PARIS — French serial killer Michel Fourniret, the “Ogre of the Ardennes” who confessed to killing 11 people, died Monday aged 79, taking his final secrets to the grave and denying families of victims long-awaited justice.
Fourniret, whose victims were mostly girls and young women, died at the La Pitie-Salpetriere hospital in Paris where he was admitted on April 28 from the nearby Fresnes prison where he serving two life sentences, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said.
An investigation has been opened into his death, Heitz said. This always happens when any person dies in custody in France.
He confessed to 11 murders, including British student Joanna Parrish, who was kille…
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