Families Denied Justice As French Serial Killer Dies At 79 By Eleonore DERMY
05/10/21 AT 1:27 PM
French serial killer Michel Fourniret, 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.
Fourniret, whose victims were mostly girls and young women, died at the La Pitie-Salpetriere hospital in Paris where he was admitted on April 28 from the nearby Fresnes prison where he serving two life sentences, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said.
An investigation has been opened into his death, Heitz said. This always happens when any person dies in custody in France.
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image captionThree of the victims (from left): Jeanne-Marie Desramault, Fabienne Leroy and Elisabeth Brichet
Jailed French serial killer Michel Fourniret, who murdered at least eight girls or young women between 1987 and 2001, has died aged 79, officials say.
Fourniret died in the secure unit of a hospital in Paris, the public prosecutor said on Monday.
Dubbed the Ogre of the Ardennes , he was serving two life sentences for the kidnappings and killings.
Fourniret s wife, Monique Olivier, was also given a life sentence for complicity.
He also confessed to several other murders, including that of British student Joanna Parrish.
Fourniret s victims - most of whom were raped - were aged between 12 and 30. They were shot, strangled or stabbed to death.
French serial killer dies at 79 in secure hospital unit
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FILE - In this May, 14, 2008 file photo, Michel Fourniret is driven back under heavy police protection to the Charleville-Mezieres courthouse, northern France. The French serial killer sentenced twice to life imprisonment for the murder of eight women has died Monday at the age of 79, Paris prosecutor said. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File) (AP2008)
PARIS – A French serial killer sentenced twice to life imprisonment for the murder of eight women has died Monday at 79, the Paris prosecutor said.
Michel Fourniret, one of France’s most notorious serial killers, died in a secure unit of a Paris hospital, prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: May 10, 2021 PARIS A French serial killer sentenced twice to life imprisonment for the murder of eight women has died Monday at 79, the Paris prosecutor said. Michel Fourniret, one of France s most notorious serial killers, died in a secure unit of a Paris hospital, prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement. Arrested in 2003 in Belgium, Fourniret was convicted to life in prison in 2008 for the murder and the rape or attempted rape of seven female teenagers and young women. The crimes were committed in France and Belgium between from 1987 to 2001. Fourniret s wife, Monique Olivier, received a life sentence as an accomplice in several of the cases.