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Police Confirm Multiple Leads in Robbery of Geissens’ Saint-Tropez Villa

Authorities have focused on DNA evidence recovered from a wine bottle the robbers drank from.

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Overview

  • Six weeks after four armed intruders stormed their villa, French investigators report confirmed traces but no arrests.
  • Forensic breakthroughs include DNA and other traces collected from items at the scene, notably a discarded wine bottle.
  • Deputy prosecutor Laurence Barriquand says further details are being withheld to safeguard the ongoing investigation.
  • Robert and Carmen Geiss have stayed in their home and reinforced it with a three-metre barbed-wire fence, new alarms and expanded camera coverage.
  • Approximately €200,000 in cash, jewelry and designer handbags remain unrecovered as the couple continues to cooperate with police.