Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès seen at the nuns’ house? A report taken seriously, proof left on site

The affair has been the subject of much discussion for more than ten years. A series, depicting the affair, was even recently released with, in the lead, the actor Arnaud Ducret. What if Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès had just made a mistake? The man, who is suspected of having murdered his wife and four children in Nantes in 2011 and whose body has never been found, is therefore still presumed alive and above all highly sought after. But he would potentially have been seen, in recent hours, at the Sisters of Bethany, in Montferrand-le-Château, 700km from the city of the Dukes of Brittany. The information comes to us from Etienne Manteaux, the public prosecutor of Besançon, who spoke to the newspaper The Republican East.

DNA traces compared to those of Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès

The gendarmes of the Besançon research brigade were seized “to carry out various checks“. According to the newspaper Le Figaro, several people from this religious community of Doubs, which was founded in the 19th century to reintegrate former female offenders into society, were interviewed. The only way to verify the veracity of these suspicions? The man used a cup and this famous container contains DNA traces which were taken. They will be compared to those of Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès.

Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès, a possible error?

We remember, of course, the month of October 2019, when a man was confused with Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès at Glasgow airport in Scotland. It was not the father of the family on the run but a certain Guy Joao. We must, therefore, take this new report with a grain of salt – the public prosecutor of Nantes, Renaud Gaudeul, affirms that more than 1,750 reports have been received and used, in France and abroad, since the start of the affair. The person who notified the authorities”is not formal but thinks“having recognized Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès, according to The Republican East. We will therefore have to wait for the results of the analysis of the DNA traces to be sure. An unbearable suspense for all those passionate about the case, waiting for an answer…