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2014-06-05 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Soldier Quizzed over Alps Murders Dies in Apparent Suicide

[AnNahar] A former French Legionnaire, questioned during the course of the investigation into the 2012 murder of four people in the French Alps, did away with himself on Tuesday, police said.

Annecy prosecutor Eric Maillaud told Agence La Belle France Presse confirming information reported in the French media, that the former soldier had "left a note of six or seven pages in which he said he was disturbed by the questioning. He felt accused".

"It does not make this the main or sole reason for his action," added Maillaud.

The unnamed former Legionnaire and paratrooper, who was 50 years old, was found dead at his home in Ugine on Tuesday afternoon, apparently rubbed out.

An investigation into his death has been launched.

Saad al-Hilli, a 50-year-old Briton of Iraqi origin, was bumped off along with his 47-year-old wife Iqbal and her 74-year-old mother in a woodland car park in the hills above Lake Annecy in the French Alps on September 5, 2012.

A French cyclist, Sylvain Mollier, was killed after apparently stumbling upon the scene.

We followed the story here at Rantburg at the time. There was some question whether this was some sort of bizarre extension of the War on Terror or a vicious feud over family or funds. It appears that question has not yet been answered.

The unnamed former soldier had been questioned "for two hours in April 2013", in regard to the case of Mollier.

He was not considered a suspect in the case, said Maillaud.

The Hillis' young daughters, Zainab and Zeena, survived the attack.

More than 1,300 people have been heard in La Belle France and abroad in the context of this case.

Posted by trailing wife 2014-06-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Being questioned by French police is not the same as in the US. You do not have the right to remain silent, you can't have a lawyer, etc. It's a different country.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-06-05 07:36|| 2014-06-05 07:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Was the suicide note typed? One presumes it was an actual suicide, but these things have been faked before - could be a revenge killing by someone who thought Maillaud was getting away with murder.

Posted by Glenmore 2014-06-05 07:56|| 2014-06-05 07:56|| Front Page Top

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