On the night of the 15th August 1987, two German tourists discover the body of a young woman on the hard shoulder along the A6 motorway. This is part 3 of our series on the disappeared of the A6.
On the 22nd August 1995, the lifeless body of an international chess champion, Gilles Andruet, is found not far from his car. He had been beaten to death.
Publishing date: 10th December 2023.
(ARCHIVES) – Photo non datée de Gilles Andruet, le fils de l’ancien champion automobile de rallye Jean-Claude Andruet, retrouvé mort dans l’Yvette fin août 1995 après avoir été battu à mort. Le procès du meurtrier présumé de Gilles Andruet, Joseph Liany, a débuté le 07 novembre 2003 devant la Cour d’assises de l’Essonne. Selon l’accusation, Joseph Liany a supprimé Gilles Andruet, grand maître international d’échecs, pour profiter d’un héritage qu’il venait de toucher. AFP PHOTO MYCHELE DANIAU
Between 1986 and 1997, 14 young women disappeared near the A6 in the South East of France. Christelle Blétry is one of the last ones to disappear but her disappearance had important repercussions for other victims.
We have recorded episode 76: there is a stretch of the A6, in the South-East of France along the Rhone valley that has seen an unusual number of disappearances over the years. In this first episode, we’ll visit the Christelle Maillery disappearance.
From the 24th May 2016 and for a few days, body parts are found one after the other in or near the Canal du Midi. The murderer clearly tried to make the victim disappear. But where is the head?
We have recorded episode 74. Marcel Barbeault is accused of 8 murders in the 70s in Nogent-sur-Oise, a small town North of Paris. Today, he’s one of the oldest prisoners in France with no hope of ever getting out.
We’ve recorded episode 73. On the 17th August 1978, Dirk Hamer, who was sleeping on a boat off the coast of Corsica, is killed by Prince Victor-Emmanuel of Savoy, one of the pretenders to the throne of Italy.
Episode 72 is ready. On the 30th October 1979, the body of Robert Boulin, minister for work of the then centre-right government, is found dead in a lake near Paris. Who killed the minister, and why?