In France: Monique Olivier is involved in the disappearance of Lydie Logé

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 , the family’s lawyer said on MondayAFP.

Ms. Olivier, indicted since January 2021 for complicity in the investigation concerning this disappearance, “recognized that she was on the scene, which is a form of confession for me”, clarified Me Corinne Herrmann, confirming a 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), detailed M^e Herrmann, without giving further 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, according to the lawyer.

According to RTLMonique Olivier admitted that the couple had kidnapped the young woman and that Michel Fourniret had attempted 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.

Lydie Logé, mother of a 7-year-old boy, disappeared on December 18, 1993 in the village of Saint-Christophe-le-Jajolet, where she lived. After doing her Christmas shopping with a friend, the last person to see her alive, she had to return home.

While two investigations, one from 1994 to 1998 and another from 2004 to 2009, had resulted in dismissals, the investigations were relaunched in 2018 after connections established between the DNA traces from organic compounds found in the van. Michel Fourniret 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.

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 about this disappearance. The family now expects Monique Olivier “to provide more details and to help locate Lydie’s body,” concludes M.^e Corinne Herrmann with theAFP. Contacted byAFPMonique Olivier’s lawyer, M^e Richard Delgenes did not immediately react.

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