She is one of those faces of missing children well known to the French.
Marion Wagon vanished on the journey between her school and her home on November 14, 1996 in Agen, around 12:15 pm.
Ten years old at the time, the photo of the girl with blue eyes, wearing a bandana, was then displayed everywhere in the streets of the country.
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“My idea is that the one who made the blow is a big predator who went through Agen.
A guy who watched for the little one and took her in the car, ”
explains immediately to
Figaro
Me Georges Catala, lawyer for the parents of Marion Wagon.
25 years later, the DNA of Marion Wagon is sought
To solve the mystery, and explore avenues, we still need Marion's DNA ... Major problem in this case: the girl's DNA is missing from the file. “
When we look at the case, we realize that there is no DNA of Marion in the seals. In my opinion, he hasn't been there for several years,
”laments Me Georges Catala. The lawyer recently made this discovery when he had access to the complete file. In question, according to him, a "
problem of forensic science
". “
Nine hairs were taken at the start but the bulbs have disappeared. The parents' DNA was then used,
”he explains.
As it stands, it is therefore impossible to make DNA comparisons and incriminate anyone. “
What is decisive in moving forward is that we have the DNA of little Marion. I cannot accept that we do not have DNA in a file of this nature. It is the number 1 instrument that makes it possible to investigate,
”explains Me Georges Catala.
According to the lawyer, the investigating judge and the civil party are now working hand in hand to find this DNA. "We
had to get angry for there to be a new investigating judge and for it to be decided to search for Marion's DNA in the parents 25 years later,
" denounces Me Georges Catala. According to the lawyer, the judge asked the parents to provide objects and things that belonged to their daughter, with the hope of finding her DNA there. Which is far from certain. Contacted by
Le Figaro
, the judicial court of Agen replied: "
The judicial information being covered by the secrecy of the investigation, the investigating judge does not intend to communicate on this case
".
Explore the Fourniret trail
If Me Georges Catala is so keen to have the DNA of little Marion, it is to make DNA comparisons and in particular to explore the Michel Fourniret track.
“The Fourniret affair hit the parents.
We can think it's him and we would like to know.
At least to close the door, ”
says the lawyer from Toulouse.
He recalls that comparisons have certainly been made with exhibits found at Michel Fourniret's, in particular a mattress on which a dozen unknown DNA had been discovered. But those comparisons were made with the DNA of Marion Wagon's parents. "
The DNA of parents is not enough,
" laments Me Georges Catala. “
I asked for an interview with the new judge. He said to me: 'We are going to answer your request: we will study the DNA and compare it'
", greets the lawyer.
He is scathing with the previous investigating judges: “
This Marion investigation has stalled.
There was a waltz of examining magistrates who followed one another and left this file fallow.
Nothing serious was done to find out where Fourniret was on November 16, 1996, and undoubtedly other characters
”.
As for the parents of little Marion, Françoise and Michel, "
they have always been in the dark, these people are going through an ordeal
", concludes the lawyer.
The parents of little Marion, Françoise and Michel Wagon, accompanied by their children, address the assembled public on November 14, 1997 in Agen, one year after the disappearance of their daughter.
FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP
