Victims: Laurent Vallier with three of his four children, whose bodies were all found in the pondThursday, April 5, 2012
By Marie Desnos – Parismatch.com
Not surprisingly, the DNA tests have confirmed that remains found in Cambodia in January were those of French Laurent Vallier and his four children, aged three to ten years. The test results “were formally handed over to the Cambodian government,” said a statement from the Embassy of France in Phnom Penh on Thursday. French justice has sent a letter rogatory to “seek the repatriation of bodies in France family for further examination,” says “ La Depeche du Midi . ” Local police did not give additional information on the direction of the investigation. No lead is preferred for now.
People did not hear from him since late September 2011. The parents of this man, from Luz-Saint-Sauveur (Hautes-Pyrenees), had reported his disappearance to the embassy and consulate of France in November, according the “ Journal du Dimanche “, which had investigated the case last January. Mid-December, Jean-Bernard and Genevieve Vallier had circulated a search on the Internet, backed by sites expatriates in Cambodia . January 3, the anniversary of their son, they had more registered this disappearance to the French gendarmerie. Unfortunately, his white 4 × 4 was found Jan. 14 in a pond behind his house in Kampong Speu (literally, “Port of carambola” in Khmer), located in the south.
Inside, five bodies in advanced state of decomposition, suggesting that it was indeed the missing family. The urn containing the ashes of the wife of Lawrence Vallier, died three years ago, was also found in the vehicle. Worse, the bones of two children were discovered in a suitcase. In February, the Cambodian police had indicated that it favored the theory of suicide after a quadruple infanticide. But the family of the French categorically excluded. “Friends who have seen recently Lawrence does not believe. He was tired but not depressed, “assured his brother in particular” JDD “. Like others, he tends to favor “a fight gone wrong with the in-laws or creditors thereof, close to the Mafia.” “There, when a European one Cambodian wife, it becomes a little portfolio of the family, he explained. But since the death of his wife, my brother had just turned off the tap. Rice paddies in the name of his children would have been sold without his knowledge. And his dog [have] been poisoned in mid-September. “
The parents of the deceased had confirmed this with “ La Depeche du Midi “:” His relationship with the in-laws were terrible. “Laurent was” jealous there, as considered rich. “The summer before his death he have even told friends not to feel “safe in Cambodia.” According to them, the discovery of 4×4 suggesting a collective suicide is squarely “staged”. Two criminal investigations were opened in France and Cambodia.
After growing up in the Hautes-Pyrenees, Lawrence Vallier had left to pursue his studies in the Basque Country and in Sète. Passionate about travel, the adventurer had then worked in Greece and Israel. After a brief return to France, he had returned to Cambodia, he never left. Vallier Lawrence lived for fifteen years in the country. With his training as a fish farmer and nurseryman, he had plans to get on fish farms. The project was unsuccessful, but he met his wife, who gave him four children before dying in childbirth after the last in 2009. Together, they opened a lodge and restaurant, “The End of the World,” “small bungalows overlooking the sea” according to “JDD”. Lawrence sold it after the death of his wife. He then lived in “small jobs”, mainly by the tour guide, but the driver, or via a location for film. He worked well with Bertrand Tavernier for “Holy Lola”, a film about adoption in Cambodia.
By Marie Desnos – Parismatch.com
Not surprisingly, the DNA tests have confirmed that remains found in Cambodia in January were those of French Laurent Vallier and his four children, aged three to ten years. The test results “were formally handed over to the Cambodian government,” said a statement from the Embassy of France in Phnom Penh on Thursday. French justice has sent a letter rogatory to “seek the repatriation of bodies in France family for further examination,” says “ La Depeche du Midi . ” Local police did not give additional information on the direction of the investigation. No lead is preferred for now.
People did not hear from him since late September 2011. The parents of this man, from Luz-Saint-Sauveur (Hautes-Pyrenees), had reported his disappearance to the embassy and consulate of France in November, according the “ Journal du Dimanche “, which had investigated the case last January. Mid-December, Jean-Bernard and Genevieve Vallier had circulated a search on the Internet, backed by sites expatriates in Cambodia . January 3, the anniversary of their son, they had more registered this disappearance to the French gendarmerie. Unfortunately, his white 4 × 4 was found Jan. 14 in a pond behind his house in Kampong Speu (literally, “Port of carambola” in Khmer), located in the south.
Inside, five bodies in advanced state of decomposition, suggesting that it was indeed the missing family. The urn containing the ashes of the wife of Lawrence Vallier, died three years ago, was also found in the vehicle. Worse, the bones of two children were discovered in a suitcase. In February, the Cambodian police had indicated that it favored the theory of suicide after a quadruple infanticide. But the family of the French categorically excluded. “Friends who have seen recently Lawrence does not believe. He was tired but not depressed, “assured his brother in particular” JDD “. Like others, he tends to favor “a fight gone wrong with the in-laws or creditors thereof, close to the Mafia.” “There, when a European one Cambodian wife, it becomes a little portfolio of the family, he explained. But since the death of his wife, my brother had just turned off the tap. Rice paddies in the name of his children would have been sold without his knowledge. And his dog [have] been poisoned in mid-September. “
The parents of the deceased had confirmed this with “ La Depeche du Midi “:” His relationship with the in-laws were terrible. “Laurent was” jealous there, as considered rich. “The summer before his death he have even told friends not to feel “safe in Cambodia.” According to them, the discovery of 4×4 suggesting a collective suicide is squarely “staged”. Two criminal investigations were opened in France and Cambodia.
After growing up in the Hautes-Pyrenees, Lawrence Vallier had left to pursue his studies in the Basque Country and in Sète. Passionate about travel, the adventurer had then worked in Greece and Israel. After a brief return to France, he had returned to Cambodia, he never left. Vallier Lawrence lived for fifteen years in the country. With his training as a fish farmer and nurseryman, he had plans to get on fish farms. The project was unsuccessful, but he met his wife, who gave him four children before dying in childbirth after the last in 2009. Together, they opened a lodge and restaurant, “The End of the World,” “small bungalows overlooking the sea” according to “JDD”. Lawrence sold it after the death of his wife. He then lived in “small jobs”, mainly by the tour guide, but the driver, or via a location for film. He worked well with Bertrand Tavernier for “Holy Lola”, a film about adoption in Cambodia.
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Very sad!!!
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