He confessed to 11 murders, but he has been linked to other disappearances. Source Thursday, 13 May 2021, 16:14 In this file photo taken on 13 May, 2008, French self-confessed serial killer Michel Fourniret arrives in a police car to attend his trial at the Charleville-Mezieres courthouse, northern France. - Michel Fourniret, 79, has been taken to a special hospital in Paris in a critical condition on 28 April 2021 according to sources close to the matter on 10 May 2021. INTERNATIONAL NEWS - 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.