According to corroborating sources cited by The Parisian , excavations began Monday, March 29 in the afternoon in the Ardennes to search for the body of little Estelle Mouzin. They focus on a wetland located in Issancourt, a neighboring town of Ville-sur-Lumes, where the house of the late sister of Michel Fourniret.
This is where the serial murderer is suspected of having taken the 9-year-old girl after her kidnapping, on January 9, 2003, in Guermantes (Seine-et-Marne). In March 2020, the serial killer had assured to have approached the girl in Guermantes, to have killed her, but not to remember what he had done with the body.
The fourth searches in a little over a year
The gendarmes of the Dijon (Côte-d’Or) research section and the Parisian judge Sabine Khéris are embarking on this research for the fourth time in just over a year.
According to the Parisian, Michel Fourniret is not present on site because of his state of health but his ex-wife Monique Olivier must be transported from the prison of Fleury-Mérogis (Essonne) in the Ardennes on Wednesday. She could attend the last two days of excavation.
Monique Olivier had assured that Michel Fourniret had kidnapped the girl in Guermantes before transporting her to her sister’s house in Ville-sur-Lumes. The partial DNA of Estelle Mouzin had been discovered by the experts on a mattress found in this house.
According to the Parisian, investigators are interested this time in places recently mentioned by Monique Olivier in front of judge Khéris.
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