Just 40 years ago, on October 16, 1984, the body of a 4-year-old boy, Grégory Villemin, was found in a river in the Vosges, the Vologne. This is the starting point of a news item which becomes a national affair: the affair of little Grégory or Grégory Villemin affair. Who could have attacked a child? Why was the culprit never found? Even today, in France, the affair provokes debates, there are for example groups on Facebook where members share their opinion on the investigation, on the identity of the culprit, forty years later, why this affair fascinates- Does she still? What has changed, for example, in judicial methods? Why do certain news items trigger such passions? A look back at one of the most significant news stories of the 20th century in France.
With Jacques Expert, former senior reporter for Inter, author of thrillers, including “ I am Amélie Lenglet » by Calmann Levy, May 2024.