Isère. Jacques Leveugle, Suspected of Dozens of Rapes and Sexual Assaults on Minors, Died in Detention
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This seven-year-old, suspected of rape on at least 89 minors between 1967 and 2022, as well as the murder of his mother and aunt, died on Saturday at the prison in Corbas (Rhône).
The Grenoble Public Prosecutor's Office informed BFMTV of the death of Jacques Leveugle in detention at the age of 79 on Saturday. Suspected of 89 sexual assaults between 1967 and 2022, he had finally been denounced by a relative, leading to the opening of two investigations.
"Jacques Leveugle, 79 years old, died in detention on Saturday, September 19, as a result of an incurable illness," said the Grenoble Public Prosecutor's Office in a brief statement this Monday.
Suspected of having abused nearly 90 boys around the world in more than fifty years, the octogenary died on Saturday from an incurable illness at the Corbas arrest house where he had been placed in pre-trial detention.
Jacques Leveugle was charged with rape and sexual assault on at least 89 minors and died on Saturday, September 19, at the age of 79, announced the Grenoble Public Prosecutor's Office this Monday. The suspect was in pre-trial detention, and died "from an incurable illness".
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