Isabelle and Jean-Pierre Fouillot, parents of Alexia Daval, killed in 2017 by her husband Jonathann Daval, since convicted of murder, expose, in a book published Thursday, October 28, the pain with which they went through the investigation which followed this feminicide.
"We know that Jonathann killed our daughter, but we still do not know why, and we will certainly never know it"
, deplores Isabelle Fouillot in
Alexia, our daughter
(Robert Laffon), co-written with the producer Thomas Chagnaud.
“We have to live without truth.
It's unbearable ”
, testifies the mother of the young woman, killed at the age of 29 years.
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The two parents review their daughter's journey at length, from her meeting with Jonathann Daval, when she was 16, until her death, thirteen years later. They tell of the relationship maintained with their son-in-law, particularly present in their family sphere, and consider that he has
"manipulated them from day one"
. They say especially their suffering to have seen the defense of Jonathann Daval publicly present Alexia as a woman with the
“overwhelming personality”
, subject to
“crises”
and
“extremely important outbursts of violence”
. "
These words pierce me like so many daggers"
, writes Isabelle Fouillot.
The couple also evokes
"pressure from the media"
, and the city
"invaded by journalists"
.
"I had the impression of living under everyone's gaze, of no longer having the right to move"
, assures Isabelle Fouillot, who describes the
"crazy machine of continuous information"
, while citing the
" nice meeting ”
or the
“ relationship of trust ”
forged with BFMTV journalists.
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The partly charred body of Alexia Daval was found in October 2017 in a wood near her home in Gray-la-Ville (Haute-Saône), two days after her husband Jonathann reported her disappearance.
After showing the face of a tearful widower for three months, the computer scientist had been confused by investigators from the gendarmerie after careful investigations.
He admitted the murder of his wife and was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment in November 2020. Me Randall Schwerdorffer, lawyer for Jonathann Daval, also gave his account and his analysis of the case in a book co-written with journalist Frédéric Gilbert, published October 14.