On the surface, the Marinescu are a happy, trouble-free family. The father, a computer engineer, set up a successful company in which Michèle is an accountant. Married for 15 years, the couple had however experienced tensions for some time and spent this Christmas of 1993 separately. “They had considered divorce and then it got betterrelates Solange Doumic, lawyer for the husband, Marian Marinescu. At the end of 1992, he wanted to go with his family to Romania, his native country, but Michèle simply did not want to make this long trip, and little Christine did not want to miss the start of the school year, the return by plane being planned for two days After. The father finally left alone with their 7 year old son”.
The end-of-year celebrations are going off without a hitch. But on January 7, 1993, while she was always very punctual, Michèle Marinescu did not show up for her post. Warned by her husband's associate, the gendarmes went to the family home located in Sassenage, a quiet suburb of Grenoble, and discover a horror scene. Michèle and Christine had their throats cut. The mother is lying next to her bed, naked, tied up, legs spread. The teenager is lying in her room, her pants unbuttoned, but not down.
