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After 36 years of research, the investigation into the disappearance of Marie-Thérèse Bonfanti ended up being successful, Thursday, May 12. While the woman disappeared on May 22, 1986, a man was taken into custody at the time before being released. He finally confessed everything.
How did the gendarmes obtain a confession in one of the oldest cold cases in France? Marie-Therese Bonfanti, a 25-year-old mother, disappeared on May 22, 1986 in Pontcharra (Isère). She delivered newspapers. His car was found with the door open, keys in the ignition, near a house. At the time, investigators took into custody a young man who occupied it. He was known to have assaulted two women. The trail ended there.
The family never stopped wanting to know the truth. The file was reopened and the man from 1986 confessed on Thursday, May 12. Thierry Bonfanti, the husband of the disappeared, speaks of a “tremendous relief”. At the start of the week, police custody resumed for Yves Chatain. Behavioral analysts followed the debate outside the room. The man confessed to strangling the young woman and throwing the body into a ravine in the mountains. Searches have so far turned up nothing.