Overview
- A court in Yvelines convicted 79‑year‑old Marie‑Thérèse Garcia on Friday, July 3, and sentenced her to 25 years in prison for the 1995 killing of her sister‑in‑law Corinne Di Dio.
- Prosecutors had sought the maximum 30‑year term for Garcia and for co‑defendant Antonio Marquez‑Gomez but the judge imposed a 25‑year sentence for Garcia and acquitted Marquez‑Gomez.
- Antonio Marquez‑Gomez was tried in absentia under an international arrest warrant issued in 2023 and was found not guilty at this trial.
- The public prosecutor had narrowed the case by dropping earlier kidnapping and sequestration counts so the court focused solely on the homicide allegation.
- The case began after Di Dio’s body was found in 1995 and identified by DNA in 1997, investigations were reopened in 2012, Garcia was placed in provisional detention in 2023, and family testimony and disputed forensic evidence shaped the three‑week trial.