Lake Annecy Gun Linked to Unsolved 2012 Murder of British Family in French Alps
- On Monday, French prosecutors in Nanterre confirmed that British tourists discovered a Luger pistol at the bottom of Lake Annecy on August 20th, potentially linked to the 2012 murders of a British-Iraqi family.
- The 2012 Alps killings saw Saad, Iqbal, Suhaila, and Sylvain Mollier shot dead near Chevaline, while the two Hilli daughters survived an attack that has remained unsolved for 14 years.
- Forensic experts are examining the badly damaged pistol, discovered in two meters of water near the Solitaire Lac campsite where the family was staying, to determine if it is a Luger P06.
- Lake Annecy is only 50km from Switzerland, where the Luger P06 was used by the Swiss army until around 1960; around 60,000 P06s were estimated to have been manufactured.
- Exhaustive investigations over 14 years have pursued numerous leads including family disputes and potential motives, yet police have identified no suspect, leaving the case one of France's most prominent cold cases.
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Four people die in 2012 in the ball hail in the French Alps, two little girls survive. 14 years later, a pistol from the bottom of Lake Annecy awakens new hope in the mysterious Al-Hilli murder.
The possible murder weapon has been recovered.
Fourteen years after the death of Chevaline, a Luger gun was found in Annecy Lake. A link to the investigation? Nothing sure at the moment. ...
Lake Annecy gun linked to unsolved 2012 murder of British family in French Alps
French officials say a Luger pistol fished out from the bottom of Lake Annecy shows similarities to the weapon used in the notorious 2012 killings of a British-Iraqi family and a French cyclist in the nearby village of Chevaline, opening up a new lead in a case that has befuddled investigators for over a decade.
Investigations are underway to determine whether a gun found by tourists in Annecy Lake is related to the quadruple murder of 2012 A weapon was discovered at the bottom of Annecy Lake
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