Overview
- Heaulme, 67, was confirmed Wednesday by the Nanterre cold‑cases prosecutor to be in the Nancy‑Brabois secure hospital unit after a late‑March transfer.
- Officials have not detailed his condition, while regional outlets report serious heart problems and a suspected lung cancer.
- He remains under judicial scrutiny in the 1989 killing of Jean‑Joseph Clément, a case reopened in 2023 and handled by France’s national cold‑case unit.
- Lawyers for Clément’s family warn his health could block a trial and say they hope he is well enough to appear before a court.
- Heaulme has been imprisoned since 1992 for eleven murders, and the UHSI where he is treated is a guarded hospital service for inmates; a separate Vaucluse probe from 1991 was revived in March and any questioning may hinge on his fitness.