Search operations for little Jonathan Coulom, April 12, 2004 in Saint-Brévin-Les-Pins -
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An undoubtedly decisive step forward in this unresolved affair for 17 years.
Extradited from Germany at the end of last week at the request of the French justice, Martin Ney was auditioned by an investigating judge and then indicted Monday evening for the kidnapping and murder of Jonathan Coulom, 11, in April 2004, in Loire-Atlantique, announced on Tuesday the prosecution of Saint-Nazaire.
Detained in Germany after having committed several kidnappings and murders of children, Martin Ney would have confessed to a fellow inmate to be responsible for the death of the young boy.
His body found at the bottom of a pond
Jonathan Coulom, originally from Cher, was kidnapped on the night of April 6 to 7, 2004 in a holiday center in Saint-Brévin-les-Pins, near Saint-Nazaire.
His body was discovered naked after six weeks of research, on May 19, tied up and weighted with a cinder block in a pond near Guérande 25 km from the place of the kidnapping.
The investigation then skated, despite the completion of more than 1,500 DNA samples.
The track of the German criminal had existed since 2011, without being able to be confirmed.
Justice
Loire-Atlantique: An arrest warrant against a German suspected of the death of little Jonathan
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Murder of Jonathan Coulom: A German serial killer allegedly confessed to killing the young boy
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