“A person was taken into custody on January 12, 2022 at 8:05 am by the Chambéry research section in connection with the assassination of the Al-Hilli family and Sylvain Mollier, known as the + Chevaline affair +” on September 5 2012, according to a press release from the prosecutor confirming information from BFM TV.
“This custody aims to carry out checks on the schedule” and “searches are underway at the home” of this person, she said.
On September 5, 2012, a 50-year-old Briton of Iraqi origin, Saad al-Hilli, his wife and his mother-in-law were found dead, with several bullets in the head, in their car on a country road near Chevaline. , not far from Lake Annecy.
A young girl in the couple was seriously injured, while her little sister was found unharmed, curled up under her mother’s legs. A cyclist from the region, a probable collateral victim, was also shot dead.
To date, these murders have not been elucidated.