The DNA analyzed in Doubs after a report in March does not correspond to that of Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès, wanted for a quintuple homicide in 2011, the Nantes prosecutor's office said on Monday.
Gendarmes had collected cans drunk by a visitor who had gone to the community of Dominican sisters of Béthanie, in Montferrand-le-Château, near Besançon. Several people had found a resemblance to Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès.
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“(...) I inform you that the analyzes carried out made it possible to extract DNA. This was compared to that of Xavier Dupont de Ligonnes
,” declared the public prosecutor of Nantes Renaud Gaudeul.
“The two DNA profiles do not match. The investigating magistrate and the investigation services referred are continuing their investigations and the tedious but careful verifications of all the reports received
,” added the prosecutor.
Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès is suspected of having killed his wife and four children in April 2011, whose bodies were found in Nantes under the terrace of the family home, and he has never been found. The investigation has not determined whether he was dead or on the run.