DUBRUNFAUT CASE : YOU SHALL NOT COVET YOUR BROTHER’S WIFE | Enquêtes criminelles | W9

On December 7, 2016, 29-year-old Alexandre Dubrunfaut was found charred to death in the remains of a burnt-out car not far from Valenciennes (Nord). A month later, his brother David, 32, was arrested. Although the man denied any involvement, he was the only one with a convincing motive: for months, his wife Julie had been cheating on him with his brother Alexandre! A double betrayal that the police suspect he couldn’t bear. “Criminal Investigation” tells the story of a captivating legal case, with the look and feel of a fast-moving TV drama.

“See you tonight…” These were the last words spoken by Alexandre Dubrunfaut to his wife Ophélie. For the 25-year-old housewife will never see the man she loves again. Worse still, in the hours following the disappearance, Ophélie received support from her brother-in-law David… without suspecting for a second that he was secretly working to conceal his crime! It’s impossible to imagine David as a murderer. With Alexandre, he was part of a family of 24 brothers and sisters, but it was he who was closest to the victim. Ophélie, Alexandre’s widow, is leaning towards a professional dispute, but in this case, there’s a much more obvious lead: her husband was in fact a womanizer. Could Alexandre’s death have been the work of a jealous husband who killed to avenge his honor ?

Testimony from within the huge siblings confirmed this hypothesis and, more incredibly, revealed that the scorned husband was one of their own. David, already consumed by the recent disclosure of a family secret, had just realized what was going on between his wife and brother. So, did he want to get rid of a rival? Or was it an altercation gone wrong?