The Excavations in the "Cimetery" of Serial Killer Émile Louis Will Resume on May 18
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The research on the commune of Rouvray (Yonne) will resume on 18 May, says the AFP prosecutor's office in Auxerre. These searches were suspended last year after the accidental death of a gendarme on the scene. - The excavations in the "cimetery" of the serial killer Émile Louis will resume on 18 May (Police, justice and other facts).
The serial killer, who died in 2013, claimed to have buried his victims in the Rouvray wood sector, near Auxerre. Research was carried out there in autumn 2024 and then in May 2025.
Rouvray's wood, 15 kilometres from Auxerre, will be searched again in mid-May. The previous campaign had been stopped after the accidental death of a gendarme on the scene, struck by a shoveller.
The prosecutor's office in Auxerre announced on Tuesday, May 5, that the excavations in the "cimetery" of the serial killer Emile Louis, who died in 2013 at the age of 79, will resume as of May 18th. They will take place in the commune of Rouvaray, in Yonne, and are planned to last two weeks. Hope that the truth will be revealed. After the latest research carried out in May 2025 and which has proved unsuccessful, new excavations will now be laun…
It was at the request of the families of the victims that this new search campaign was launched. Marie-Denise Pichonnier, prosecutor of the prosecutor's office in Auxerre, confirmed the information. She fixed the start of the operations on May 18th at the commune of Rouvray, Yonne. The research should last two weeks. The Bois de Rouvray, this is the area where Emile Louis claims to have buried his victims. Young women with disabilities, pupils o…
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