‘She thinks about her every day' – Sophie Toscan du Plantier mum in fresh DNA test hope for end of 29-yr murder mystery
Marguerite Bouniol, who is in her 90s, is battling
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The murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier has been a mystery for 29 years
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Marguerite Bouniol, mother of murdered French woman Sophie Toscan du Plantier is battling Parkinson's disease
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The murder took place on December 23, 1996, at this house near Schull in Cork
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She lost her husband Georges, 98, who passed away in
Newly advanced DNA testing methods may lead to answers as to who killed
A team from the
They are understood to have focused tests on a bloodstained flat rock and a concrete block used in the shocking
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Sophie's uncle Jean-Pierre Gazeau told The Irish Sun on Sunday that not a day goes by without Sophie crossing her mother's mind.
Jean Pierre said: 'Sophie's mother is now very old. She has Parkinson's and is fragile, but she is good mentally and she is still fighting. She thinks about Sophie every day, all the time, you know?
'She has a very close
Sophie, a mum of one, was battered and left to die at the gateway to her holiday home on December 23, 1996, near Schull in Co
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Although self-proclaimed suspect Ian Bailey was arrested, he was never charged and always denied any involvement.
Bailey died last year.
It is understood Mr Bradley's team carried out extensive new testing with members of Forensic Science Ireland after travelling from its headquarters in
Their new M-Vac system works using wet vacuum principles to release and capture cells.
A substance is sprayed directly onto the surface while vacuum pressure is simultaneously applied around the pattern, to collect the buffer and suspended particles in a collection bottle.
Before travelling over to
'If what I believe will happen actually does, it will be massive for us in a host of ways.
'Please pray for us.'
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They include the killing of teenager Krystal Beslanowitch in Utah 28 years ago which was similar in detail to that of the savage and brutal
Both local gardai and the cold case unit have been working on the case since 2022.
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They are understood to have focused tests on a bloodstained flat rock and a concrete block used in the attack
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Self-proclaimed suspect Ian Bailey died last year
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