Overview
- The PCSNE-ordered graphology analysis, confirmed by the cold-case prosecutor’s office, attributes falsified checks stolen from Gilbert Gaudry to François Vérove.
- A May 2025 ballistic report found a compatible signature between the bullet taken from Gaudry and a MAC 50 recovered from Vérove after his 2021 suicide.
- Investigators now treat Gaudry as a likely additional victim of the serial offender known as 'le Grêlé', raising the prospect of expanding the official victim list beyond five.
- Gaudry, 43, was discovered on June 6, 1990, in the Bois de Saint-Aubin in Essonne, tied to a tree and shot in the head, with his checkbook subsequently used for purchases.
- Cold-case specialists are re-examining other unsolved files for potential links to Vérove, as legal representatives caution that further victims may surface.