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France's oldest female detainee, 79, goes on trial for in-law's grisly murder
Key takeaways
- Hugh Schofield In Paris AFP via Getty Images.
- Marie-Thérèse Garcia, 79, is charged with the kidnap and murder of her former sister-in-law Corinne Di Dio.
- Days later, a metal trunk bound with a metal chain was discovered floating in the River Seine to the west of Paris.
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Hugh Schofield In Paris AFP via Getty Images. The trial is being held at the main courthouse in Versailles, west of Paris France's oldest female detainee has gone on trial for murder at a court in Versailles, in a cold case centring on a dismembered body found 31 years ago.
Marie-Thérèse Garcia, 79, is charged with the kidnap and murder of her former sister-in-law Corinne Di Dio.
Di Dio went missing in June 1995 when she was 37. Days later, a metal trunk bound with a metal chain was discovered floating in the River Seine to the west of Paris.
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