[10] Her friends became concerned when she was regularly offline and did not answer calls. All told, police visited the house six times. By the time you read this letter, we will officially "no longer exist" as French citizens! The affair is based on the idea that Xavier Dupont killed his family before burying them. The headmaster is unable to reach her by telephone. Furthermore, my client confirms that the bodies' heights and weights do not correspond to the known dimensions of the family members. [6] As manager of SELREF, Xavier hired six salespeople in 2003 and released them all shortly afterwards.[9]. After his death, Xavier went through the belongings left in his apartment, presumably looking for things of value. In an email he had written to her in 2010, he declared that he was "ruined, at rock bottom, like never before. Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès : « l’ami impossible » devenu gourou invisible Bruno de Stabenrath a été très proche de Dupont de Ligonnès, accusé d’avoir tué femme et enfants en 2011. Although the process lost the family a lot of money, they eventually settled down to what appeared to be a happy, quiet life in Nantes. C’est au travers d’un livre que le baron revient sur les tristes événements de Nantes, dix ans après ceux-ci. The children did not attend school the following day, supposedly due to an illness, according to Le Parisien. Investigators, assisted by cave divers, searched the old Pic Martin lead mines in Cannet-des-Maures in Var. So I was a bit surprised. Le 15 octobre 2020, Bruno de Stabenrath a publié un livre intitulé L'ami impossible.Il y raconte sa rencontre avec Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès en 1977, qui deviendra ensuite son meilleur ami. On 11 October 2019, a man was arrested at Glasgow Airport in Scotland after arriving on a flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. Despite five bloody murders, no traces of blood had been found anywhere in the house. Their ancestors include Édouard du Pont de Ligonnès (1797–1877), who married Sophie de Lamartine, sister of the poet Alphonse de Lamartine and whose youngest son, Charles du Pont de Ligonnès, became the Bishop of Rodez. [16] He was passionate about music and studied it at the Catholic University of the West in Angers. Xavier kept up the expected aristocratic appearances, but he also longed for adventure. You're receiving this letter by conventional post because for the next few years, we can't communicate any other way (no emails, no texts, no phone calls) for safety reasons. Xavier dines alone with his son Thomas at. [68], Prosecutor Brigitte Lamy has not reconsidered Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès's status as a suspect and leans towards the belief that he committed suicide. ", A message to Xavier's mother and sister is sent from the family home's IP address. Bye for now. The date has not yet been determined. The lease on the house had been terminated. "[88], Christine de Verdun also cites on her blog the difficulties faced by a person burying five people underneath the garden patio. Bruno de Stabenrath sort un nouveau livre sur son ami d’enfance, Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès, et il ne cache pas ses ambitions. His boss is surprised by this, stating that Arthur always came to collect his wages on the first day of the month. Xavier and Agnès didn't stay in Versailles. While some beds had been stripped of linens and some photographs were missing, police believed this meant the family had packed up and left voluntary. Everything has gone according to plan in the nightclubs for the last 7 years … until now: With the information that I (Xavier) have collected in this time, I have become a key witness in an upcoming trial involving major international drug-trafficking kingpins. They had been having marital problems as early as 2002. Thank you.". [83], Following this revelation, critics raised in France about how the media took for granted the official police statements. ", "Les Inrocks – Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès, la traque sur Facebook", "Les obsessions mystiques de Xavier de Ligonnès mises au Net", "Affaire Dupont De Ligonnès. Xavier Pierre Marie Dupont de Ligonnès, the patriarch of the family, was a descendant of the old French aristocracy. Witnesses mentioned seeing Xavier loading things into his car in the week before he vanished, according to Europe 1. During this week, neighbours heard the family dogs howling for two consecutive nights and then never heard them again. Parishioners described her as being kind but strict with her children. On the morning of Friday, April 15th, Xavier checked out of the hotel, abandoned his car, and disappeared carrying only a backpack on his back. 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They continued to insist something was strange about the family's disappearance, and police returned to investigate the home. Rifle bullets were purchased on 12 March. [61] On 10 May, an international arrest warrant was issued for Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès. At 10.37 pm, Xavier leaves a message on his sister Christine's answerphone: "We spent our Sunday evening in the cinema together, then in a restaurant, and we've just got back – I'm just calling to ask if it's too late to speak to you on the phone and now I see it's gone to voicemail. In 2020, Netflix resurrected the Unsolved Mysteries series and the Dupont de Ligonnès murders were investigated in the third episode, "House of Terror". In more recent years, there have been false sightings of Xavier. [73] The prosecutor in Draguignan, Danielle Drouy-Ayral, stated "at this moment in time, it is not the body of Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès", without providing any more details to explain this declaration. An international arrest warrant is issued to locate Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès, in order to obtain witness testimony from him with regard to the murders. This information was released to the media and the story received blanket news coverage in France. He stayed for one night before continuing his journey, moving east to Vaucluse and staying the night of April 12th in the Auberge de Cassagne, according to Le Figaro. Born in Versailles, Xavier was raised in a strict, upper-class Catholic society that was well-to-do but also conservative and stuffy. In any case, my life will end in the next few months if I don't get €25,000 euros immediately. She was described as being very religious,[10] regularly attending mass with her children. [17] He was also employed as a waiter at a pizzeria in Nantes. The addresses and keys are on the living-room table. He left town, and when he returned, he found Agnès had become pregnant by another man. Records show he bought a silencer for the rifle in March, and he followed that purchase with an even more ominous shopping spree. (But we're still anxious about how long the legal proceedings in the US will take.). Investigators believe that Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès murdered his wife and three of his children on the night of 3 to 4 April, then murdered his son Thomas on the evening of 5 April. That night, he checked into a hotel in the town of Blagnac, in southwestern France. A l'intérieur de ces pages, il explique qu'Agnès, sa femme, avait … Police found Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès' car on April 22nd, just one day after discovering the bodies. Il est soupçonné d'avoir tué sa femme, ses quatre enfants et leurs deux chiens et de … They relied mostly on money inherited from Agnès' family, and by 2011, that money was in danger of running out. Thomas is brought under investigation by the police and goes about trying to prove his innocence, both to the police and his family. The Dupont de Ligonnès murders and disappearance involved the murder of five members of the same family in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France, followed by the disappearance of the patriarch of the family, Xavier Pierre Marie Dupont de Ligonnès. Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès achète dans plusieurs magasins du ciment, une bêche et une houe et, le lendemain, quatre sacs de 10 kg de chaux. The police made a link with Xavier's disappearance and analysed what appeared to be a survival camp where other objects were discovered, including an empty wallet, a lighter, a pair of glasses, a sleeping bag, a magazine and a bill dating from 2011. He arrived back at the family home that evening, and was reportedly seen having dinner alone with his father at a restaurant on Monday, April 4th, according to Le Figaro. By then, almost a full three weeks had passed since Agnès and three of the children had last been seen. In the weeks preceding the family's disappearance, Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès seemed to be preparing for a big move. (Moreover, even with this cash boost, we have experienced temporary financial difficulties from time to time, as you all know, and we'd like to take this opportunity to once again thank Emmanuel and Bertram, who bailed us out in a timely manner by acting as our bankers.). 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The exact nature of the events have never been determined, but Xavier is the subject of an international arrest warrant and is considered the prime suspect in the murders. No other line of inquiry has been explored. The messages indicated Agnès intended to resign her position immediately due to her husband's job transfer. Such imprecision is truly astonishing. In 2011, Xavier and Agnès lived at 55 Boulevard Robert Schuman in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique,[2][3][4] in a modest house in the western suburbs of the city. That is the conclusion of my clients. The Untold Truth Of The Dupont De Ligonnes Murders. It translates into English as follows: Huge surprise: we have to leave urgently for the US, due to a very particular set of circumstances that we will explain below. The Dupont de Ligonnès' marital problems worsened. "[77], In mid-July 2015, a Nantes journalist received a photograph, on the back of which is a handwritten note "I'm still alive". In a while from now, we will be able to send you some information by post. (More than €4,000 will be coming in every month to various accounts for a while + the proceeds from the sale of the furniture mentioned above.). 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Sell the Golf convertible and the Xantia (the signed paperwork is on the living-room table) and send the money from the sale (minus 20% commission for your service) to Christine (contact her by phone). Interpol sur la piste de Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès", "Disparus de Nantes: les derniers jours de la famille Dupont de Ligonnès", "EXCLU RTL – Le message vocal de Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès à sa soeur", "Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès : où en est l'affaire de la "tuerie de Nantes" ? (Note: the C5 was unsellable so it was given to the father of one of Arthur's friends for parts.). Jean-Luc Reichmann s’est permis de faire une petite plaisanterie au sujet de Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès. Thomas Dupont de Ligonnès was born on 28 August 1992 in Draguignan, in the south of France. [76] A medical pin was also allegedly found in the unknown decedent's forearm bone. Shortly afterwards, he sees Xavier "putting large bags into his car", a. Most notably, someone matching his physical description was caught on CCTV in a casino in Néris-les-Bains, and the police subsequently concentrated their search on the area.[90]. The couple and three of the children dine in a restaurant in Nantes. This same neighbour spoke to RTL on condition of anonymity, saying "the newspapers say the autopsies put her death on the 4th [April], but I'm almost convinced I saw her on the evening of Thursday the 7th because I know I didn't have much time to speak to her as I pick up my son from the childminder every Thursday evening. L'avis de recherche de xavier dupont de ligonnès père de la famille dont la mère et les quatre enfants ont été retrouvés froidement exécutés et soigneusement dissimulés dans leur maison nantaise, a été diffusé internationalement, a indiqué ce samedi le procureur de nantes. Arthur's girlfriend, who is concerned after not having heard from him, knocks on the door of the family home, where "a light was on on the first floor", but the family's two. Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès a dilapidé l'héritage de son épouse, selon son ami d'enfance Bruno de Stabenrath. [7][8] One business based in Pornic, called SELREF, had a secretive and ambiguously defined purpose. After this was revealed by RTL and. Anne and Benoît do not turn up at their school. Celui qui avait participé aux "plans à trois" avec Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès et sa femme Agnès était le dernier à avoir parlé au fugitif au téléphone, le … Because nothing about Xavier's behavior indicated he was trying to hide from police or go on the run, investigators believed that Xavier's plan had been to take one last trip to southern France, where he had happy memories, and then commit suicide somewhere in the surrounding region. I belong to a group of people who are intelligent, determined, balanced and in good moral and physical health. The Dupont de Ligonnès family regularly attended this church, and Benoît was an altar server there. [82] However, in the meantime, the French authorities had studied CCTV images from Charles de Gaulle Airport and doubted that the man was Dupont de Ligonnès; their doubts were further raised when Police Scotland refused to send them the fingerprinting results. Benoît, who was just 13 at the time of his death, was popular and well-liked. The house's shutters have been closed for more than a week and Agnès's car has been parked outside on the street the entire time. However, after a two-and-a-half-hour search, they determined that the reports were a case of mistaken identity, and the person believed to be Dupont de Ligonnès was a monk who bore a resemblance to him.[79]. Xavier writes on the Catholic online forum cite-catholique.org. Even the family's two pet Labradors, who had last been heard barking on the night of Tuesday, April 5th, had been shot and buried. Xavier spends the night of 11 to 12 April at the Hôtel Première Classe in, Xavier spends the night of 12 to 13 April at the Auberge de Cassagne in. La deuxième partie de l'enquête consacrée à Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès réalisée par le magazine Society promet de belles révélations. ), Arrange with Cédric to recover and store the high-value furniture to be kept (they are Hodanger family heirlooms. By then, he'd had a three-week head start on the police. He finally left his home on Monday, April 11th, and began travelling south, his car getting caught by a speed camera along the way. In contrast to the painstaking and deliberate efforts that had been taken to clean up the crime scene, Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès had taken no pains to conceal his escape. [74], On the evening of Tuesday 28 April 2015, a walker discovered bones in a forest in Bagnols-en-Forêt, near Fréjus on the south coast of France, close to where Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès was last seen.[75]. However, perhaps the most incriminating aspect came around the middle of the letter, where Xavier told them to stay away from the rubble on the back terrace. The prosecutor in Nantes states that he will allow the victims to be buried in the next few days. The school where Agnès worked received a similar message. Agnès and Xavier seemed like a well-matched couple, but tensions were broiling under the surface. Police were easily able to track Xavier's last moves. Police were easily able to track his travels through southern France, following security cameras and his use of credit cards at hotels and restaurants along the way. On Tuesday, April 5th, he went to a friend's house, and his last communication was a text sent to a friend on Tuesday evening. [80] Suspecting that the passport may have been used by Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès, the French authorities planned to be present at the boarding gate at Charles de Gaulle Airport for the Saturday flight to intercept the passenger and verify his identity. Perhaps Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès had, in fact, been planning to disappear all along. Furthermore, Christine claims that Xavier had neck and back problems and would not have been physically capable of such a task. However, a police raid of the monastery failed to turn up the suspect. A "wanted" notice is issued for the whole family. Nothing about their lives would lead me to believe that anyone would have it in for them to this extent. However, as far as the police are aware, Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès did not have a medical device in his forearm, even though it is not impossible that he may have been operated on after his disappearance. We were able to put everything we want to keep – and which we can by no means take with us – into a safe to find later, such as personal items (photos that might show a "non-American" life, souvenirs, computers, various pieces of paperwork, jewellery, weapons, etc. Thomas, the second oldest child, had returned to school on Monday, but had been called back home by his father, who told him there had been a family emergency. However, it was unsigned and contained few grammatical errors, which was unlike him, per RFI. French broadcaster TF1 produced a drama series inspired by the events. Xavier spends the night of 13 to 14 April at a hotel in. Therefore, the situation has now become potentially dangerous for us here and has required us to take emergency measures. Par Claire Ané Publié le 27 juillet 2011 à 11h24 … Corona specialises in assisting foreigners with administrative and legal procedures in the United States. [89], Police received more than 900 reports from people who believed they had spotted Xavier. Xavier registered at the Charles Des Jamonières shooting range to the north of Nantes, where he visited four times between 26 March and 1 April. 1,400 people attended the funeral. We're relying on each of you to carry out the tasks that we have assigned you below. He had stayed in his home in Nantes for a full week after the murders. Xavier speaks with his sister, Christine de Ligonnès, on the telephone for 20 to 30 minutes. When I first went undercover, I accepted that I might be placed into the "Federal Witness Protection Program". This gives us some advantages and disadvantages: The US Government is taking care of us financially, Living in the US (we can't tell you where, but the weather is warm most of the time and the music is good …), Sudden, rushed departure in total secrecy, without being able to put our affairs in order, Impossible to let everyone know: all electronic communications had to cease immediately, The hardest thing: there is some tension with the children, who couldn't tell their friends and are forbidden from using Facebook and other online networks (but it's OK really. Of course, we send all our love and are thinking of you very much during this enforced separation; We'll have so many stories to tell you later on! Xavier claimed the family was being moved to America to be placed in the Federal Witness Protection program. In an act that defied conservative social norms, he married her anyway, and adopted the boy as his own. Manage the accounts according to the instructions in the document enclosed with this letter. Xavier also specified that his car had been given to a family friend, a detail that proved to be untrue when the police later discovered the same car abandoned outside a hotel room in southeast France. Les révélations sur l’affaire Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès se poursuivent.Jeudi 6 août 2020, le magazine Society a publié la deuxième partie de son enquête consacrée à … Un internaute découvre que la mère confiait son mal-être sur le web", "Un expert dresse le portrait de Xavier de Ligonnès", "Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès, portraits en famille", "Resultat BAC 2010 Nantes page 141 pour le BAC S, BAC L, BAC ES, BAC STI, BAC SMS, BAC STG, BAC STL, BAC STT, BAC Hotellerie et BAC professionnel. I don't know who killed this family. In late April, police began searching the Roquebrune-sur-Argens and the surrounding area for Xavier's body, but after an exhaustive search, nothing turned up. Cancel the electricity, gas, telephone, water, Internet and water contracts: the paperwork is on the living-room table. Je m'abonne pour 1€ le premier mois If his body is found and there is no other suspect, the investigation will be closed "by default". [91] The plot revolves around a man, Thomas Kertez (played by Kad Merad), his wife Alice (Laurence Arné) and their eight-year-old son Romain (Gaspard Pasquet), an ordinary family whose lives are turned upside down when the police suspect that Thomas is living under a false identity and is actually Antoine Durieux-Jelosse, a man suspected of murdering his family 15 years earlier before going on the run and not being seen since. The eldest child, Arthur, was 20-years-old in 2011, and enrolled in a private Catholic college nearby. Xavier's body was never found, leading investigators to believe that the whole trip might have been intended to throw police off his trail. Thank you.". The case of the Dupont de Ligonnès family murders remains one of France's most shocking and disturbing crimes, and in 2020, the case was the subject of an episode of Netflix's Unsolved Mysteries reboot. The police in Nantes, under the orders of Judge Robert Tchalian, spent more than two years looking for Claudia, a German woman whom Xavier almost married in the early 1980s, and with whom he had kept in contact.
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