Families denied justice as French serial killer Michel Fourniret dies at 79

Families denied justice as French serial killer Michel Fourniret dies at 79
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Michel Fourniret after his trial in 2008 © Reuters
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French serial killer Michel Fourniret dubbed the "Ogre of the Ardennes" who confessed to killing 11 people, died Monday aged 79, taking his final secrets to the grave and denying families of victims long-awaited justice.
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Fourniret, whose victims were mostly girls and young women, died at the La Pitie-Salpetrière hospital in Paris where he was admitted on 28 April from the nearby Fresnes prison where he was serving two life sentences, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said.
Fourniret was convicted in 2008 of killing seven women and girls aged between 12 and 22 after raping or attempting to rape them.

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