Body in pieces discovered on December 21 in a trunk in a couple's home in Gondrexange. Madeline Vautrin and Dominique Mathieu were indicted for "murder" and "concealment of a corpse" Their two children, aged 13 and 9, were entrusted to the ASE.

“This affair is also a family drama,” sighs Me Loraine Biernaczyk, the lawyer for DominiqueMathieu, whose only statement in police custody aimed to exonerate his partner.