Overview
- The Auxerre prosecutor scheduled a new two‑week excavation at the Bois de Rouvray site, with teams set to return later in May.
- Investigators halted the last operation in May 2025 after a gendarme died on site when a construction machine struck him.
- Families pushed hard for the restart, and their lawyer said he expects new discoveries even as officials keep expectations in check.
- Only two of the seven women Louis murdered have been recovered from the area, and a skull found in 2018 could belong to an eighth victim.
- Earlier searches turned up a heel sole, pieces of textile, two shoes and an older bicycle, finds the prosecutor treated with caution about their value to the case.