Monique Olivier, the former wife of late serial killer Michel Fourniret, has admitted to her involvement in the disappearance of Lydie Logé, according to a lawyer representing victims’ families.
Logé, then aged 29, disappeared in December 1993 in Orne. Her body was never found. Fourniret, who passed away in 2021, was suspected of her disappearance.
His widow, Monique Olivier. has been under investigation since January 2021 for complicity in Logé’s disappearance. Confirming a report by the RTL, Attorney Corinne Herrmann said Olivier “admitted she was present at the scene, which is a form of confession for me.”
Herrmann noted that the confessions were made in stages before the investigating judge of the Serial Crimes and Unsolved Crimes Unit in Nanterre, but did not provide further details about Olivier’s statements.
A visit to the crime scene is scheduled for Thursday, with Olivier in attendance, the lawyer said.
According to the RTL, Monique Olivier admitted that the couple had kidnapped Lydie Logé, and that Michel Fourniret had tried to rape the young woman before strangling her. She confirmed the murder and admitted that she had helped hide the body.
Although two investigations, from 1994 to 1998 and then from 2004 to 2009, had resulted in the dismissal of the case, the investigation was restarted in 2018 after DNA traces were found in Michel Fourniret's van that could be matched with the DNA of Lydie Logé's mother.
On 22 December 2020, the serial killer was charged with Logé's abduction and death.
Olivier is being prosecuted as an accomplice.
