Fourniret's shadow hangs over the march in memory of Estelle Mouzin

• Estelle Mouzin, 9, disappeared after leaving school in Guermantes (Seine-et-Marne), on January 9, 2003.
• In November 2019, serial killer Michel Fourniret was indicted in this case for "kidnapping and forcible confinement followed by death".
• This Saturday, Eric Mouzin, Estelle's father, led the traditional silent march in memory of his young daughter.

From our special correspondent in Guermantes (Seine-et-Marne),

“Alley of lost time. The small esplanade of Guermantes (Seine-et-Marne) has never been so aptly named. Much to the dismay of Eric Mouzin who, this Saturday, led a silent march in memory of his daughter, Estelle, seen for the last time, January 9, 2003, at this precise place. Right in front of the bakery. Not very far from primary school.

Time was lost because it was not until November 2019, almost 17 years after the facts, that a man was indicted for "kidnapping and forcible confinement followed by death". And because it is not an illustrious stranger we are talking about, but the serial killer Michel Fourniret.

Certainly, "the ogre of the Ardennes" has not been confessed in this file. "But the judge Sabine Khéris considers that there are sufficient charges to incriminate him, recalled Eric Mouzin during the general assembly of the association which bears the name of his daughter. Today is the most serious track ... "

During the rally in memory of Estelle Mouzin, in Guermantes, in January 2020. - V. VANTIGHEM

When the killer says he has a "shitty ass"

Michel Fourniret did not come to the minds of the investigators one fine day in 2019. They have been wondering for years if he really looks like the man whose portrait-robot had been drawn up at the time, and if it was his white van that had been reported. Excluded for the first time in 2007, the killer returned to the case in favor of new information.

There was first the testimony of one of his former colleagues, who remembered belatedly having met him in the Guermantes sector a few days before Estelle's disappearance. And there are especially the declarations of Monique Olivier, his ex-wife, who, in November, undermined the alibi he had until then in this file. And then judge Khéris was able to be comforted by the words of Fourniret himself, who told him that if he lacked precise memories, it may be because he had "shitty ass" about the disappearance of the girl. And that it was a subject "to dig" ...

#Fourniret: On March 14, he explained that if he no longer had specific memories of Estelle Mouzin, it was probably because he had "shitty ass" about him. And that it was there, according to him, "a subject to dig" .https: //t.co/inRSF0o9gr

Eric Mouzin no longer wants to pronounce Fourniret's name

“It's terrible that we had to wait to get there. But we moved on to another phase of the investigation, said Didier Seban, one of Eric Mouzin's lawyers who took part in the march. Today we have a judge who is determined to put the means to find the truth. "

Genetic, anthropological analyzes, new use of seals and telephone records of the time, hearings and confrontations: Eric Mouzin warned the 119 members of the association that the coming year should give rise to a lot of "information" about Estelle. He also informed them that he would no longer pronounce the name of Michel Fourniret.

“He is a wicked and perverse being. Unfortunately, it exists. But in prison, they give him a number. It is certain that his humanity is denied to him. But that's only what he deserves… ”

#Mouzin: Seventeen years later, Éric Mouzin and his family marched this Saturday in Guermantes (77) in memory of Estelle who disappeared on January 9, 2003. pic.twitter.com/vi01mHd4Wc

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