the investigation relaunched by new DNA expertise

On September 5, 2012, three members of a British family and a cyclist were found dead on a road in a forest in Chevaline, in the Haute-Savoie department. The car, across the road, was riddled with bullets. Twelve years later, the Chevaline massacre still retains all its mysteries. The perpetrator of the quadruple homicide has never been identified.

Investigators from the Cold Case unit, which is handling the Chevaline killing case, hope to catch the culprit thanks to advances in science. Specializing in closed cases, the Cold Case unit is now re-examining several seals: the victims’ clothes as well as two cigarette butts as well as a piece of gun butt found at the crime scene. The seals have already been assessed in the past but the analysis techniques have since become much more precise. These analyzes could take several months to deliver their results.