On May 2nd 2005, the police in Aigues-Mortes, a city in the south of France, received a strange phone call from a man claiming that he knew a kidnapping of a young woman was about to take place at a lively Bar in the city centre. 

The police were quick to rush to the Bar, but they didn’t see any crime take place and so the investigation was closed. 

This episode explores the events that unfolded when a man walked into a police station 130km away in Marseille, claiming that his wife had disappeared. We discuss the disappearance of Élodie Morel as it unfolded and talk about how the perpetrators in this crime were eventually caught.

Names of the people in this case (if you want to Google, but cannot decipher my French accent...):

• Dominique Tarasco

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Sources used in this episode:

Documentary - Amazon Prime: Real Stories - “Trapped by the Internet - The Elodie Morel Case”

https://www.tonycomiti.com/catalogue/productions/the-internet-trap-the-case-of-elodie-morel/?lang=en

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affaire_Guillaume_Mingaud

https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/30-ans-de-reclusion-en-appel-pour-l-assassin-d-une-femme-piegee-par-internet-11-05-2010-453308_23.php

http://telescoop.tv/browse/421987/3/enquetes-criminelles-le-magazine-des-faits-divers.html

https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/perpetuite-pour-l-assassin-d-une-jeune-femme-piegee-par-une-annonce-internet-02-02-2008-3296023166.php

https://www.faitsdivers.org/1807-30-ans-de-prison-pour-avoir-sequestre-torture-et-viole-une-femme-piegee-sur-internet.html