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Trial: who is Monique Olivier, the widow of Michel Fourniret?
Tuesday, November 28, the trial of Monique Olivier, the widow of Michel Fourniret, begins. Who is she ? What is she accused of? Response elements. – (France 2)
Tuesday, November 28, the trial of Monique Olivier, the widow of Michel Fourniret, begins. Who is she ? What is she accused of? Response elements.
How many secrets does Monique Olivier still keep? In 2021, everyone hoped that she would indicate the location where she and her accomplice, Michel Fournirethad placed the body of little Estelle Mouzin. However, after four days of searching, she claimed not to remember. Failing memory of a manipulated wife or guilty silence of the one who would be the instigator of the crimes? The question will be heart of his trial, which opens Tuesday, November 28. It is now alone that she is accused of complicity in three murders, including that of Marie-Angèle Domecedisappeared in Auxerre (Yonne) in 1988. Today, the families of the three victims are impatiently awaiting this trial.
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“It is very important that she is convicted. It is important for us, that is to say that we stop asking questions or being in doubt”, says Eric Mouzin, Estelle Mouzin’s father. In 2003, after the disappearance of the little girl, investigators became interested in Michel Fourniret. It is Monique Olivier who will then provide him with an alibi. She claims he was with her in Belgium.
Extinct and mute, Monique Olivier first presented herself as a submissive wife. But in 2008, it was during his first trial that the veil was lifted on his active participation in the murders of five young girls. In 2008, she was sentenced to life imprisonment. According to her lawyer, Monique Olivier is willing to cooperate.
