France's oldest female detainee, 79, goes on trial for in-law's grisly murder
A 79-year-old woman, Marie-Thérèse Garcia, is on trial in France for the 1995 murder of her sister-in-law. The case, which involves a dismembered body found in the Seine, was reopened after new DNA evidence linked the defendant to the crime.
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The case illustrates the power of modern forensic technology to solve cold cases and highlights the complexities of long-term criminal investigations.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google 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.
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