Dupont family history murders in the rue

ByAimee Lamoureux

In April 2011, police dug up the back garden of the Dupont de Ligonnès family and made a shocking discovery.

Agnès Dupont de Ligonnès and her four children had been shot and their bodies buried under the back patio of their own home, and their father, Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès, had disappeared.

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Xavier, the prime suspect in the murders, had left his home and followed an easily traceable route to southeastern France, but from there, the trail went cold.

While some investigators believed he may have killed himself, his body was never found.

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Despite an international search that has been ongoing for almost 10 years, he still remains at large. With no evidence as to Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès' current whereabouts, alive or dead, the reason behind the five gruesome murders largely remains a mystery.

The case of the Dupont de Ligonnès family murders remains one of Fra