Monique Olivier, the ex-wife of the deceased serial killer Michel Fourniret, has apologized for the death of a British student, Joanna Parrish, who was kidnapped and murdered in Auxerre in 1990. Olivier is already serving a life sentence and is in court over Parrish’s death alongside another murder and kidnap. Olivier expressed regret for not intervening in Parrish’s death and stated that Parrish “deserved to live”. Parrish was 20 when she was kidnapped from Auxerre in 1990, and her body was found in the Yonne River in France several weeks later.
Parrish’s parents, Roger Parrish and Pauline Murrell, were not present in court. Olivier had previously stated in court that her role was to reassure the victims. The current crimes date back to 1988 in the case of Marie-Angele Domece, who disappeared aged 18 from Auxerre, and 1990 for Parrish. The third charge is for complicity in the 2003 disappearance of nine-year-old Estelle Mouzin, whose body has never been found.
When presented with a photo of Domece, Olivier lamented that she should never have disappeared. Fourniret met Parrish through a newspaper advert offering English lessons and “stalked” her outside the school where Parrish was working as part of her university degree course. Olivier stated that Fourniret had planned to imprison Parrish for several days before killing her. Olivier also suggested that Parrish may have been taken to Olivier and Fourniret’s nearby house in St Cyr Les Colons.
Olivier will continue to be questioned by lawyers throughout the day. Fourniret died in prison in 2021. Olivier’s apology is a small measure of solace for the family of Parrish, who endured the loss of a daughter for over thirty years
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