In 2011, five members of the same family, the Dupont de Ligonnès, were found murdered in Nantes. The father, Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès, is nowhere to be found and becomes the prime suspect in the case.
Xavier DUPONT of LIGONNÈS remains unaccounted for, one year after the murder of his wife and four children of which he is the only suspect. Review of the case. Comment on factual and archival images and interview of Chrstine DUPONT of LIGONNES, his sister (hidden face).
The funeral of the DUPONT family of LIGONNÈS took place today in Nantes at the Saint Félix church. Many people came to attend the ceremony. Comment on factual images, micro-sidewalk and off of a brother of Agnes and a message from the bishop of Nantes.
Testimonies of people who shared the DUPONT family of LIGONNÈS in Nantes. They sketch the portrait of a discreet mother (Agnes), a practising Catholic, and a father (Xavier) often absent, indebted, having abandoned his professional premises for a long time. Comment on factual and illustration images, interspersed with interviews of various anonymous witnesses, including Thierry WATSON (principal of the school Blanche de Castille, former employer of the mother) and Philippine, friend of Anne (the girl).
Update on the case of the Nantes massacre after the decryption of Xavier DUPONT’s last letters of LIGONNÈS. Commentary on factual images and interview Master Stéphane GOLDENSTEIN, lawyer of the mother and sister of Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès.
Portrait of the family DUPONT de LIGONNES: micro-sidewalk in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre (Vendée) where Arthur, the eldest son, rented a room at home, then in Noyers-sur-Serein (Yonne) where the family spent their holidays, including Robert BOTTON (neighbour of Arthur’s landlords).
Investigation at the Chapelle-sur-Erdre (Loire-Atlantique) in the shooting club frequented by Xavier DUPONT de LIGONNES, suspected of having murdered all members of his family. Comment on factual images and interviews Benoît HERAULT (shooting instructor) and Alain NEUTRE (shooting club president).
In her book "Le disparu", journalist Anne-Sophie MARTIN traces 5 years of investigation on the Xavier DUPONT case of LIGONNÈS. She reveals the sending of emails, addressed to his mistress and his relatives, which highlight the premeditation of the murders of his family. Comment on archive and illustration images, photographs of X. Dupont de Ligonnès and his family, alternating with the interview of A.S. MARTIN.
Xavier DUPONT’s last photograph of LIGONNÈS, suspected of killing members of his family, dates back to April 15, the official date of his disappearance in the Var. On April 3, the probable date of the murders, he had left a voice message to one of his sisters. The latter doubted the guilt of his brother. New research will be organized to find the most wanted man in France. Comment on factual images and archives, off voicemail from Xavier DUPONT of LIGONNÈS and interview Master Stéphane GOLDENSTEIN, lawyer of the Dupont de Ligonnès family.
Report in Nantes where several hundred people gathered to pay tribute to Agnès DUPONT de LIGONNÈS and her four murdered children. Their loved ones laid flowers and candles in front of the house of the drama. They are now waiting for answers. Xavier DUPONT from LIGONNÈS is still wanted. Comment on factual images and micro-sidewalk.
Report on the case of the Nantes massacre. Presentation of similarities with the case of John Emil LIST in 1971 in the United States. Comment on factual and archival images, photo inserts and interviews Roland COUTANCEAU (psychiatrist) and Sylvianne SPITZER (criminologist).
Report at the hotel Formula 1 of Roquebrune-sur-Argens (Var), last place where the main suspect of the quintuple murder of Nantes, Xavier DUNT de LIGONNÈS was formally identified on April 15. Presentation of the research system put in place. Commentary on factual images alternating with the interview of Captain Dominique CRISTOPOLI, of the National Cynophile Investigation Group, and Commander Eric PETIT, of the Toulon Judicial Police.
Update on the investigation into the five-time Nantes murder. Xavier DUPONT of LIGONNÈS, still wanted, is the number one suspect in this case. Man is a devout Catholic who wrote messages on a specialized website. Like him, his wife wrote on blogs, but the latter rather evoked his discomfort within the couple and the financial worries of the family. Comment on factual images, illustration photos, and infographics.
The bodies of four members of the same family were discovered in the garden of a house in Nantes. The DUPONT de LIGONNÈS and their 4 children had disappeared several weeks ago. According to the investigators, a hasty departure from the family abroad had been programmed, but the father was seen several times by neighbors. A call for witnesses has been issued. Comment on factual images, photos and excerpt lecture by Xavier RONSIN (prosecutor of the Republic in Nantes), interview of Gaëlle (neighbor of the family) and micro-sidewalk of an anonymous girl.
Report devoted to the police operation at the monastery of Notre-Dame-de-Pitié in Roquebrune-sur-Argens (Var) following the report of a man who could have been Xavier DUPONT of LIGONNES, alleged perpetrator of the murders of his wife and four children in 2011 in Nantes. Comment on factual and archival images, photographs, and interview of Brother Paul (Monastery of Our Lady of Pity).