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Accused of three murders, Gabriel Fortin had locked himself in silence for more than two years. Tuesday, June 13, the “HRD killer” came out of silence on the first day of his trial at the Drôme Assize Court.
Gabriel Fortin arrived on the morning of Tuesday June 13 at the court in Valence (Drôme) under good escort. He appeared in the dock with his hair shaved off. For the first time since his arrest, he came out of his silence and read a text in which he posed as the victim of lies. The civil parties were taken aback by his attitude. Another moment of tension: the mother of Gabriel Fortin, 78, appeared on the stand in tears and asked her son to explain his actions.
He faces life imprisonment.
The accused, imperturbable, will have no word for the families of the victims. The man who is nicknamed the “HRD killer” appears for three assassinations and an assassination attempt in early 2021. Two human resources directors, who had participated in his dismissal interview, were killed. In a division agency ejob, he also coldly killed Patricia Pasquion, a civil servant whom he did not seem to know. He faces life imprisonment.