Who killed little Grégory Villemin, found dead on October 16, 1984? If to this day, the mystery remains intact, justice continues its work, as assured by the Dijon prosecutor in this month of March 2023.
A case that froze the whole of France. THE October 16, 1984the body of Grégory Villemin, 4 years old, was found feet and hands bound in the water of Vologne (Vosges), a few kilometers from the parents’ home. Nearly forty years after the events, this extraordinary criminal case, which has had many twists and turns, still fascinates France and continues to mobilize investigators. Indeed, as reported West FranceFriday March 24, 2023, Me Thierry Moser, one of the lawyers for Christine and Jean-Marie Villemin, the parents of the victim, of “experts work in silence”, despite the years that have passed to find the murderer (s) of their child.
Long-term work also reported by Thierry Pocquet from Haut-Jussé, attorney general in Dijon where the case is heard. “Genetic investigations are still in progress, with delays which may seem long, but which are understandable given the complexity of collecting the samples and the nature of the research to be carried out.”, thus assured the wise to our colleagues. Indeed, since 2021, investigators have been trying to identify who owns the nine unknown DNA traces found on the anorak that little Grégory was wearing at the time of his death, on the letters sent by the crow(s) to the Villemin family, as well as on a needle discovered not far from the crime scene. “With the search by parentage, we will try to find in the FNAEG a person whose genetic imprint is sufficiently close and who is a parent. This obviously assumes that a relative of the person sought is in this file”, detailed in Ouest-France the lieutenant-colonel Frédéric Brard, expert in genetics and head of the central service of preservation of the biological samples of the gendarmerie.
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Grégory case: the parents of the victim “do not give up”
Since the assassination of little Grégory, the investigation is regularly relaunched through new analyzes and investigations. “The investigation chamber of the Dijon Court of Appeal, and especially its president, who has been entrusted with the continuation of the investigations, are fully mobilized on this file.”, assured Thierry Pocquet of Haut-Jussé, who also indicated that “further investigations are ongoing”. And if for their part, Christine and Jean-Marie Villemin stay away from the spotlight, the bruised parents keep hopeas the Dijon prosecutor attested: “Jean-Marie and Christine Villemin, they remain determined and do not give up.”