Michel Fourniret’s ex-wife was released on Tuesday evening, franceinfo learned, after 10 hours in police custody, in connection with the disappearance of Cécile Vallin in 1997 in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (Savoie).
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Monique Olivier’s police custody ended on Tuesday, September 10, shortly before 8 p.m., franceinfo learned from the Nanterre prosecutor’s office on Wednesday. Michel Fourniret’s ex-wife was questioned in connection with the disappearance of Cécile Vallin in 1997 in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (Savoie) by investigators from the Central Office for the Suppression of Violence against Persons (OCRVP).
At the end of her police custody, which lasted nearly 10 hours, Monique Olivier was not brought before the investigating judge at the Nanterre “cold cases” unit.
The name of Cécile Vallin was mentioned during the trial of Monique Olivier for the kidnappings of Estelle Mouzin, Joanna Parrish and Marie-Angèle Domèce. During this trial, a document was mentioned by the civil parties, it is a hearing of Monique Olivier on July 13, 2005 by the Belgian police. In this hearing that franceinfo was able to consult, Monique Olivier explained that “If Fourniret brought this young girl home, it was to sexually abuse her. If he abused her, he was not going to let her leave alive.”.