A spine-chilling reboot, Netflix is a true-crime anthology series Unsolved Mysteries cracks open the tragic case of the Dupont de Ligonnès family in its third episode. Once in the house of an outwardly healthy group of people, the Dupont de Ligonnès residence, which is located in Nantes, France, now has the nickname of “the house of horror.” There’s No sugarcoating the case: April 21, 2011the researchers discovered the remains of five humans and two dogs buried under the deck.
The bodies belonged to the matriarch of the family, Agnes, and their four children: Arthur, Thomas, Anne and Benoit. The two dogs were the family of Husbandmen. The bodies were wrapped in bags, covered with quicklime, and is hidden with religious icons. The the autopsy it was found that children who received sleeping pills — the mother was not, but she did use a sleep apnea machine. Each person, apparently, was put to sleep, then shot at least two times in the head with the bullets of a rifle .22.
The Dupont de Ligonnès Family History
The main suspect was that of a person who is not in the vocabulary of image: the seemingly devoted father and husband, of 50 years, Xavier. At a superficial glance, it seemed impossible that Dupont de Ligonnès was going to kill his family in cold blood. In fact, if he did, he was careful not to leave a trail of biological evidence — no blood or fingerprints of the involved in it. But follow the crumbs of evidence, and the murder does not seem at all out of the realm of possibility.
Dupont de Ligonnès came from an aristocratic French family — his father was, in fact, a count. He earned his living as the owner of a business, the creation of companies that don’t see all that much success over the years. By the time of her family, death, Dupont de Ligonnès was deeply in debt. Months before the family of the massacre, his father Hubert died. While a noble blood, Hubert, died without money. Dupont de Ligonnès inherited a remarkable item: a .22 long rifle.
Strange Events Before the Discovery
Before the family of the massacre, Dupont de Ligonnès had practiced with regularity in a shooting club. He also bought a silencer — in fact, the neighbors did not report hearing the sounds of the nights of the killings took place. Other strange events: In front of the letter box, someone taped a sign to request all emails will be returned to the senders. Dupont de Ligonnès sent strange letters to friends and family, explaining that he was a secret agent who had been recruited by the America of the Drug enforcement Administration to infiltrate an international drug ring. He noted that he and his family had moved to the united states, where they took on new identities and were taken into protective custody. The schools of the children were informed that the the family moved to Australia.
The time line of the Murders
So what did the time line of the real murder look like? Based on the autopsy and the tests, the researchers believe that Agnes, Arthur, Anne, and Benoît were killed the night of April 3 (or the beginning of April, 4), although the exact date has been questioned. Dupont de Ligonnès’ son Thomas had been in the university, but he returned to his home when he was told that his mother had been in an accident of cycling. He was probably killed on the night of 5 April. His death is significant because technically Dupont de Ligonnès’ last heir as their greater biological son — Arthur, Agnes’ oldest, it was Xavier by the blood, but he took him as his son. Shortly after the bodies were found, police discovered your car at a hotel in Roquebrune-sur-Argens.
Following the family of the massacre, Dupont de Ligonnès left traces of itself throughout the south of France, checking into various hotels and restaurants. He pulled the money out of your bank card. Your car could be identified on the speed of the cam footage, his face on the security camera reproductions. Hotel security footage of the last showed Dupont de Ligonnès carrying a bag and a long object, the latter probably inherited from his rifle, the 15 of April. He was never seen again.
What happened to Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès? The mystery continues, but there are two main theories about his whereabouts.
