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on Monday May 2nd 2005 28 year-old Elodie Morel raided her closet looking for the perfect outfit she settled on
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skinny jeans a billowy white shirt cream-colored knitted sweater and a pair of high heels delicately she styled her
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hair and applied makeup ensuring she looked flawless it was a big day for Elodie the start of a new life and she
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wanted to look her best a waitress from the port city of Marseille in southern France Elodie had worked in restaurants
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and bars most of our adult life but she had grown tired of the long nights unpredictable work hours constant shift
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changes unruly customers and low pay there was time for a career change with an avid interest in fashion Elodie
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decided to follow through on her lifelong dream to become a model others considered her a natural beauty and
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modeling was a lucrative business in France considered the ultimate fashion destination the country's home to iconic
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fashion houses such as Chanel Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior however Elodie had no modeling experience she
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had never even had her photo taken by a professional photographer no one influential in the industry knew her
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[Music] despite Paris being oversaturated with unknown models trying to break into the
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industry Elodie was strong-willed and determined to give it a shot in April 2005 Elodie created an online
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profile on a modeling casting site and attached several candid photos of herself
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scanning various job websites looking for work Elodie applied for any opportunity she could follow but by late
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April she had little success undeterred she kept applying and one afternoon while she scold down the classified ads
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website Viva Street a new job opportunity popped up on her feed fashion photographer nicole forest the
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heir who worked for the reputable photography agency Dukas was seeking models to front and advertising campaign
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for the luxury car rolls-royce with several new cars true for Elise rolls-royce was offering an
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all-expenses-paid five-day photo shoot for three models in the Camargue region in the South of France the landscape in
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the Camargue region was the ideal backdrop for the high-end car with striking large lagoons circled by red
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covered marshes and a shoreline framing the Mediterranean Sea the photo shoot was scheduled between the 3rd and 7th of
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May 2005 payment was 1,000 euros per day plus all expenses paid including travelling expenses on set catering all
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meals accommodation and downtime activities additionally he had detailed an opportunity for the selected models
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to travel to the United States at a later date as the ambassadors of rolls-royce it was the job ellaby had
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been dreaming for 5000 euros for five days work was unlike anything she had ever earned before realistically she
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knew her chances of getting the job were low this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity competition would be fierce
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every model in France would be sending through their portfolios for a chance to represent rolls-royce yet Elodie wasn't
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going to be intimidated by the odds stacked against her with a few happy snaps and humble online
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profile she applied for the job she received an email response within a day anticipating a rejection Elodie was
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completely shocked at the read the Rolls Royce representative chose three models
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for their advertising including you it seemed too good to be true but e-mails back and forth to lead photographer
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Nicole Forrest the heir confirmed it Elodie had a look they liked and wanted Elodie continued corresponding with
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Nicole for sta Irv Irene our leading up to the shoot and Forrest years assistant
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along the cast caught already personally to arrange a meeting the meeting was planned for 6:00 p.m. on may 2nd the
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night before the photo shoot started Elodie was told to meet Nicole Forestier at the stopover bar in the town of egg
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Maude it wasn't far from the Camargue region where the photo shoot was to take place the photo shoot was all Elodie
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talked about at a family gathering days before the trip relatives noticed she was the happiest they had seen in a long
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time [Music] the night prior to the meeting with forest the air elodie packed a small
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luggage bag with spare clothes shoes and night wear in the early afternoon on may
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2nd 2005 with her favorite outfit on and hair and makeup perfect Elodie carried her luggage I saw it and placed it into
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the trunk of her black 1995 BMW sedan after a long goodbye to her partner 25 year-old Sylvain Racine and the longer
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goodbye to their four-year-old son Elodie left for the opportunity of a lifetime
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heading west into the sprawling French countryside Elodie drove past the modest limestone mountains surrounding the
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atang to Bear lagoon beyond there she steered around the border of the expensive Camargue wetlands before
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moving through plains of sprawling vineyards in volver weather warm spring air carried the fruity aroma of ripening
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grapes Elodie was far too excited to slow down and take in the beautiful country scenery she didn't want to be
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late for the meeting with photographer Nicole Forrest the air and make a bad first impression Elodie might have been
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inexperienced in modeling but she carried herself like a professional shortly after 5 p.m. after about a
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two-hour drive Elodie reached her destination the small town of Egmont on the southern coast of friends almost 700
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kilometers south of the capital city of Paris and more is located on flat marshes against the Mediterranean Sea
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there was built upon relics and features striking 13th century architecture with
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the town centre surrounded by medieval stone wall Elodie turned her car into a large parking lot that was packed an
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influx of city dwellers and foreign tourists had flocked to Egmont the day before was May 1st May Day and
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as the national holiday fell on a Sunday the scheduled public day off was that day Monday May 2nd thousands of visitors
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had flocked to the small seaside town for the long weekend Elodie found an empty spot to park a car there was a
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fair distance away from the stopover bar so she collected her black leather bag and began the long walk by near the Sun
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Hovind low above the horizon and street lights began to flicker on the stopover bar is a yellow painted building next to
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the northern entry into the wall township directly opposite a canal large boats floated down the wide canal loaded
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with tourists on deck watching the sunset local florists wandered the promenade selling sprigs of the white
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bell-shaped voila lily of the valley a local symbol of springtime of had between loved ones around may day as a
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lucky charm Elodie took a seat alone at a table on the front terrace of the stopover bar
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exactly as she being told to do the bar was relatively busy with people pouring in for dinner and drinks as the Sun set
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it was approaching 6 p.m. and Elodie had no idea what Nicole Forest the air looked like but she knew the
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photographer would be able to recognize her when she arrived minutes later an older man approached the ladies table he
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called led by name she didn't recognize the man and she looked at him confused he had wrinkled teemed skin a
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gap-toothed smile and short hair he introduced himself as a LAN locust elodie clicked straight away the cast
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was Nicole Foresti as a system Elleni had spoken to him over the phone several times leading up to the photoshoot and
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it was he who had called her and arranged the meeting at the stopover bar the cast was apologetic and explained
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that Nicole Forrest the air was busy preparing for the photoshoot and had instructed him to modality in her place
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LOD found herself instantly reassured by his friendly demeanor he took a seat and
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the two began to chat about the photoshoot meanwhile almost twenty kilometers away the telephone at the AG
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morte police station rang the answering officer listened as a panicked male caller warned a guy who just left my
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place is about to kidnap a girl he's armed and I think he's about to do something horrific
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[Music] [Music] the caller 63 year old Dominic Carrasco was well known to local police
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a scrap merchant by trade at nine Tarasco ran an unlicensed than illegal bar in an old cabin on his country
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property outside of act naught police had threatened to shut down his backyard bar but Orosco made them a deal
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he would become a police informant and give intel on local thugs and Crimson of his bar and in return
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police would turn a blind eye to his illegal operation it was a win-win for both parties the deal proved worthwhile
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for police Tarasco tips had led to several arrests from car thieves to minor drug traffickers
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however Terrace goes frantic call on the afternoon of May 2nd 2005 was the first
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time he had contacted them about a crime as serious as kidnapping Carrasco his voice was shaky as he told
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police about a conversation he had with a friend at his bar earlier that afternoon from their conversation
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Carrasco believed that his friend was about to hurt a woman he said his friend was a violent and he owned and carried a
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handgun Tarasco nervously rambled on using words like pimping sex work and abduction
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tarrasque owes history as a trusted police informing gave officers no reason to doubt his claims and they wondered if
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his friend had links to the illegal sex trade they pressed him for more information they needed names visual
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descriptions who to look for where to go but despite terrace goes initial willingness the talk he stopped
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short of naming his friend who was planning the kidnapping he feared reprisal no offers of protection could
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convince Tarasco to hand over his friends name whoever he was he was dangerous enough to scare Tarasco into
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silence Carrasco did offer police the location of where his friend was headed though he said he was meeting the
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unsuspecting woman on the terrace of the stopover bar Tarasco also gave police a
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description of his friend's car a green 1994 ciated be thir time was running out if this kidnapping was about
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to take place police didn't have time to bigger with tourists go for information for officers
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split between two cars and headed straight to the stopover bar they arrived around 6:15 p.m. they kept a low
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profile with lights and sirens off so they didn't know where the kidnapper they quickly realized that searching for
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the unknown suspect and victim along the promenade was an impossible task the area was packed with people enjoying the
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last night of the long weekend there were couples everywhere and police had absolutely no idea who they were looking
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for two of the officers entered the stopover bar they purchased the drink age and took a seat together out on the
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terrace they drank and spoke casually appearing as two off-duty officers grabbing a social drink after work but
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discretely they kept a close watch on the couples around them the mood in and around the bar was good-natured no women
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appeared uncomfortable scared or unsafe no one drew their attention meanwhile the other two officers
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remained outside the bar they kept a lookout for the suspects car as described by Tarasco the green 94c at
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Ibiza as one officer kept watch of the passing traffic the other searched the parking lot an hour passed and neither
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the car or the suspect couple was spotted police started to wonder if Terris Co had been mistaken they called
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him to confirm what little information they had was correct as police confirmed the description of the suspects green
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94c a to be thorough terrace go filled his stomach drop he had described the wrong car to police he said his friend
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actually drove a gray 1994 Citron's and ex police were frustrated to learn they'd
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been looking for the wrong car the entire time after another search of the area the gray Citroen ZX was nowhere to
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be seen the race against time to save a young woman from her kidnapper came to a
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sudden halt police were at a dead end with Tarasco refusing to give them a name or any more details there was
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little else they could do they returned to the station and waited around to see if any local women were reported missing
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but no such calls came in two days later on the afternoon of Wednesday May 4th a
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25 year old men entered a police station in the city of Marseille 180 kilometers
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from Eggman the men Silvan Racine was uneasy and visibly anxious he hadn't heard from his wife Elodie Morelle since
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the night of May 2nd when she left home to meet up with a fashion photographer in Agra more it was unusual for Elodie
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not to keep in touch they kept in contact everyday many messages and unanswered calls later sylveon was
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convinced something bad had happened to his wife the last text he received from her was sent on May 2nd at 9:30 p.m.
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several hours after she had met with the photographer at red big kiss everything
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is going well I'll call you tomorrow when I can hugs and kisses talk later as police
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started questioning Sylvain further they suspected there was more going on with a
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married couple than what the man was willing to discuss sylveon explained that they met in 1995 Elodie shared an
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apartment with a friend of sylveon's and when Sylvain first met her he was instantly drawn to her self-reliance and
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resilience they started dating and by 96 towards the end of the first year of their relationship that were married in
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2011 for pregnant and the couple had a son together motherhood changed Elodie she wasn't
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particularly close to her own mother who she felt never understood her their strange relationship was a catalyst for
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Elodie moving out of home at 14 years old when Elodie son was born she was determined to raise him in a safe happy
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and a loving home the type of home that she never had police continued probing Sylvain for more information they felt
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he was withholding something after dancing around the topic for a while he finally admitted his relationship with
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Elodie had deteriorated and they were in the process of a divorce stresses and disagreements had led to heated
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arguments and to Elodie foresaw the toxic home environment she was nurturing her son Ian was turning out to be the
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exact type she suffered through and devoured to never create Elodie and sylveon accepted that their relationship
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wasn't working and after a long candid discussion they agreed to separate Sylvia insisted that their separation
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was amicable according to him they were now getting along better than ever they still had disagreements but argued
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much less the pair decided it would be best for their son if they continued living together as a family they didn't
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want him to deal with the trauma of a divorce and being forced to move between two separate houses are such a young age
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and since things were getting better between them they believed they could still live together even though they
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weren't a couple anymore sylveon even continued to financially support Elodie as he worked a full-time office job and
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she only worked part-time at a bar when Sylvain found out Elodie had been one of
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three models chosen to run an advertising campaign for rolls-royce her enthusiasm convinced him that job was
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legitimate but in hindsight he suspected that the whole thing was an elaborate online scam he worried the Elodie had
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been trapped by a gang who targeted women on Lauren and feared who was being transported across the country perhaps
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to be sent abroad as a sex slave police are sylveon why he would allow Elodie to meet with a stranger she had
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met online by herself sylveon responded that he trusted Oni she was no fool but seemed perfectly safe for her to meet a
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woman in a public place at a reasonable hour the last text elodie sent did not read as though she
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was in danger Marseille police considered more logical explanations for her lack of contact perhaps she was
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somewhere with no phone reception maybe her mobile phone battery died and she had forgotten to pack a charger or
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maybe she had lost her phone there were a multitude of simple and innocent reasons as to why sylveon may not have
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heard from his ex-wife but Sylvain was unconvinced Elodie knew his number if something had happened to her phone she
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would have used someone else's phone to get in touch marseille police were still
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doubtful they considered there was another far more realistic explanation for elytis disappearance the Sylvian
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wouldn't allow himself to contemplate Elodie an unhappy wife determined to make big changes in her life may have
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run off with another man but Sylvain instantly dismissed that suggestion he assured police their split was amicable
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Elodie could commence a new relationship without issue from him there was no reason for her to run away plus there
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was no way she would have been in her son Marseille police thought it reasonable to sit on the case for a
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little longer before filing a missing-persons report the situation didn't seem urgent to them the Sylvian
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demanded they do something they finally relented and typed up a report detailing
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a description ability the sequence of events leading up to her supposed disappearance and her last known
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whereabouts once a complete they faxed the report to other police stations across the South of France
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agate mortar police were continuing to keep an eye on missing-persons reports in case anything came in and matched the
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story they'd been given by Dominic Tarasco two days earlier Tarasco was still refusing to give the name of his
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friend he suspected was going to kidnap a woman from the stopover bar and no further information had come to light
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but AG what police kept their eyes open [Music] when Marseille police fax through the
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missing person report they had taken felony Morel AG nought police immediately felt uneasy LEDs last known
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location was in Ag more on the night of May 2nd she had scheduled a meeting with
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a stranger at the stopover bar at 6:00 p.m. that night there were striking similarities between the events
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surrounding the disappearance of Elodie Morel and the call they had received from Dominic Terrace Co two days earlier
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about a potential kidnapping Egmont police contacted sylph and for more information regarding his wife a sylph
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an explained led story in detail that appeared consistent with Terris ghost story police considered the possibility
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that the two stories were actually one and the same despite going doubtful of Terrace Co story now that there was a
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potential victim egg more police started taking the situation very seriously they are Sylvian to come into the
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station after the nearly two hour drive through dark rural roads between marseille and dog mornin sylveon arrived
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at the police station around 2:00 a.m. he brought photographs ability pictures of her on their wedding day
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pitchers holding their son cooking in the kitchen with family and two lounging around an outdoor patio with friends in
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each photo she was happy even when she was unaware the camera was on earth she was always smiling
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Sylvain gave police a description of LEDs black 95 BMW sedan a copy of the emails between her and photographer
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Nicole for SD air a list of items she had taken with her for her trip and her mobile phone number
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LEDs phone was going straight to voicemail so it was either turned off or destroyed
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however police were able to go back and track the signals off phone towers to follow her movements up until the time
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her phone went off as expected her phone emitted a signal from AG more on the evening of May 2nd confirming she made
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it to the small town for the meeting afterwards her phone emitted a signal from sensual about a 30 kilometer half
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an hour drive north east of act more sensual is located on the western edge of the Camargue region
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this showed Elodie was heading in the direction of where the photo shoot was to take place strangely a short time
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later her phone emitted a signal from volver volver is an 18 kilometer 20 minute drive in the opposite direction
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it was shortly after arriving at 4 ver that leds mobile phone signal dropped out and it hadn't come back up since
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[Music] police felt it would be impossible for them to conduct a thorough search for
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led in an area and act more since you involve air it was too big of an area only one person could help them now
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Dominique Tarasco they called Paris Co and asked him to come into the station he arrived at 8:30 a.m. on May 5th and
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he brought with him a startling story one the police found hard to believe on the evening of May 2nd after Tarasco had
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called AG morte police to report the suspected kidnapping he drove into town he had dinner and a few drinks to take
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his mind off things hours later he drove the long rural road back to his country property in the
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distant darkness he noticed flashing red-and-blue lights it was two police cars parked blocking the road several
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police officers were standing around the vehicles Tarasco thought a large-scale operation was in place to search for the
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kidnapped girl he had phoned up about that evening he pulled his car to the side of the road and got out to see how
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the search was going even though he had not fully cooperated and kept his friend's name to himself Tarasco
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hoped that they had managed to find his car the officers watched as terascale approached them he was distressed
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throwing his arms about asking what was happening if they had found the car if they had caught him the police were
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perplexed they had no idea what he was talking about they were just performing routine traffic checks smelling alcohol
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on Terrace cows breath they assumed the old man was just drunk and disorientated
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a car slowly approached the roadblock while Tarasco was talking to the officers Tarasco recognized the vehicle
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immediately a gray 1994 Citroen ZX the car his friend drove with the police officers distracted by Terrace Co the
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car was able to slowly maneuver around the roadblock without being stopped terrace co saw his friend in the
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driver's seat dread has seeped into his body when he saw who was in the passenger seat a woman with long dark
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hair eyes closed her head leaning against the inside of the door as though she were asleep the car passed the
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roadblock and drove off terrace Co started getting more erratic telling police to go after it and arrest the
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driver but he didn't say why then Terrace goes mobile phone rang he answered Tarasco was terrified when he
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recognized the voice on the other end who was his friend the kidnapper the one who had just driven past with a woman in
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his car had he seen Terrace Co on the side of the road speaking with police apparently not the friend had only
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called to warn Tarasco about the police roadblock leading up to his property he told Terrace go to be careful and then
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hung up as Tarasco told this unbelievable series of events to investigators that act morte police
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station they sat stunned they didn't believe it what were the odds that Terrace Co approached the
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roadblock effectively distracting the officers at the exact same time the kidnapper drove past
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why didn't Aris go tell police of the roadblock about the kidnapped girl why was he only telling them this
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information now three days later terrico said he had been too frightened as his friend was a psychopath skeptical
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investigators were able to confirm their work routine traffic checks occurring at
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the location terrace Cosette on the night of May 2nd investigators spoke to the officers who were working the
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traffic stop and nearly fell over when the officers had knew exactly what they were talking about they recalled Tarasco
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approaching them he was frantic about something not making a lot of sense he seemed too drunk a car drove past
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while they were dealing with him and he received a call not long after the car drove past Terrace Co was telling the
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truth his description of the unconscious woman in the car strongly matched the appearance of
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Elodie Morello there was no mistaking the driver as being anyone but terrace Co his friend since he called Terrace Co
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shortly after the roadblock to warn him about it police were now convinced terrace goes
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friend had abducted Elodie Morel and their patients had running out they demanded a name
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police threatened to Terrace Co stating no it arrest him he would wind up in prison and the girl
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would die if he didn't give up his friend's name under the intense pressure Tarasco finally broke crying
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he gave them the name Guillaume mangu forty nine-year-old Guillaume mangu had a long sordid criminal history in july
00:32:32
87 he spotted two young female hitchhikers wandering along the side of the road he pulled over and offered them
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a lift the women were tourists from Germany and spoke little French but mango was
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friendly they trusted him and got in his car they had no idea he was intentionally taking them in the
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opposite direction to where they wanted to go at the end of an isolated dirt property in Commerc he stopped the car
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and pointed a gun at them he raped both women throughout the night before leaving them in the middle of
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nowhere and driving off a month later in August Mangal was again cruising the long rural roads in southern France near
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Commerc and again he came across two young female hitchhikers tourists from Italy like the previous crime mango
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drove his victims to an isolated area of Camargue before threatening them with a
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gun when he attempted to ride one of the women they fought him off and escaped [Music]
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in 1988 mango was convicted and sentenced to serve eight years imprisonment for his crimes
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psychological assessments of mango revealed his predisposition to impulsive 'ti in violence manipulative and
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seductive tendencies narcissism and attraction to weapons he lacked the vulnerability guilt
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compassion and an ability to take criticism assessments concluded that he's antisocial and deviant behaviors
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were neither curable or correctable after he's released mango was soon back in prison for property and firearms
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offenses after that sting he visited an old friend and asked for work Dominique Tarasco Tarasco knew mango was
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a violent convicted criminal who made no secret of the fact he always carried a weapon if refused anything mango would
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erupt in an explosion of violence so when he asked Terrace go for work the old man felt compelled to agree for his
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own safety he hired mango to work as a bouncer at his backyard bar where he's threatening
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and violent behavior could be put to some use on the afternoon of May 2nd 2005 mango was at Terrace ghost bar the
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place was quiet so people recalled seeing him there speaking to Terrace Co at 5:30 p.m.
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Mingo left he bragged he had the honor an appointment to meet a beautiful girl he met online they were going to have a
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date at the stopover bar there was something about the way men Gore spoke and the words he used that made Tarasco
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incredibly uncomfortable about the situation knowing mangos history and knowing he was carrying a gun Terrace
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cows gut instincts told him the woman he was meeting was in danger the uncomfortable feeling nagged at Orosco
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and he decided the phone police after checking mangos criminal history it was no great leap for investigators to make
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him their number one suspect however the investigation was built on the forced testimony of terrace CO and what could
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have meant to nothing but a series of coincidences they needed concrete proof that mango had kidnapped early
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investigators visited the stopover bar and questioned staff about Guillen mango the bar owners confirmed that mango was
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a regular customer furthermore two witnesses recalled seeing mango at the bar on the night of May 2nd at 6:00 p.m.
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they both have vividly remembered the North because mango was usually alone but on May 2nd he was in the company of
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a young woman police had no way to locate mangu he traveled frequently crashed on other
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people's couches and spent long nights in seedy bars and nightclubs he could have been anywhere so they created a
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trap to bring him in police made Tarasco called mango and get him to meet up for
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a few drinks mango agreed to the meet at La Mexicana na Club in Montpellier a 30-minute drive
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west of act more mango was familiar with the club as he previously worked security there police took up hidden
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positions around the parking lot and waited a short time later a white van rolled in police observed the vehicle
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and to their surprise they confirmed mango was in the passenger seat the driver was an unknown older male who
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looked to be in his 50s the van pulled into a parking spot and its engine clicked off while officers kept watch
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was led in the van Mangal exited the vehicle and police swooped immediately he tried to run but he was tackled to
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the ground other police approached the van weapons raised the older male driver climbed out he cooperated and raised his
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hands in the air he identified himself as Richard linear a construction worker who lived in the local area Linea didn't
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have a record he was completely unknown to police he said he had no idea what was going on he
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was just there for a drink with a friend police formed a circle around the van they swung the back doors open and
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peered into the rear compartment it was empty there was no sign of Elodie they searched mangu and found no weapons just
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his wallet mobile phone car keys and a pack of cigarettes they flipped through his wallet and found a small amount of
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money his ID and a credit card in the name of Elodie Morrell man God was quick to explain he fee onto the card on a
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table at the stopover bar a few days earlier with no owner in sight he kept it with the intention of returning it to
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the bank the following day but he had forgotten all about it in another area of the parking lot police questioned the
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driver of the van Richard Lanier linier lived in the small town of ver gets with
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his wife and teenage daughter he said man Gor was a longtime friend who had been staying at his home the last few
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days Bangor would often visit the linear household during his travels stay a few
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nights and then move on police were highly suspicious of both men men girls excuse for being in
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possession of a lady's credit card was shaky at best and linear lived in vergas and eight kilometer 15 minute drive
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Northwest from the town of volver volver was the last known location of leds mobile phone before it was switched off
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police arrested and handcuffed both men with the intention to take them to the station for further questioning
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however they were making a stop on the way Richard líneas Harris in Vegas when police stormed the linear home they
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were confronted with the scene most would recall as one of the most bizarre and surreal experiences in their
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policing career richard líneas wife Francine and their teenage daughter were sitting together at the dining table
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eating dinner when armed groups of police burst into the house neither Francine or her teenage daughter
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reacted instead they continued to eat their meal in silence as though the armed shouting police officers weren't
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there at all the strange non reaction of the linear women unsettled police there was almost
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as if they were expecting them a sinister atmosphere lingered in the quaint family home police carefully
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searched each room not knowing what they were walking into still unsettled by the
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detached non-reaction from the linear women they checked under beds in closets behind hanging clothes and any other
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hiding space they could find evidence of leds presence started to appear throughout the home a black leather bag
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floral dress two pairs of high-heeled shoes and a black sweater were all items that matched descriptions of clothing
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melanie had packed for her trip most tellingly was a mobile phone found in possession
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of líneas teenaged daughter there was Oh at ease they also found a handgun tucked away in a drawer the
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handle was stained with dried blood police arrested the linear women as well it was approaching 8 p.m. on May 5th
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when mango and the linear family arrived at the police station questioning mango proved difficult he
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was a master manipulator and he stuck solid to his story he maintained that he found a lady's credit card of a stopover
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bar and that he didn't meet or see her there during that time police could contradict a lot of his statements with
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the evidence they already had by mango didn't budge from his story so investigators turned their attention to
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the linear family but they proved to be a problem as well they skirted around questions with flimsy and done detailed
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answers denying any knowledge ability or her whereabouts despite evidence in their own home suggesting otherwise
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as police chipped away at them they realized that Richard was the more fragile investigators set their sights
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on breaking him with each passing hour of interrogation Richard líneas anxiety heightened investigators could tell he
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was on the verge of cracking and today shifted their tactic from coddling Richard to confronting him I know when
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she know an officer screamed you'd know what happened as expected Richard linear broke down it
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wasn't him he told police key on mango turned up at his house at 6:00 a.m. on the morning of Tuesday May 3rd whilst he
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and his family were having breakfast mango stormed inside carrying a gun and said he needed somewhere to hide he had
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a girl in the trunk of his car and he wanted to hide her in their garage 500 meters from the Lanier's home was an
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isolated garage with a presents en floor Richard linear allowed mango to hide in
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his garage he unlocked it and watch Bangor drive-in when God then asked for cable ties which Ben Yair supplied lock
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the garage on your way out mango ordered linear did as he was told he didn't ask questions
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Linnea walked back to his house cleaned up got dressed and headed into work for the day he was aware of mangas criminal
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history and knew the man to be violent and dangerous however at no point during the day did
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he feel compelled to contact police about what was happening in his garage after Richard linea spoke to police his
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wife Francine started talking as well her version of events were identical to her husband's she also detailed a
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conversation she had with mangu on the night of Tuesday May 3rd Francine said at 6:00 p.m. Bangor came back to the
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house he asked for a bottle of water indicating that the girl was thirsty he told me that he had made her sniff the
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white piata I understood that he had drugged her Francine Ling yeah provided mango with a
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plastic bottle full of water like her husband she made no attempt to contact police she was afraid mango would hurt
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her daughter if she did anything to upset him two hours after asking Francine for
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water mango reappeared at the house wanting dinner this time he was carrying various items a black leather bag a
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floral dress two pairs of high-heeled shoes a black sweater and a mobile phone he offered the items to Francine Ling
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near as a gift Francine didn't ask questions she accepted the items and handed the mobile
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phone to her daughter as she needed a new one mango then started to worry that his prisoner would identify him to
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police and it was at this point he first mentioned the killing her when Francine
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asked how he would do it mango wrapped his hands around his neck [Music] after learning the Lanier's had cracked
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and made a statement to police men golf finally agreed to make a statement of his own he admitted to posting a fake
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casting call online for a photo shoot in the Camargue region he posed as a female
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photographer named Nicole Forrest the air and researched enough information to make the photoshoot appear authentic
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Mangal was surprised when Elodie Morell responded to the phony offer he put the blame on OA t he says she should have
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realized there was a scheme due to the exaggerated nature of the opportunity men Gor claimed to be Forest years a
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sister he contacted led by phone and convinced her to go to Egmont under the pretense
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of meeting Forrest the air Elodie wasn't to know she was actually meeting with a
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convicted kidnapper and rapist when Elodie met men Gor at the stopover bar he offered to take her on a tour of the
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countryside to see the various locations for the photo shoot Elodie agreed she texts her husband to let him know
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everything was going well as he had done before Bangor drove his victim down rural roads near kamar each turn led
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further into isolation roads so remote they didn't even have streetlights not a single car passed them when he felt he
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was far enough away Bangor pulled out his gun he demanded a lady's credit card Elodie raised her hands defensively and
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pushed him away it was well known that if refused anything languor would erupt in an explosion of violence she made a
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gesture that are interpreted as an attack mango etad police I reacted instantly he lifted his pistol in the
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air and with angry violent force he slammed the guns handle down against elytis head he then slammed her against
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the passenger side door several times until she stopped for tea elodie handed mango her credit card and
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told him the pin number to go with it then Bangor claims he let it go he used a lady's credit card to purchase fuel
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and cigarettes and to withdraw 140 euros these actions were confirmed in bank statements linked to the credit card and
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security footage around the ATM where he withdrew the cash main Gord denied the líneas version of events involving naega
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Raj captivity drugs and threat of strangulation according to mango the purpose of his
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elaborate online scam was simply to steal a lady's credit card once he got what he wanted he let her go police knew
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mango was full of [ __ ] but when threatened he got extremely defensive and stuck solid to his story so
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investigators took a different approach they stroked his ego and made him feel comfortable and free to talk to them
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slowly they're faint patience and understanding paid off mango finally admitted he didn't release Elodie after
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she gave him her credit card his new version was that he took her to the líneas garage to hide out for the day as
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he didn't want to release Elodie until late at night when less people would be out and about
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mango said they smoked cigarettes together in the garage they chatted and they even joked around Elodie was free
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to walk around to the garage he didn't tie her up he didn't touch her when night fell he left the garage with
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Elodie to take her back to her people at some point during the late night drive through the Camargue countryside Bangor
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asked led if she wanted to take over driving she accepted and a mango pulled over as the two walked around the rear
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of the car to swap places Elodie bumped into mango and he fell over infuriated mango spotted a thin plastic cord on the
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ground near boy he picked it up and strangled OD hours later mango returned to the linear house and slept on their
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pullout so if the next day after a relaxing sleeping men go when here to lunch with the
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Lanier's [Music] when police searched the linear garage what they discovered created a clearer
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picture of what exactly happened to Elodie and it was different to what mango was telling them
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they collected 23 cigarette butts scattered throughout the garage tests prove that 19 of them had been smoked
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bond angle and fall by ility although man-god denied tying led during her captivity broken cable tires were found
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with both his and her DNA on there were traces of LEDs blood on the ground parked outside
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neither garage entrance was mangoes grey Citroen ZX LEDs blood was found on the inside passenger door as was a plastic
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packet filled with white powder analysis of the powder revealed there was a mixture of four different types of
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sedatives that had been crushed together mangog denied that he sexually assaulted
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elderly however the forensic evidence proved otherwise Friday May 6 was supposed to
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be the final day of the rolls-royce photoshoot instead mango was finishing up his statement to police detailing
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where he had left Elodie several police cars pulled into the car park of the ignored Cemetery they separated and
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slowly weaved through the rows of parked cars parked against a low hedge between
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a white Range Rover and a red hatchback was a black 1995 BMW sedan the number plate confirmed AB is Elodie morels car
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the interior was empty they lifted the rear hood and found Elodie a post-mortem confirmed she died by
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strangulation Gyan mango was charged with abduction rape and murder Richard and Francine
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Lanier were charged with complicity in kidnapping failure to disclose a crime to authorities and murder their trials
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commenced in January 2008 in an outrageous display in court bangor labelled richard linear as a lady's
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killer despite confessing earlier to strangling Elodie kidney are denied responsibility
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he claimed Richard Lynn year was the one who strangled Elodie and did so in the garage
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according to mango Linea ordered him to dispose of a lady's body when golf further insulted Elodie and her loved
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ones when he claimed to the court that he had fallen in love with her and would never do anything to hurt her
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no one was buying his lies and in February 2008 he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment he
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appealed his sentence in July that year and he succeeded he got his sentence lowered to a maximum of 30 years with a
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20-year minimum Richard and Francine Linea were each sentenced to six years imprisonment for their complicity in the
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crime they also appealed their sentences not only were they unsuccessful they actually got a long term eight years
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the Advocate General stated quote the death of Elodie was the meeting between a monster of inhumanity and two monsters
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of selfishness Sylvain Racine was overwhelmed with a mix of emotions he grieved privately for the death of
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Elodie and has never spoken publicly about it LEDs main priority in life was to ensure
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their son lived in a safe and happy home environment and sylveon was going to do
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everything he could to make that happen domine Carrasco who made the initial call to police regarding the kidnapping
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the resulting he know that his murder understands that he's refusal to name Jeon mangu to police at the beginning
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jeopardized the thirties efforts in locating and saving Elodie I do still have regrets Tarasco admits I tell
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myself I could have saved this girl because I knew enough but I don't know I screwed up
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