The custody of Monique Olivier, the ex-wife of serial killer Michel Fourniret, lasted only a few hours on Tuesday 10 September as part of the investigation into the disappearance in Savoy of Cécile Vallin in 1997, after being taken from her cell in the Fleury-Merogis prison. on Tuesday morning to be questioned by investigators from the Central Office for the Suppression of Violence against Persons (OCRVP), her detention was lifted on Tuesday afternoon, shortly before 8 p.m., the Nanterre prosecutor’s office reported to Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Wednesday.
His lawyer, M.my Richard Delgenes said Tuesday that his client “He will not speak to investigators” in his absence: he was notified on Tuesday morning and was unable to go to Nanterre to help M.me Olivier told AFP. “We have known for more than fifteen years that it needs to be put in order” for her to give a confession, “It is counterproductive for the Vallín family”he added.
This police arrest took place within the framework of a judicial investigation opened since 1997 for “Kidnapping, kidnapping, arbitrary detention against Cécile Vallin” and resumed in November 2022 by the serial or unsolved crimes unit – known as “unsolved cases” – from Nanterre. “I hope that she will be heard again under different conditions, with her advice, and that she can help us”The Vallin family’s lawyer, M.my Caty Richard.
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Cécile Vallin, aged 17, was last seen on 8 June 1997 at 6pm on a departmental road leading from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (Savoie) towards Chambéry.
With her disappearance, the Michel Fourniret case was reopened following Monique Olivier’s testimony at her trial in December 2023, at the end of which she was sentenced to life imprisonment for complicity in the kidnappings and murders of Estelle Mouzin, Joanna Parrish and Marie-Angèle Domèce.
Caty Richard told AFP on Tuesday that she had asked the investigating judge on December 26, a week after the verdict, to hear from Michel Fourniret’s ex-wife. “We are sure that Monique Olivier has things to say. We hope that she will help justice understand what happened to Cécile.”He added on Tuesday, before the end of M.me Olive.
On December 5, during the trial, Mmy Didier Seban, the Mouzin family’s lawyer, read statements by Monique Olivier to Belgian investigators about the murder of a young woman, a “babysitter” unidentified around June 1997. According to these statements reported by the lawyer, Monique Olivier spoke of a “sleeping girl” at the couple’s home in Sart-Custinne, Belgium, which Michel Fourniret allegedly “strangled with bare hands”. At that time, M.me Olivier was content to deny it. “We have not been to Savoy”She replied in an annoyed tone.
Information was opened for “kidnapping” by the Albertville public prosecutor’s office following a complaint by the parents. The gendarmes had carried out extensive searches throughout the valley. They had combed the woods and explored the ponds. In vain.
The young woman had to take her baccalaureate exam in philosophy the next day. She had no known problems, was a good student and did not seem to have any family problems. She lived with her mother and stepfather and no movement of funds was recorded in her bank account after her disappearance. Investigators quickly ruled out the hypothesis of a runaway.
In 2008, searches were launched using ground-penetrating radar on the A43 motorway, which was under construction at the time of her disappearance, in an attempt to find her body. Once again, in vain.
Since January 2021, Monique Olivier has also been accused of complicity in the disappearance of Lydie Logé in 1993 in Orne. The body of the 29-year-old woman has never been found. Michel Fourniret, who died in May 2021, was charged in December 2020 with kidnapping and kidnapping followed by death.
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Although two investigations, from 1994 to 1998 and then from 2004 to 2009, led to dismissals, the investigations resumed in 2018 after connections were established between DNA traces of organic compounds found in Michel Fourniret’s van and the DNA of Lydie Logé’s mother.
