Dominique Pelicot, a French man convicted of horrific rapes against his former wife, is now facing questioning in two cold cases dating back to the 1990s. The cases involve the murder of a property agent in Paris in 1991 and an attempted armed rape in 1999. There are striking similarities between the two cases, leading investigators to believe they may be linked.
A courtroom sketch by Valentin Pasquier shows Gisèle Pelicot, left, and her ex-husband Dominique Pelicot, right, during his trial at the courthouse in Avignon, southern France , on Sept. 17, 2024.Dominique Pelicot, the convicted rapist who horrified France by drugging his then wife so other men could rape her, is now caught up in other cases.
Dominique Pélicot has been under formal investigation for both of those crimes since October, 2022 – a legal status meaning that investigators believe there is an accumulation of serious evidence against him. The two cases were grouped together into one investigation in September 2022 that was taken over by the specialized unit for cold cases and serial crimes. It works out of the Paris suburb of Nanterre.
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