Monique Olivier Arrives in Orne for Three-Day Operation in the Lydie Logé Case

Overview

• Escorted from custody, Monique Olivier reached the Argentan gendarmerie on February 10, which will serve as the base for interviews, targeted field searches and a planned reconstitution.
• The reconstitution is expected Thursday, though the timetable may shift, and the mayor of Boischampré said he was contacted about possible operations Wednesday and Thursday.
• Searches will focus on sites in the Orne, including rocky cavities flagged after a gendarmerie appeal, with investigators prepared to carry out repérages or probing if leads sharpen.
• Olivier has acknowledged driving during the 1993 abduction of Lydie Logé but has not been able to identify where the body was left, and previous searches in January 2025 found nothing.
• The case was relaunched in 2018 after a forensic match tied traces from Michel Fourniret’s van to Logé, with the cold-cases unit in Nanterre now leading the inquiry as the family awaits possible judicial closure.