Overview
- Guillaume Abbas Hodanger gave his first public interview in 15 years on France 5 on Saturday and called on Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès to turn himself in.
- He said he believes his brother-in-law killed his sister and her four children, adding that no other person fits the known facts.
- French investigators have recently searched around Roquebrune-sur-Argens, the last confirmed location of the suspect in 2011, using drones to scan hard-to-reach areas.
- A Brewster County, Texas, sheriff’s Facebook post in late March reported a possible 2020 sighting with a black Labrador, though Nantes prosecutor Antoine Leroy said neither he nor the lead judge or investigators were informed of that appeal.
- The case traces back to April 2011, when the five victims were found buried under the family home in Nantes, and relatives say they want closure as authorities have processed more than 1,750 reports by 2024.