Editing Marc Dutroux (section)

== Crimes after release ==
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On 24 June 1995, eight-year-old classmates Julie Lejeune and Mélissa Russo were kidnapped after going for a walk in [[Grâce-Hollogne]], probably by Dutroux,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/world/europe/accomplice-in-belgian-child-killings-paroled-to-convent.html|title=Accomplice in Belgian child killings paroled to convent|newspaper=The New York Times|date=31 July 2012|access-date=12 May 2017|last1=Geitner|first1=Paul|archive-date=2 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102144507/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/world/europe/accomplice-in-belgian-child-killings-paroled-to-convent.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and taken to his house in [[Marcinelle]]. Dutroux kept them imprisoned in the dungeon he had created, repeatedly sexually abused them and produced [[child pornography]] videos of the abuse. Two months later, in the early hours of 23 August in [[Ostend]], Dutroux and accomplice Michel Lelièvre kidnapped An Marchal and Eefje Lambrecks, two teenage girls from [[Hasselt]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trouw.nl/home/steeds-vond-vader-marchal-een-woord~a1a22a15/|title=Steeds vond vader Marchal een woord|website=[[Trouw]]|date=4 September 1996|language=nl-NL|access-date=26 June 2018|archive-date=27 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627034022/https://www.trouw.nl/home/steeds-vond-vader-marchal-een-woord~a1a22a15/|url-status=live}}</ref> who were on their way back to their holiday home in [[Westende]] following a night out in [[Blankenberge]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lalibre.be/archive/an-et-eefje-jusqu-au-bout-de-l-horreur-51b88269e4b0de6db9a9d83b|title=An et Eefje, jusqu'au bout de l'horreur|work=[[La Libre Belgique]]|access-date=24 June 2018|language=fr|archive-date=24 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624204639/http://www.lalibre.be/archive/an-et-eefje-jusqu-au-bout-de-l-horreur-51b88269e4b0de6db9a9d83b|url-status=live}}</ref> With Lejeune and Russo already in the dungeon, Lambrecks and Marchal were kept in chains in a bedroom. In September, according to Martin, Lambrecks and Marchal were drugged and brought to [[Jumet]], where Dutroux and accomplice Bernard Weinstein killed them by burying them alive.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lalibre.be/actu/belgique/an-et-eefje-enterrees-vivantes-sans-doute-en-septembre-95-51b882e5e4b0de6db9a9febf|title=An et Eefje enterrées vivantes, sans doute en septembre 95|work=La Libre Belgique|access-date=26 June 2018|language=fr|archive-date=27 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627034516/http://www.lalibre.be/actu/belgique/an-et-eefje-enterrees-vivantes-sans-doute-en-septembre-95-51b882e5e4b0de6db9a9febf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Around the time of Lambrecks's and Marchal's deaths, Weinstein and a man named Philippe Divers stole a van and hid it in a [[hangar]]; after it was found there by the hangar's owner, it was taken away by the police. Dutroux and Weinstein suspected that Divers and his friend Pierre Rochow had betrayed them, and on the night of 4 November, wishing to interrogate them about the van, Dutroux and Weinstein lured Divers and Rochow into Weinstein's home in Jumet and drugged and sequestered them, before leaving to go to Rochow's house to search for clues about the van. There they found Rochow's girlfriend, Bénédicte Jadot, whom they took with them back to Jumet and questioned, before leaving again to pick up another person. While they were away, Jadot escaped and alerted a neighbour, who called the police.<ref name="Je ne voulais pas les supprimer">{{Cite news|url=http://www.lalibre.be/actu/belgique/je-ne-voulais-pas-les-supprimer-51b88369e4b0de6db9aa1f8d|title=Je ne voulais pas les supprimer|work=La Libre Belgique|access-date=26 June 2018|language=fr|archive-date=27 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627034323/http://www.lalibre.be/actu/belgique/je-ne-voulais-pas-les-supprimer-51b88369e4b0de6db9aa1f8d|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dhnet.be/actu/faits/dutroux-m-aurait-tuee-51b7ca7de4b0de6db98e5a1f|title=''Dutroux m'aurait tuée''|work=[[La Dernière Heure]]|access-date=26 June 2018|language=fr|archive-date=27 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627034327/http://www.dhnet.be/actu/faits/dutroux-m-aurait-tuee-51b7ca7de4b0de6db98e5a1f|url-status=live}}</ref> With Weinstein wanted by police, Dutroux decided to kill him to prevent his capture. He kidnapped Weinstein and held him in the dungeon at his house in Marcinelle between 13 and 20 November. During this time, he let Lejeune and Russo roam freely around the house. After feeding him food laced with [[Rohypnol]], Dutroux placed [[hose clamp]]s around Weinstein's testicles until Weinstein told him where his money was hidden. Dutroux then buried Weinstein alive on his (Dutroux's) property in [[Sars-la-Buissière]].<ref name="La Dernière Heure">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dhnet.be/archive/bernard-weinstein-torture-avec-des-colliers-de-serrage-51b82fa2e4b0de6db9a061bc|title=Bernard Weinstein torturé avec des colliers de serrage|work=La Dernière Heure|access-date=26 June 2018|language=fr|archive-date=27 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627034311/http://www.dhnet.be/archive/bernard-weinstein-torture-avec-des-colliers-de-serrage-51b82fa2e4b0de6db9a061bc|url-status=live}}</ref> On 6 December 1995, Dutroux, having been recognised by Rochow, was arrested for vehicle theft.<ref name = BBC>{{cite news |title=Timeline: Dutroux paedophile case |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3794985.stm |access-date=22 May 2021 |publisher=BBC News |date=17 June 2004 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506193143/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3794985.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0" /> [[File:BernardWeinstein.jpg|thumb|160 px|Bernard Weinstein was murdered by Dutroux in November 1995.]]

According to Dutroux and Martin, Lejeune and Russo were still alive in the house at the time of Dutroux's arrest in December 1995, and Dutroux had ordered Martin to leave new food and water for the girls in the dungeon each time they ran out. Martin neglected to feed them, later claiming she was too afraid to go into the dungeon.<ref name="Van Heeswyck 1999">Van Heeswyck, Marie-Jeanne; Bulté, Annemie; De Coninck, Douglas; ''The X-Dossiers'', 1999.</ref> Lejeune and Russo eventually starved to death. Dutroux initially stated that they were still alive when he returned home following his release from prison on 20 March 1996; according to him, Lejeune died that day, and Russo followed suit four days later despite his efforts to save her; during his trial, he said they were already dead when he returned from prison.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.lalibre.be/actu/belgique/langloisjulie-et-melissa-sont-mortes-de-faim-et-de-soif-51b882e5e4b0de6db9a9fe82|title=Langlois: "Julie et Mélissa sont mortes de faim et de soif"|work=La Libre Belgique|access-date=27 June 2018|language=fr|archive-date=27 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627034500/http://www.lalibre.be/actu/belgique/langloisjulie-et-melissa-sont-mortes-de-faim-et-de-soif-51b882e5e4b0de6db9a9fe82|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.lesoir.be/archive/recup/le-calvaire-de-julie-et-melissa-martin-et-le-mystere-de_t-20040310-Z0P4PC.html|title=Le calvaire de Julie et Melissa Martin et le mystère de la lourde porte|work=[[Le Soir]]|access-date=28 June 2018|language=fr|archive-date=28 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628072551/http://www.lesoir.be/archive/recup/le-calvaire-de-julie-et-melissa-martin-et-le-mystere-de_t-20040310-Z0P4PC.html|url-status=live}}</ref> An expert asserted that they would not have been able to survive the entire time Dutroux was in prison on the total amount of food and water they were said to have been given.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.standaard.be/cnt/nflb18032004_001|title=Julie en Melissa konden geen 103 dagen overleven|work=[[De Standaard]]|access-date=27 June 2018|language=nl-BE|archive-date=27 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627034201/http://www.standaard.be/cnt/nflb18032004_001|url-status=live}}</ref> Dutroux buried Lejeune and Russo's bodies in the garden of the house he owned in Sars-la-Buissière, near to that of Weinstein.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/societe/20110510.OBS2805/dutroux-meurtrier-violeur-et-dealer-d-enfants.html|title=Dutroux, meurtrier, violeur et dealer d'enfants|work=[[L'Obs]]|access-date=27 June 2018|language=fr-FR|archive-date=27 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627034552/https://www.nouvelobs.com/societe/20110510.OBS2805/dutroux-meurtrier-violeur-et-dealer-d-enfants.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On the morning of 28 May 1996, Dutroux and Lelièvre kidnapped 12-year-old [[Sabine Dardenne]], who was cycling to school in [[Tournai]].<ref name="dhnet2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dhnet.be/actu/faits/le-pedophile-dutroux-raconte-par-sabine-51b7d031e4b0de6db98fae63|title=Le pédophile Dutroux raconté par Sabine!|work=La Dernière Heure|access-date=28 June 2018|language=fr|archive-date=28 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628044331/http://www.dhnet.be/actu/faits/le-pedophile-dutroux-raconte-par-sabine-51b7d031e4b0de6db98fae63|url-status=live}}</ref> In a book originally published under the title ''J'avais 12 ans, j'ai pris mon vélo et je suis partie à l'école''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lesoir.be/archive/d-20050121-W2EC0U |title=Dutroux – Le livre s'arrache Sabine cartonne |language=fr |first=Marc |last=Metdepenningen |work=Le Soir |date=21 January 2005 |access-date=28 June 2018 |archive-date=11 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811101006/http://www.lesoir.be/archive/d-20050121-W2EC0U |url-status=live }}</ref> (and published in the United Kingdom under the title ''I Choose to Live''), Dardenne described her time in captivity in Dutroux's Marcinelle home, where she spent most of the time imprisoned in the dungeon and was starved and repeatedly raped by Dutroux.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/may/15/biography.features1|title=Observer review: I Choose to Live by Sabine Dardenne|last=France|first=Louise|date=15 May 2005|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=28 June 2018|archive-date=28 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928083006/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/may/15/biography.features1|url-status=live}}</ref> On 9 August 1996, Dutroux and Lelièvre kidnapped 14-year-old Laëtitia Delhez as she was walking home from her local swimming pool in [[Bertrix]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lalibre.be/actu/belgique/dutroux-et-lelievre-ont-prepare-l-enlevement-de-laetitia-51b882e5e4b0de6db9a9fee8|title=Dutroux et Lelièvre ont préparé l'enlèvement de Laetitia|last=Libre.be|first=La|access-date=28 June 2018|language=fr|archive-date=28 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628044357/http://www.lalibre.be/actu/belgique/dutroux-et-lelievre-ont-prepare-l-enlevement-de-laetitia-51b882e5e4b0de6db9a9fee8|url-status=live}}</ref> An eyewitness, Benoit Tinant, who greatly helped the search and thus Dutroux's arrest, observed Dutroux's van, described it and was able to identify part of the [[license plate]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rtbf.be/info/dossier/l-affaire-dutroux-20-ans-plus-tard/detail_les-25-personnages-clefs-de-l-affaire-dutroux-les-2-temoins-de-bertrix?id=9370372|title=Les 25 personnages clefs de l'affaire Dutroux: les 2 témoins de Bertrix|date=9 August 2016|work=RTBF Info|access-date=28 June 2018|language=fr-FR|archive-date=28 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628044200/https://www.rtbf.be/info/dossier/l-affaire-dutroux-20-ans-plus-tard/detail_les-25-personnages-clefs-de-l-affaire-dutroux-les-2-temoins-de-bertrix?id=9370372|url-status=live}}</ref> On 13 August 1996, Dutroux, Martin and Lelièvre were arrested.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3794985.stm |title=Timeline: Dutroux paedophile case |date=17 June 2004 |work=BBC News |access-date=11 August 2018 |language=en-GB |archive-date=11 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811095704/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3794985.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/belgians-furious-as-child-killer-marc-dutrouxs-wife-michelle-martin-is-freed-8091716.html| title= Belgian furious as child killer Marc Dutroux wife Michelle is freed| agency= Associated Press| date= 22 August 2012| website= The Independent| access-date= 12 July 2015| archive-date= 22 July 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150722084843/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/belgians-furious-as-child-killer-marc-dutrouxs-wife-michelle-martin-is-freed-8091716.html| url-status= live}}</ref> An initial search of Dutroux's houses proved inconclusive, but two days later, Dutroux and Lelièvre both made confessions. That same day, Dutroux led the police to the basement dungeon inside which Dardenne and Delhez were imprisoned; the girls were subsequently rescued.<ref>{{cite video |year=2008 |title=Serial Killers: Monster of Belgium |medium=Television Production |publisher=Discovery Communications |location=Silver Spring, Maryland, US }}</ref> On 17 August 1996, Dutroux led police to his house in Sars-la-Buissière and, with his help, they were able to locate and exhume the bodies of Lejeune, Russo and Weinstein.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.lesoir.be/archive/recup/%252Fhorreur-pour-julie-et-melissa-fragile-espoir-pour-an-et_t-19960819-Z0CH97.html |title=Horreur Pour Julie et Melissa, Fragile Espoir Pour An et Eefje Chronique d'Epouvante la Bonne Piste une Vie de Flic |last=Guillaume |first=Alain |date=19 August 1996 |work=Le Soir |access-date=10 August 2018 |language=fr }}</ref> On 3 September, the remains of Marchal and Lambrecks were located and exhumed in [[Jumet]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lesoir.be/archive/d-19960904-W346XJ |title=Dutroux – Le livre s'arrache Sabine cartonne |language=fr |work=Le Soir}}</ref> Hundreds of commercial adult pornographic videos, along with a large number of home-made sex films that Dutroux had made with Martin, were recovered from his properties.<ref name=murder>{{cite web|last=Bell|first=Rachael|title=Marc Dutroux, A Pedophile and Child-Killer|url=http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/dutroux/evil_1.html|publisher=trutv|access-date=19 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210082737/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/dutroux/evil_1.html|archive-date=10 December 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>