It was 25 years ago. On March 22, 1997, bags containing body parts were discovered between Mons and Cuesmes. This is the beginning of the business of the skinner of Mons. Five victims are attributed to him: Carmelina Russo, Martine Bohn, Jacqueline Leclercq, Nathalie Godart and Begonia Valencia. The manager of the Hotel Métropole, rue Léopold II in Mons, now 80 years old, remains haunted by this affair.
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The hotelier also remembers very well the state of psychosis in which the city of Mons was plunged when the bags were discovered. 25 years later, the mystery remains intact. “The case is still under investigation”, reacts the King’s prosecutor Christian Henry. But there are only five years left before it is prescribed…
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