Overview
- The investigation, assigned to the PCSNE in Nanterre at the request of the Versailles prosecutor, moves the long-disputed death into France’s unit for unsolved crimes.
- Boulin’s daughter and the family lawyer, speaking at a Tuesday press conference, asked for an 18‑month timetable to secure testimony before more witnesses die.
- The family seeks a new autopsy and tests such as micro‑algae analysis of bone that can indicate whether a person drowned.
- They also urge the declassification of state archives and the release of a redacted CIA report to address gaps they say still block the truth.
- Cited failures in the 1979 probe include an unexamined farewell note, a typewriter left unsealed and used by police, a deep wrist cut never shown to the coroner, and missing case files.