Monique Olivier, ex-wife of Michel Fourniret, confessed to her involvement in the disappearance in Orne in December 1993 of Lydie Logé, a 29-year-old young woman whom the serial killer, who died in 2021, is suspected of having killed .
An almost unexpected twist. Monique Olivier, ex-wife of Michel Fourniret, “admitted that she was at the scene” of the disappearance of Lydie Logé, a 29-year-old young woman whom the serial killer is suspected of having killed in December 1993. “ It’s a form of confession for me,” Corinne Herrmann, the victim’s family lawyer told AFP, confirming information from RTL. Lydie Logé’s body was never found.
These confessions took place “at several times” before the investigating judge of the serial and unsolved crimes center of Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine), Sabine Khéris, Me Herrmann detailed to AFP, without giving further details. details on the content of Monique Olivier’s remarks. A transport to the scene of the events, in the presence of the accused, is planned for Thursday January 23, according to the lawyer.
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He allegedly tried to rape her
According to RTL, Monique Olivier admitted that the couple had kidnapped the young woman and that Michel Fourniret had tried to rape Lydie Logé before strangling her. Monique Olivier confirmed the murder and having participated in the hiding of the body, again according to this media.
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Lydie Logé, mother of a seven-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.
-While two investigations from 1994 to 1998 then from 2004 to 2009 resulted in dismissals, the investigations were relaunched in 2018 after connections were made 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 forcible confinement followed by death. His ex-wife, Monique Olivier, is being prosecuted for complicity.
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“Locate Lydie’s body”
The “Ogre of the Ardennes” died in May 2021. Nearly thirty years after the events, in June 2023, the young woman’s sisters launched a call for witnesses on RTL to try to obtain information on this disappearance. The family is now waiting for Monique Olivier “to provide more details and to help locate Lydie’s body”, concludes Me Corinne Herrmann to AFP.
Contacted by AFP, Monique Olivier’s lawyer, Me Richard Delgenes, did not react immediately.
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