Marc Dutroux
| Marc Dutroux | |
|---|---|
| Born |
6 November 1956 Ixelles, Belgium |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
| Spouse(s) | Michelle Martin (1989–2003) |
| Children | 5 |
| Killings | |
| Victims | 5–13+ |
|
Span of killings
|
1995–1996 |
| Country | Belgium |
|
Date apprehended
|
13 August 1996 |
Marc Dutroux (French: [dytʀu]; born 6 November 1956) is a Belgian serial killer and child molester, convicted of having kidnapped, tortured and sexually abused six girls from 1995 to 1996, ranging in age from 8 to 19, four of whom he murdered. His wife, Michelle Martin, was convicted as an accomplice. Dutroux was also convicted of having killed a suspected former accomplice, Bernard Weinstein. He was arrested in 1996 and has been in prison ever since, though he briefly escaped in April 1998.
Earlier, in 1989, Dutroux had been sentenced to 13 and a half years imprisonment, along with Martin, sentenced to 5 years, for the abduction and rape of five young girls, the youngest of whom was eleven years old. Dutroux was released after serving three years.
Dutroux's widely publicised trial took place in 2004. A number of shortcomings in the Dutroux investigation caused widespread discontent in Belgium with the country's criminal justice system, and the ensuing scandal was one of the reasons for the reorganisation of Belgium's law enforcement agencies.
Born in Ixelles, Belgium, on 6 November 1956, Dutroux was the oldest of five children. His parents, both teachers, emigrated to the Belgian Congo, but returned to Belgium at the start of the Congo Crisis when Dutroux was four. They separated in 1971 and Dutroux stayed with his mother.
He married at the age of 19 and fathered two children; the marriage ended in divorce in 1983. By then he had already had an affair with Michelle Martin. They would eventually have three children together, and married in 1989 while both were in prison. They divorced in 2003, also while in prison.
He has been described by psychiatrists who examined him for trial as a psychopath.
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