A resolution after 28 years of investigation: a man was indicted and imprisoned Wednesday, June 16 for the murder of his wife and the murder and rape of his daughter, found with her throat cut near Grenoble in 1993, announced the prosecution.
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The DNA of traces of semen found on the pants of the girl, then 13 years old, allowed the identification of her father that a strong alibi had, for 28 years, preserved from any prosecution in the investigation into the death of his wife and daughter. And the alibi of the trip to Romania of the suspect with his son at the time of the crime now presents weaknesses, the investigators concluded.
On January 7, 1993 were found in Sassenage, near Grenoble, the corpses of Michèle Chabert, wife Marinescu, 43 years old, and her daughter, Christine, killed with several stab wounds in the throat, each in their room in a pavilion. suburban. In the days and months that followed, the investigation did not lead to any convincing leads, and the multiple calls for witnesses, including one in the television program "
Witness number one
" by Jacques Pradel in 1995, did not lead to any. significant progress. Since then, the gendarmes "
never gave up the search for the truth
", explained during a press conference Colonel Lionel James, commander of the research section of the Grenoble gendarmerie, in charge of the investigation since. the beginning.
Five investigating judges in 28 years
At the start of 2021, following yet another rereading of the file by the investigators, the laboratory of the Criminal Research Institute of the National Gendarmerie "
revealed numerous traces of the sperm of Marian Marinescu (the father) on the pants of his daughter Christine.
“, Detailed the prosecutor of the Republic of Grenoble Eric Vaillant during this press conference.
For 28 years and five different investigating judges, the investigation did not stop, he said, "
seals have been assessed up to five times
", and, with the advancement of techniques of laboratory, "
today, we can discover DNA in much finer traces
".
Placed in police custody on Monday and faced with "
unequivocal
" data, Marian Marinescu told investigators "
that assuming it is him, he has no memory of having committed the facts
", summarized Eric Vaillant , adding that he had remained silent before the examining magistrates. Now 72 years old, the suspect was indicted Wednesday "
for the murder of his wife Michèle and for the murder preceded or accompanied by the rape of his daughter Christine
" and placed in
pre-
trial detention.
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