IMPORTANT: tell the "youngsters" not to divulge any information on Facebook and not to be surprised if the kids don't reply to them. However, it was unsigned and contained few grammatical errors, which was unlike him, per RFI. ", A report by Anne-Sophie Martin on the programme. Après que des quidams ont cru l'avoir repéré à Chicago, le magazine Society a publié un nouveau numéro dans lequel une enquête est consacrée au principal suspect du meurtre de sa femme et ses quatre enfants. Il publie un livre qui éclaire la fascination que ce fait divers continue d’exercer. Cancel the electricity, gas, telephone, water, Internet and water contracts: the paperwork is on the living-room table. The letter also left behind detailed instructions for dealing with the remainder of the family's possessions, including which belongings were to be taken to the dump, which were to be given away, and which should be sold. "A partir de 2003, il est en perdition totale. If possible, pursue Project Crystal: this could be a good project for Arthur, Laetitia's son, and maybe Edouard (and it would allow us to have a comfortable income when we return.). The eldest child, Arthur, was 20-years-old in 2011, and enrolled in a private Catholic college nearby. However, his father had also suffered financial troubles at the end of his life, and he had been ill and living near poverty before he died. The store is located in. Furthermore, Christine claims that Xavier had neck and back problems and would not have been physically capable of such a task. The trial will have to take place in the US in the next few years. Here's the story (as least, as much as we're allowed to tell you. ), which need to be given to F.M. 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. But Agnès' family members were not so sure. Thursday 7 April: several witnesses claim to have seen Agnès alive, Family's and their lawyer's views on the investigation, École nationale supérieure de mécanique et d'aérotechnique, List of fugitives from justice who disappeared, United States Federal Witness Protection Program, "Dupont de Ligonnès: la maison du massacre toujours en vente", "Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès: 55 boulevard Schuman", "Tuerie de Nantes. Xavier claimed the family was being moved to America to be placed in the Federal Witness Protection program. 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. [9] A study published by Bernard Blandre in Mouvements Religieux ("Religious Movements") and later put online states that if Xavier is the murderer, his motives were not religious.[64]. In 2005, Agnès even filed a police report against her husband for assaulting Arthur, her eldest son. During the night of 21 to 22 April, the metallic-blue Citroën C5 with registration 235 CJG 44 is found in the car park of the Formula 1 Hotel in Roquebrune-sur-Argens by police equipped with an, Investigators turn towards a line of inquiry involving a, According to the autopsies, the victims were drugged and then shot dead with a. An unsigned letter dated 11 April 2011, purportedly from Xavier, was received by Xavier's close relatives. While the storyline is fictional, it is based on the Dupont de Ligonnès case, as well as that of John List. Quelques mots, une détresse exprimée au hasard d’un forum internet. FYI: all the letters addressed to the house are being returned to sender. "[77], In mid-July 2015, a Nantes journalist received a photograph, on the back of which is a handwritten note "I'm still alive". She was in the 11th grade following an academic curriculum in Science, and was described by her friends and relatives as a girl who shared her mother's religious beliefs and was considerate and approachable. He finally left his home on Monday, April 11th, and began travelling south, his car getting caught by a speed camera along the way. 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. ): so you don't need to do any sorting, just throw everything out … or keep it for yourself if you want (electrical appliances, etc.). Six morts pour un fichier", "Affaire Dupont de Ligonnès: Les nouvelles recherches dans le Var n'ont rien donné", "Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès : un corps découvert dans le Var [CARTE]", "Le corps retrouvé dans le Var ne serait pas Dupont de Ligonnès", "Affaire Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès : des ossements trouvés près de Fréjus...", "Des ossements découverts près du lieu où s'est volatilisé Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès", "INFO RTL – L'ADN sur les affaires trouvées n'est pas celui de Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès", "L'affaire "Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès" relancée par une photo? (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.). The next day, April 22nd, an autopsy was performed on the bodies. Filming for the series, consisting of two 45-minute episodes, took place in December 2018,[92] and the series was aired in September 2019.[93]. Presents for Cédric (to share with Renaud and other friends who lend a helping hand) to thank you for your help: table football, piano, TV and other video equipment, CD/DVD collection, audio and video tapes, musical instruments (drum kit, guitar and bass, piano), plus some other things, which anyone can take (fridge, tumble dryer, etc. On 27 February 2013, German police had planned to launch an appeal for witnesses on the German programme. Note: some of the copies of the front door key are badly done and you have to wriggle the key around in the lock to get the door to open. Witnesses mentioned seeing Xavier loading things into his car in the week before he vanished, according to Europe 1. La famille Dupont de Ligonnès est une vieille famille de la noblesse française originaire de la région d'Annonay, dans le Vivarais , qui s'est ensuite transplantée à Chanac, en Gévaudan . Pendant trois mois avec la famille, il va dépenser de l'argent. [16] He was passionate about music and studied it at the Catholic University of the West in Angers. They would not be able to remain in contact and his children would be unable to access any social media for an indeterminate amount of time. That evening, April 3rd, was the last time the two youngest children, Anne and Benoît, would be seen alive. In any case, my life will end in the next few months if I don't get €25,000 euros immediately. The first sign of anything suspicious came on April 1st, when Arthur Dupont de Ligonnès, the eldest child, did not show up to the restaurant where he worked to pick up his paycheck. That is the conclusion of my clients. Perhaps the added publicity from the Unsolved Mysteries reboot will make a break in the case. He left town, and when he returned, he found Agnès had become pregnant by another man. À la lumière de témoignages d'anciens proches du couple, d'étonnantes … The only thing Xavier inherited from his father was a .22 long rifle, which he began using in earnest, despite having never before shown any interest in guns. Arthur, the oldest child, leaves the college where he was studying and does not turn up at the pizzeria where he worked and was due to go to pick up his monthly wages. [72], In June 2013, a body was found 20 kilometres (12 miles) from where Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès was last seen. There's no more tenderness between us, no more attention, no softness, no sex...when I ask him if he's happy, his response is the same. The Dupont de Ligonnès family is an old French aristocratic family originally from Annonay,[1] in the Vivarais region in south-eastern France. [86] In 2013, in the blog that she created with her husband, Bertram de Verdun, she mentions an email that her brother wrote to two friends in July 2010. A sales receipt from a DIY store was found at the family home. 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" ? In January of 2011, just three months prior to the murders, Xavier's father, the count Bernard-Hubert Dupont de Ligonnès, passed away. The mother, father, and four bright, popular children lived normal lives in the peaceful, upper-middle class suburbs of Nantes, France until April of 2011. 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. She believes that "the information leaked to the media originates from sources with an interest in making the family disappear". During the day, investigators discover the remains of Agnès and the four children under the patio in the back garden of the house. We hope we haven't asked too much of any of you: Come and remove whatever is left at home by 31 May (the earlier, the better), We started sorting through things and giving stuff away (clothes, etc. All told, police visited the house six times. He also helps his clients to open foreign bank accounts and to obtain anonymous bank cards allowing them to withdraw money anywhere in the world without leaving a trace. Rifle bullets were purchased on 12 March. Xavier Pierre Marie Dupont de Ligonnès, the patriarch of the family, was a descendant of the old French aristocracy. 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. Xavier spends the night of 13 to 14 April at a hotel in. OK, I'm going to put the kids to bed, say hi to everyone. Xavier disappeared at the same time and has not been found. However, her boss was unable to reach her when she reached out to follow up on her abrupt departure, according to Le Parisian. [89], Police received more than 900 reports from people who believed they had spotted Xavier. 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. They relied mostly on money inherited from Agnès' family, and by 2011, that money was in danger of running out. So that's the real reason why we returned to France instead of settling in Miami (and not due to vaccinations that are supposedly "dangerous" for the children … those who have never "swallowed" this "bogus" reason can rest assured: they were right! When he was 20-years-old, he met Agnès Hodanger, another young member of the Versailles bourgeois, and although they claimed to be in love, he was not ready to settle down. The search proved fruitless. In April 2011, police dug up the back garden of the Dupont de Ligonnès family and made a shocking discovery. In the strange, rambling, four-page letter, Xavier explained that he had been a covert agent, secretly working as a member of the United States' Drug Enforcement Administration. In a while from now, we will be able to send you some information by post. Perhaps Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès had, in fact, been planning to disappear all along. Agnès's employer was informed that she was suffering from, A message was placed on their letter box: "Please return all correspondence to sender. [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]. Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès created Netsurf Concept LLC, a company that was recorded on the commercial register in Florida, United States. The company's 2006 accounts, accessible through a public commercial website, only show the bare minimum information, and the last data pertaining to the company was filed with the French Register of Commerce on 24 February 2004. This was revealed by the press on 5 May. Agnès and Xavier seemed like a well-matched couple, but tensions were broiling under the surface. [6] As manager of SELREF, Xavier hired six salespeople in 2003 and released them all shortly afterwards.[9]. Agnès Dupont de Ligonnès and her four children had been shot and their bodies buried under the back patio of their own home, and their father, Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès, had disappeared. It would be good if you could spread this false story on Facebook and elsewhere. At least five documentaries and special reports exploring the case have been aired on French television. Before his disappearance, Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès attempted to make contact with several old friends. 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. The messages indicated Agnès intended to resign her position immediately due to her husband's job transfer. Pour rappel, Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès est recherché depuis avril 2011 pour les meurtres présumés de tous les membres de sa famille. The letter also encouraged family members to keep up the story Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès had spread that the family had relocated to Australia for business, saying it was the "official version" of the story. ): the furniture to keep is in the living room (+ the wardrobe that has been taken apart in Arthur's bedroom and the desk in the laundry room), the rest can go to the dump: the nearest one is Ecopoint, 3 km from the house (open until midday on Sundays), EXCEPT the boxes pertaining to Project Crystal (maps, tickets, etc. I was surprised, you spoke to me about Bertram, who's getting ready for his flight?! By then, he'd had a three-week head start on the police. I am awake almost every night with these morbid ideas. 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. He wrote of "accidents" which may befall his family, and ended with the words: "So I hope that, even after a police investigation, my parents, brothers and sisters will never be led to believe that I intentionally caused these accidents (even if the evidence is strong). Xavier Pierre Marie Dupont de Ligonnès (born 9 January 1961 in Versailles) is the son of Bernard-Hubert Dupont de Ligonnès (7 November 1931 – 20 January 2011), an engineer with a degree from the École nationale supérieure de mécanique et d'aérotechnique in Poitiers; his mother was Geneviève Thérèse Maître. 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 … The Catholic school where Agnès works receives a resignation letter signed by Agnès, stating the same reason for leaving. ), Arrange with Cédric to recover and store the high-value furniture to be kept (they are Hodanger family heirlooms. Finally, it is surmised that due to the low headroom, the perpetrator would likely have both banged their head and rubbed their hair on the ceiling repeatedly, but no human skin cells, blood, or DNA were found there. The photograph was of two of the children, Arthur and Benoît, and had the note "I'm still alive" written on the back, along with the date of July 11th, 2015, and the name "Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès," per RTL. The enclosed documents give an overview of the project – contact Cédric to pick up the stock of maps and tickets. La deuxième partie de l'enquête consacrée à Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès réalisée par le magazine Society promet de belles révélations. Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès : 7 ans avant la tuerie, sa femme Agnès confiait son mal-être Les mots chocs de sa femme Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès suffisant et « vieux jeu » : … (Note: the C5 was unsellable so it was given to the father of one of Arthur's friends for parts.). ", "Un mandat d'arrêt international est lancé contre Xavier de Ligonnès", "Drame de Nantes : important dispositif pour les obsèques", "Affaire Dupont de Ligonnès: saura-t-on un jour la vérité? Also, go to Arthur's and Thomas's places to do the same thing: the landlords are aware. Thank you.". [76] The magazine that was found seems to date from 2010, preceding Xavier's disappearance in 2011. Ongoing matters will fall by the wayside as time goes by (social security and other professional or private matters). Dans L'ami impossible, Bruno de Stabenrath raconte Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès. Inform Véronique and help her let the rest of the Ligonnès family know. [83], Following this revelation, critics raised in France about how the media took for granted the official police statements. Two graves, one containing the bodies of Agnès, Anne, Arthur, and Benoît, and another where Thomas was buried separately, were discovered under the patio in the back garden. She was described as being very religious,[10] regularly attending mass with her children. A "wanted" notice is issued for the whole family. [1][5] Xavier's professional activities were very vague, but he is described as a salesman by a source close to the inquiry. That night, he checked into a hotel in the town of Blagnac, in southwestern France. However, a police raid of the monastery failed to turn up the suspect. 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.". Investigators, assisted by cave divers, searched the old Pic Martin lead mines in Cannet-des-Maures in Var. "On apprend aussi quelque chose d'assez fort (...), c'est que Xavier Dupont de … This is what we now have to do … and we're not doing it with any excitement, but because it's necessary and there's no way around it. When I first went undercover, I accepted that I might be placed into the "Federal Witness Protection Program". It was revealed that the man had reported his passport stolen in 2014, but had since acquired a valid, legitimate replacement passport and has been travelling on that passport regularly since then. However, investigators noted that she used a sleep apnea machine, which had been stopped sometime in the middle of the night, so she was most likely also executed in her sleep. When Xavier was around 10, his father tired of the claustrophobic society of Versailles and left the city, leaving him in the care of his grandmother, according to Air Mail. 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. While some neighbors claimed to have seen her outside walking her dog on the evening of April 7th, most investigators place her death to have occurred around April 5th, making that timeline unlikely. Police found Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès' car on April 22nd, just one day after discovering the bodies. The children's schools are aware, as are Arthur's and Thomas's landlords, and Agnès's and Arthur's employers. Xavier speaks with his sister, Christine de Ligonnès, on the telephone for 20 to 30 minutes. This page was last edited on 16 February 2021, at 21:31. [17] He was also employed as a waiter at a pizzeria in Nantes. When we started our company in Miami in 2003, we were put into contact (through the person who helped us to start the company) with the "DEA" (Drug Enforcement Administration: a sort of American "drug squad" with agents on the ground in several countries), who were looking for a French national to infiltrate the French nightclub scene to obtain information about drug-trafficking and money-laundering networks without drawing attention to themselves. In 2019, a man believed to be Xavier was arrested in Glasgow, Scotland. Financial problems exacerbated their marital stress. Agnès had also been shot twice, but there were no traces of drugs in her system. Huh?! The affair is based on the idea that Xavier Dupont killed his family before burying them. French broadcaster TF1 produced a drama series inspired by the events. En avril 2011, Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès assassinait sa femme et ses quatre enfants, avant de dissimuler leurs corps sous la terrasse de leur maison nantaise, et de prendre la fuite. If it's not too late, call me back or send me a text and I'll call you. [47][63] According to a source close to Xavier, he "never set foot inside a church". Bruno de Stabenrath sort un nouveau livre sur son ami d’enfance, Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès, et il ne cache pas ses ambitions. C’est au travers d’un livre que le baron revient sur les tristes événements de Nantes, dix ans après ceux-ci. The Untold Truth Of The Dupont De Ligonnes Murders. On 12 October, following more thorough fingerprinting and a DNA test, it was announced that the arrested man was not Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès, but a 69-year-old Portuguese-born French national visiting his Scottish wife in Dunoon. Corona specialises in assisting foreigners with administrative and legal procedures in the United States. A neighbour, Fabrice, sees Agnès for the last time. 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 … The autopsy revealed all the children had been drugged with sleeping pills and then shot twice in the back of the head with a .22 long rifle, per The Local. ", "Dupont de Ligonnès : Drame de Nantes : les obsèques devraient avoir lieu jeudi – Société – MYTF1News", "Et si l'affaire Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès était une vaste supercherie ? Jean-Luc Reichmann s’est permis de faire une petite plaisanterie au sujet de Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès. 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. Nothing about their lives would lead me to believe that anyone would have it in for them to this extent. [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. The investigation has been running since 2011 and has led to more than 800 tips, as well as searches that have led to dead ends. What complicates matters is that certain tips had recently led us to believe that my cover may have been blown. Anne and Benoît do not turn up at their school. Xavier kept up the expected aristocratic appearances, but he also longed for adventure. His boss is surprised by this, stating that Arthur always came to collect his wages on the first day of the month. He lived in the Saint-Aubin hall of residence and was described as an "ordinary boy who was often accompanied by his family to drop him off and pick him up",[18] while several of his classmates remember him as "very discreet".
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