Rumel, April 6, 2021. A gendarme monitors an area that must be

searched in

order to try to find the body of Estelle Mouzin, who disappeared in 2003. -

FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI / AFP

  • While Michel Fourniret admitted having killed Estelle Mouzin, his ex-wife Monique Olivier confessed last week to having played a role in her kidnapping.

  • According to Eric Mouzin's lawyer, she also gave clues to the place where the body of the girl, who disappeared in 2003 in Guermantes (Seine-et-Marne), could rest.

  • Excavations are to resume from this Tuesday in the region of Rumel (Ardennes).

    This is the fourth research campaign in a year.

At that time, you could still enjoy a café on the terrace.

But, carried away by her demonstration, this specialist in serial killers had let hers cool.

“What must be understood is that there is no Michel Fourniret on one side and Monique Olivier on the other, she hammered on condition of anonymity.

They form a whole.

A cursed couple.

They stand.

And they will hold on to the end.

The coffee remained on the table.

But three years after letting it go, maybe history will prove him right.

"The ogre of the Ardennes" losing his mind, it is indeed his ex-wife who could finally allow investigators to solve the enigma of the death of Estelle Mouzin, eighteen years later.

Excavations must indeed begin, this Tuesday in the Ardennes, in order to find the body of the girl who disappeared in January 2003 in Guermantes (Seine-et-Marne), just over 200 kilometers away.

The correspondent, the muse, the accomplice, the balance ...

“We are in continuity, decrypts a source close to the investigation.

These operations follow the excavations which took place last week [in the surroundings] and also the hearing of Monique Olivier.

“Especially at the hearing of Monique Olivier, he should say.

Last Thursday, in the gendarmerie barracks of Charleville-Mézières, for the first time, she admitted to Judge Sabine Khéris having played a material role in the sequestration of Estelle Mouzin before her ex-husband killed her, as he recognized it a little over a year ago.

Eric Mouzin's lawyer, Didier Seban, also indicated on France Info that she had given unpublished information "on a place" suggesting the hope of finding the body of the girl, after three unsuccessful search campaigns.

“Monique Olivier spoke at length with the judge, confirms a source close to the case.

The latter seemed quite satisfied at the end of this hearing.

"

There is something.

First letter correspondent of "the ogre" when he was imprisoned for a first series of sexual assaults, Monique Olivier then became his muse, his wife, his criminal accomplice and finally his balance.

It was she who, in 2004, at the end of the 121st interrogation, had ended up revealing to the investigators the atrocities committed by the one who was still her husband, sending him forever in prison.

The ex-wife of Michel Fourniret, Monique Olivier, had participated in a reenactment in August 2019 in Saint-Cyr-les-Colons - NO CREDIT

A flow of "two words per hour" and months to deliver a clue

Tied to the ogre by an indescribable pact for a long time, Monique Olivier today has nothing more to lose.

It was she who, as

20 Minutes

had revealed in 2019, had asked Judge Khéris to be questioned on the Estelle Mouzin case "given the passing time" and "to help the families of victims ".

But at 78, Monique Olivier remains a poor communicator.

"She has a flow of two words per hour", caricature a source close to the file.

And it takes him months to deliver a clue.

Exactly new to destroy the alibi enjoyed by the serial killer in this case.

And fifteen more, then, to say more about where he could have disposed of his corpse.

Maybe it's because too much was expected of her too?

"The unavailability of Michel Fourniret [because of his state of health] should not lead to trying to give Monique Olivier a role that she does not have and that she has never had", thus qualified Richard Delgenes, his lawyer.

The reinforcement of the military, the absence of Fourniret

Responsible for the investigations, the gendarmes of the research section of Dijon (Côte d'Or) nevertheless want to believe in a close outcome.

"They are at block", confides a source close to the investigation.

And they don't skimp on the means.

Unlike last week, they must benefit from reinforcements from the soldiers of the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment of Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne).

Specialized in the search for mass graves during external operations, they could provide invaluable information on the targeted places.

According to our information, they should start by surveying wooded areas around the town of Rumel.

“We will first have to cut down trees before proceeding with the excavations in the strict sense.

Investigators know this will last for several days.

»And that unlike in 2004, they will not be able to benefit from« help »from Michel Fourniret himself.

At the time, the killer let them dig for several hours to a depth of three meters before advising them to retreat a few meters.

Either at the precise place where they had found the bodies of two of his victims.

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