“According to his wife, his François “did not hide” and even participated in “a Nagui game show with his face uncovered”... Is this provocation? Doesn’t Le Grêlé taunt everyone like this? »
In her book entitled
Le Grêlé, lekiller was a cop
released in March 2022 by Editions du Seuil, journalist Patricia Tourancheau revealed the participation of
François Vérove
in the game
“Everyone wants to take their place”
but without being able to find the date accuracy of the broadcast.
To discover
TV program this evening: our selection of the day
Summoned by the police services on September 24, 2021, this former police officer and gendarme based in Gard had fled the marital home before being found dead on September 29 in Grau-du-Roi.
Mistaken by his DNA as being the serial killer nicknamed
“the Grêlé”
, François Vérove had left a letter full of remorse where he confessed to
“past impulses”
and murders without giving details.
Read alsoHow the criminal brigade trapped “le Grêlé” after 35 years of tracking
For 35 years, the suspect had been wanted by the Paris Criminal Brigade for several murders and rapes that occurred between 1986 and 1994, including that of little Cécile Bloch, 11 years old.
Unidentified until 2021, he was nicknamed “the Pockmarked” because of the marks seen on his face by different testimonies.
On Tuesday, our colleagues from
Marianne
found the images of the issue of “Everyone wants to take their place” where François Vérove appeared on France 2 on May 13, 2019.
“François de La Grande Motte!” »
exclaimed Nagui while introducing the then 57-year-old man.
“You were a police officer and you are no longer one.
»
A discussion lasting a few seconds took place between the host and the candidate about the latter's former activity in the police.
François Vérove spoke of his hours spent on foot, on horseback and on a motorbike.
One of the rare videos where we hear “le Grêlé” spoken.