The family of Agnès Dupont de Ligonnès, wife of Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès killed with her four children in 2011, expressed their
“reservations” in
a press release on Sunday March 17
,
concerning the
“allegations”
of the suspect’s sister.
Christine Dupont de Ligonnès proclaims in a recently published book, with much media promotion, the innocence of her brother, while he remains wanted 13 years after the events.
Judicial information still in progress
“Due to the current media coverage,
(Agnès' family)
simply intends to express the most express reservations on the statements of Christine de Ligonnès and her husband, particularly to the extent that the judicial investigation is still in progress”
, indicated Anne de Noirmont, cousin of Agnès de Ligonnès in this press release cited by
Le Parisien
.
“It is up to the judicial and police authorities, in whom Agnès' family has always trusted, to respond to the allegations of Ligonnès' family if they consider it appropriate
,” she continued.
Since the publication of her book,
Xavier, my presumed innocent brother
, co-written with her husband Bertram de Verdun and published on March 13, Christine de Ligonnès has multiplied her media appearances -
Paris Match
, BFMTV, France 2... She has exhibited several theories to explain the disappearance of his brother.
According to her, the latter would have been exfiltrated to the United States with his family and the bodies found of his wife and children would only be a “staged image”.
Extravagant theory
For 13 years since the murder investigation was opened in the context of the quintuple murder of the Dupont de Ligonnès family, found inert under the terrace of their home in Nantes, Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès remains the main suspect.
However, since the start of the procedure, his sister Christine has defended him.
The latter had opened a blog directly after the opening of the investigation with the aim of defending the innocence of her brother, with the help of testimonies from those close to her as well as a letter received in 2011, the last known writing attributed to Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès.
In this letter signed with the suspect's name, the latter evokes a hasty departure to the American continent, where the family will have to live under a false identity in the United States for security reasons, since he would be "an
essential witness in a future trial involving top officials in international drug trafficking
.
He also explains that they will have to stay across the Atlantic for many years and that it will not be possible to contact them.
Also read “A staging”: the sister of Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès believes in “an exfiltration” in which police officers participated
However, several elements call into question this version of the facts: on the one hand, the acquisition of a silencer and ammunition for a recently recovered rifle, on the other hand, the purchase of lime under which the family was buried .
Finally, the fact that the main suspect was seen several times alone after the murders does not support the comments made by Christine Dupont de Ligonnès.
The theory of Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès' sister is considered extravagant by the judicial and police authorities in charge of the investigation.
In 2013, the Nantes public prosecutor at the time, Brigitte Lamy, already denied this thesis put forward by the suspect's sister:
“DNA research was carried out on the bodies, it was clearly established that they were the bodies of the family.
We see the lack of credibility of his assertions
.
Philippe Cussac, central commissioner of Nantes at the time of the events, also firmly refuted this version to the newspaper
Sud Ouest
on March 15:
“I can certify that the bodies I saw completely corresponded to the photos we had. »
Even Christine's lawyer, Stéphane Goldenstein, does not believe in this hypothesis:
"It seems so improbable to me that we would use five surrogate bodies to send an entire family as protected witnesses to the other side of the world, I do not “I don’t believe it
,” he declared on March 18 on BFMTV.