Reddit reviews J'avais 12 ans, j'ai pris mon velo et je suis partie a l'ec (Docs/récits/essais) (French Edition)

it seems like you already know more about it than probably 99% of the people on this subreddit ;-)

the problem with theories of conspiracy (like so many "tin foil hat" theories), is that people really like to see things where it sometimes is just a matter of incompetence, flaws in the system/procedures, miscommunication of government officials, rivalry between police departments, .. (this is not only true for belgium by the way, but our bilingual nature and different government styles between flanders/brussels/wallonia surely does not help)

IF Dutroux was some real life pedofile network equivalent of Breaking Bad's Mike, WHY would he ever open his mouth ?? (why would ANY organised crime dude open his mouth? it's not like he can be tortured or anything and the belgian justice sytem has very little "deal" options like they throw around in them US shows about organised crime)

even more so, WHY would anyone in such network risk leaving a tosser like Dutroux run free/stay alive ?

there surely were moments along the way when it should not have been that hard for him to "accidently" come in contact with other inmates (although pedofiles and rapist are usually kept separated from the general inmate population) or that he made "a slip" on some stairs somewhere ... (and they probably could have motivated it)

the consensus these days is that there probably was some kind of small network/gang operated by Dutroux, but most likely not in the large cover up kind of scale.

the case does still ring some bells with age 30+ people and when the time came for the release on probation of Dutroux's wife (who always came across as a really weak figure that was manipulated by him), there was some public outrage a few years ago


what the families think has always been quite diverse.

on one hand you have father Marchal who has /was always been quite prominently in the media (to a point where he started to annoy people) and on the other hand you had father Jacobs who has always been rather silent but still wants to keep searching for the truth

the surviving victims (Laetitia and Sabine) have been in the news these past years as Sabine wrote (let someone write) a book and also Laetitita appeared on some talk shows over the years

the case still lives in the minds and hearts of people but not in the magnitude that it used to imo

() in theory Belgium is trilingual but let's face it, as "De ideale Wereld" pointed out very well that the German community is kinda a joke