Miscellaneous – Justice | Murder of opera singer Monique Borrelli in 2020: her son found dead in cell

The young man was to be tried for having stabbed his parents in Châteauneuf-le-Rouge in July 2020

By Florent BONNEFOI and Laetitia SARIROGLOU

It is an ordinary family that fell into absolute horror one summer evening in 2020 in the Pays d’Aix. Aged 59, Monique and Gilles Borrelli formed a couple of passionate musicians since adolescence. He was a violinist, she an opera singer with a rare range, which earned her a solid reputation in the region. Between two concerts, they led a peaceful life in a pavilion in Châteauneuf-le-Rouge, with Guillaume, their adopted son, a sturdy 18-year-old guy. On July 20, 2020, an argument, almost banal, had broken out at the end of the day : Monique had discovered €600 under her son’s bed. It was the receipt of a concert given by the couple during the previous weekend. However, Guillaume had denied the