Has anyone got any alternative suspects?
Opening a new conversation.
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When I took a pause from writing about this case, I had realised that I had to stop putting myself in the role of “solver” of the crime. I don’t have all the facts, and many of the “facts” seem to dissolve on close inspection.
Without inside knowledge of the case, we outsiders know that there are things which are kept private to any investigation. And those people, police officers or support staff, court officials, will not usually talk fully even after they retire. They still have a pension to keep taking. Nothing wrong with that, but it is a powerful lever against careless talk.
In the UK we even have the Official Secrets Act, the mere name of which casts a chill down any spine, even the most hardened military personnel.
So I am recycling my (infamous) piece that ran through a list of lesser-mentioned suspects. I wrote this piece in 2022. I felt then, and still feel now, as though many likely suspects were never properly considered.
The Unusual Suspects
I have been through all of my notes on the Sophie Toscan du Plantier cold case and come up with some open questions. Questions that I still have, after reviewing all of the evidence and gossip that is in the public domain. Perhaps the first thing to stress is that, this being a live case, there is much that never made it out of the corridors of power. B…
Someone told me recently that Wolney did not in fact kill himself, but died of a brain tumour. What on earth are we to believe, in the end?
What do you think? All of these men are now dead. Are there any living suspects? Please be careful and mindful that it is not respectful to throw around the names of the living. One thing this site has always been is professional and courteous, and I have always tended to stay away from naming anyone not already in the public domain.
With that in mind, it is surely fair game to mention anyone who appears in any of the books, documentaries or podcasts. They have opened themselves up and played a role, one way or another, so I am sure they would be okay with being talked about again!
Apologies, they did test the DNA. It wasn’t Bailey’s so inquiry sent no further.
It seems to me the biggest gap in the investigation is on the French side. The French didn’t allow the Gards to investigate in France. They wouldnt hand over evidence when requested e.g. Daniel TDP’s phone records. They didn’t test the DNA they found. If an investigation had been conducted in France we would have much more insight. It’s always astounded me that they’ve complained about the Irish investigation but failed to cooperate. Daniel TDP and Sophie were more or less estranged at the time, there are clues pointing to him already being involved with his next woman and probably with her the night Sophie was killed, his story of being unable to travel to travel to Ireland because he was in the depths of despair doesn’t ring true as he was attending social events. Lots of fodder for an investigation there but it wasn’t allowed. That’s a problem.