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Even more of Au bout de l'enquête here: https://www.france.tv/france-2/au-bou... Subscribe https://bit.ly/3qzjwqL The Chantal Chillou de Saint-Albert Affair An investigation by Lauriane Dervault The first investigation On August 2, 2001, the body of Chantal Chillou de Saint-Albert, 55, was found on the banks of the Isère in Chatuzange-le-Goubet. She had been hit on the head and strangled. Partially naked, she was wearing a T-shirt. The gendarmes of the search section would take a month to identify her, because no papers were found on her. Finally, a small ad she had in a pocket would allow us to know her identity. This woman, who lived in Allauch near Marseille, was on her way to the Alps where she was applying for a small job in a ski resort. Arriving at the TGV station in Valence, she missed her connection and went to the city centre. Then, no leads. The police will question all the workers on the TGV construction site, check the cars that were filmed by video surveillance and even take the DNA of all the hunters in the region, in vain. In 2010, the case is closed due to the absence of a culprit. The relaunch of the investigations Chantal Chillou's son, brother and nephew refuse to give up and work to get the investigation started again. In 2019, what will become the "Cold Case" division of the gendarmerie takes it over and sifts through the evidence, including Chantal's T-shirt and a cigarette butt. This time, thanks to new techniques, they manage to extract quality DNA. They compare it to those in the national automated genetic fingerprint file (FNAEG). It matches that of a certain Raymond T., 55 years old. The resolution of the case He lives in Montargis where he leads an orderly life with a partner and an 8-year-old daughter. He was arrested in June 2020. At the time of the events, this man was 36 years old and was living from odd jobs in Valence. He allegedly approached Chantal in a bar before taking her in his car… In front of the investigators, he half confessed to the murder and made a slip of the tongue when talking about a certain Nadine. Which made the police fear that there were other victims… Every Saturday at 2 p.m. on France 2, this magazine focuses on “cold cases”. Closed cases, deemed insoluble, which have sometimes resisted the tenacity of investigators for nearly 50 years before a clue, an unexpected testimony or an innovative scientific expertise allowed the culprits to be caught. Alongside Marie Drucker, criminologist Alain Bauer provides technical, psychological, sociological or historical insight into each case to help understand the procedures implemented during the investigation, as well as its issues and repercussions.