“Jean-Marie Villemin was cold with his family”

37 years after the death of little Gregory, the case continues to deliver new secrets, even if the mystery remains about the murder of the little 4-year-old boy.

On October 16, 1984, the body of little Grégory Villemin, 4, was found lifeless, hands and feet tied, in the Vologne region. Almost four decades later, the infamous “affair of the little Gregory” continues to be talked about. On the set of the show It starts today of September 13, Faustine Bollaert received the testimony of several actors in the affair.

One man, in particular, shared his regrets. It is the colonel of the gendarmerie Etienne Sesmat who will be the first to lead the investigation. He returns to the complexity of the investigation that he had already revealed in his book, released in 2010, The two Gregory cases (Place of the editors). “The crime of Vologne is not only a police enigma, it is also and above all a monstrous mess “.

“I regret not having listened sufficiently to Jean-Marie”

Etienne Sesmat’s apologies to Jean-Marie Villemin sound like a testimony of helplessness in the face of a case that has surely passed him. No longer in service and held to a duty of reserve, the one who was co-director of the investigation since the disappearance of little Grégory can now speak freely. “I only have one regret. Jean-Marie had called me several times but at the time we were in a very special position“.

Colonel Etienne Sesmat then refers to the various accusations against the gendarmerie. “I regret not having listened sufficiently to Jean-Marie. I regret not having gone beyond that, not to have gone beyond this caution that I felt obliged to have to measure in what state of distress he was. Because he was trying to hold on to everyone a bit. He was cold with his family, he was really alone. And I regret not having been close enough to him“.

In his eyes, there will definitely have been a before and an after the Gregory Affair. “It was a revolution for the gendarmerie. It was year 1 of a new judicial approach. It is from that moment that we created new entities and developed new techniques.“.

>> Our complete file on the case of little Grégory

TF1 is preparing to broadcast a new series on the case

After the box of the documentary signed by the American giant Netflix, TF1 will broadcast from Monday, September 20, its series “A French affair”, divided into six episodes. A new opportunity to put back on the front of the stage an unresolved affair which fascinates the French. And even as the investigation continues with new analyzes soon to finally close this mystery.

In the cast of “A French Affair”, appear Guillaume Gouix and Blandine Bellavoir in the role of Jean-Marie and Christine Vuillemin, but also Anne Benoît, who plays Monique, the grandmother. Judge Lambert is played by Laurent Stocker while Michaël Abiteboul lends his features to Bernard Laroche. Guillaume de Tonquédec, Dominique Blanc, Gilbert Melki, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Godard, Rufus or Michaël Youn will also be in the cast.

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