37 years later the murder of Grégory Villemin, light has still not been shed on this complex affair. In a daily interview Republican East, on January 30, 2021, the Jacob spouses broke the silence for the first time and claimed to be innocent. It must be said that many people have been suspected over the years, including Bernard Laroche, shot by his cousin and father of the victim, Jean-Marie Villemin, convinced of his guilt. The couple Jacob, Marcel and Jacqueline, great-uncle and great-aunt of little Grégory, were also suspected by the courts. "Our name is thrown away. We mean stop", proclaims Marcel Jacob today, in the columns of Eastern Republican. Suspected of being the crows, the authors of anonymous letters of insults and threats and of a letter claiming the crime sent to the Villemin family, the spouses were indicted in June 2017 for "kidnapping and forcible confinement followed by death". These indictments were finally canceled in May 2018 for procedural reasons. "I never wrote a letter"Jacqueline Jacob defended herself."The worst thing is to be accused of something you didn't do ", added her husband.
An alibi for the afternoon of the murder
As for the day of the murder, October 16, 1984, they have an alibi. Asked about their schedules on the day of little Grégory's death, the spouses assure that they were at work. "We worked, because we were in the same team, from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. We were staff representatives and at 2:30 p.m. we had a union meeting with management. Until at least 5 p.m."Says Mr. Jacob. They also deny having left their workplace discreetly to participate in the kidnapping and death of the child. The Jacob spouses say:"We have absolutely nothing to do with the death of little Gregory ". Regarding the work of justice,"you must not get the wrong ambulance ", believes Marcel. "There, we screw up our end of life. While we have a clear conscience."he hammers.
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