Monique Olivier, who admitted her involvement in the disappearance of Lydie Logé, whom her ex-husband the criminal Michel Fourniret is suspected of having killed, must be taken on Tuesday by investigators to Orne in order to locate the body, we learned from a source close to the matter.
The morning must be devoted “to the establishment of the research system”with the mobilization of gendarmes and police officers, indicated this source.
Around thirty gendarmes must be mobilized, particularly in the area of Saint-Christophe-le-Jajolet, where Lydie Logé lived, a village of 240 inhabitants, south of Argentan.
According to this same source, the search should begin Tuesday afternoon.
Ms. Olivier has been indicted since January 2021 for complicity in arrest, kidnapping, detention or arbitrary confinement in the investigation concerning the disappearance of this 29-year-old woman in December 1993.
Me Corinne Herrmann, lawyer for the victim’s family, declared on RTL Tuesday morning the importance of these searches.
“There are cases where bodies have been found more than thirty years after the events. Following Monique Olivier’s directions, it’s more difficult because she has trouble finding her way. But you always have to try everything”she said.
“Families need answers. Lydie Logé’s family needs to be able to give her a dignified burial. They need to find Lydie’s body. You have to try everything for everything”added Mr. Herrmann.
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.
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 sequestration followed by death. His ex-wife, Monique Olivier, is being prosecuted for complicity.
L’“Ogre of the Ardennes” died a few months later, in May 2021.
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.