Francis Heaulme indicted for an unresolved case dating from 1989 | EUROtoday
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Francis Heaulme had benefited from a dismissal of the case on the homicide of Jean-Joseph Clément, a farmer discovered together with his cranium smashed in August 1989 in Vaucluse. Friday October 20, the investigation was reopened, resulting in the re-indictment of the serial killer, we discovered from the prosecution and attorneys.
The case, which resulted in a dismissal in 2022, is transmitted to the Nanterre felony middle, accountable for unsolved crimes.
“Everything leads us to think that he [en] is the author »
“We had asked for more than a year for the reopening of the case on new charges,” defined the lawyer for Jean-Joseph Clément’s daughter, Mr.e Didier Seban, rejoicing that an investigating choose is as soon as once more seized of it. He signifies that he “argued that the convictions of Francis Heaulme, particularly in the Montigny-les-Metz affair, constituted new elements which made it possible to connect his criminal career and the facts concerning Jean-Joseph Clément”.
“The manner in which Jean-Joseph Clément was killed, the confessions and the criminal career of Francis Heaulme: everything leads us to think that he is the author of this murder,” he listed, estimating that “the file is sufficiently supported to be able to go before the Assize Court.”
Francis Heaulme maintains his place on the time
Nicknamed the “backpacker of crime”, Francis Heaulme was convicted of 11 homicides dedicated between 1984 and 1992, when he was imprisoned. He was notably sentenced to life imprisonment for the stone homicide of two kids in Montigny-lès-Metz in 1986. The two boys had been found with their skulls smashed alongside a railway observe. His conviction for these murders grew to become closing in 2020 after the rejection of his enchantment by the Court of Cassation.
“The problem we have with Francis Heaulme, as with Michel Fourniret or other serial killers, is that no one has really completed his criminal journey, each of the facts is seen separately,” lamented Me Seban.
Francis Heaulme’s lawyer, Me Liliane Glock, confirmed the reopening of the investigation, which ends up in the truth that her shopper is as soon as once more indicted. “He chose to answer the judge’s questions and he maintains his position at the time, namely that he had admitted the facts to the gendarmerie, but hastened to retract when he saw a judge” , she defined.
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