts about her father: “I was hoping she would come back, but deep down I knew she wouldn't come back. From the first day, I told a friend maybe it was my dad who did something . But my father, I loved him too much. I wanted to believe that it wasn't him, but reality took over.”
