Gregory case: the investigations would have been officially relaunched

The investigation into the kidnapping and death of little Grégory Villemin, four years old, whose body was found in Docelles (Vosges), in Vologne, on October 16, 1984, has been relaunched,

believes

.

According to the newspaper, the new magistrate in charge of the case, Dominique Brault, president of the investigating chamber of the Dijon Court of Appeal, heard, in early December, several witnesses in this 36-year-old affair.

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The Gregory case, considered one of the most enigmatic cases in criminal history in France, was relaunched in June 2017 when the child's great-uncle and great-aunt - the Jacob couple who did not had never been worried before - and Murielle Bolle, one of the key figures in the case, were indicted.

But the court canceled her 1984 custody, while maintaining her statements before the gendarmes and the judge in which she accused her brother-in-law Bernard Laroche of having kidnapped the boy, before retracting.

Bernard Laroche was then shot dead by Jean-Marie Villemin in 1985.

According to

, the prosecution judges this turnaround as

.

She now opts for the scenario of an abduction committed by Bernard Laroche, who would then have given the child to the Jacob couple.

According to the daily, new indictments are expected in this case, even if the couple Jacob and Murielle Bolle were not heard by the magistrate Dominique Brault.

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The results of an expertise in "

" are also expected in the coming weeks, continues

.

It is about unmasking the people who threatened the parents of Grégory Villemin by sending them anonymous threatening letters, in 1983 and 1984, by comparing the writings with texts written by different protagonists of the case.

affirms that a "

" has been designated by this technique, entrusted to a Swiss company.