Monique Olivier, ex-wife of Michel Fourniret, confessed her involvement in the disappearance, in Orne in December 1993, of Lydie Logé, a young woman of 29 years old. Monique Olivier, indicted since January 2021 for complicity in this affair, “recognized that she was on the scene, which is a form of confession for me”, clarified Me Corinne Herrmann, confirming information from RTL. Lydie Logé’s body was never found.
These confessions took place “at several times” before the investigating judge of the serial and unsolved crimes center of Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine), Me Herrmann detailed to AFP, without giving further details on the content of Monique Olivier’s remarks. A transport to the scene of the events, in the presence of the accused, is planned for Thursday, according to the lawyer.
Participated in hiding the body
According to RTL, Monique Olivier admitted that the couple had kidnapped the young woman and that Michel Fourniret had tried to rape Lydie Logé before strangling her. Monique Olivier confirmed the murder and having participated in the hiding of the body, again according to this media.
Lydie Logé, mother of a seven-year-old boy, disappeared on December 18, 1993 in the village of Saint-Christophe-le-Jajolet, in Orne, where she lived. After doing her Christmas shopping with a friend, the last person to see her alive, she returned home.
Investigations relaunched in 2018
While two investigations from 1994 to 1998 then from 2004 to 2009 resulted in dismissals, the investigations were relaunched in 2018 after connections established between the DNA traces from organic compounds found in Michel Fourniret’s van and the DNA of Lydie Logé’s mother.
On December 22, 2020, the serial killer was indicted for kidnapping and forcible confinement followed by death. His ex-wife, Monique Olivier, is being prosecuted for complicity. The “Ogre of the Ardennes” died a few months later, in May 2021.
A call for witnesses on RTL
Almost thirty years after the events, in June 2023, the young woman’s sisters launched a call for witnesses on RTL to try to obtain information on this disappearance. The family is now waiting for Monique Olivier “to provide more details and to help locate Lydie’s body”, concludes Me Corinne Herrmann to AFP.
Contacted by AFP, Monique Olivier’s lawyer, Me Richard Delgenes, did not react immediately.
