Episode Summary
When a beautiful young woman and her mother go missing, all eyes turn to the strange behavior of her father. And when he crumbles under the scrutiny, a lifetime of secrets make their way to the surface.
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Allison (left) and her mother, Marie-Josée (right) Benitez.
Marie-Josée Benitez.
Francisco Benitez.
Photo Source; enhanced by audiochuck staff.
Francisco (middle right) with the French Foreign Legion.
A screenshot from Francisco’s video.
Allison Benitez.
Simone de Oliveira Alvez.
Francisco and Simone.
Police conducting a search of Leucate in September 2013.
Allison and her mother, Marie-Josée.
Episode Source Material
- La Dépêche du Midi (Toulouse, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: the investigation takes on another dimension.
- Le Nouvel Observateur (Paris, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: the mystery deepens by Celine Rastello.
- France Bleu Roussillon (Pyrénées-Orientales, France): A candidate for Miss Roussillon disappeared with her mother by Matthew Ferri.
- La Dépêche du Midi (Toulouse, France): Perpignan. The disturbing disappearance of a mother and her daughter since July 14 by Christian Goutorbe.
- Midi Libre (Montpellier, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: why did he hang himself? by Jean-Pierre Lacan.
- L’indépendent (Perpignan, France): The Daughter of Marie-Josée Benitez does not believe in the guilt of ‘Paco,” by Barbara Gorrand.
- Le Nouvel Observateur (Paris, France): Perpignan: the father was heard in 2004 in a disappearance case by AFP.
- RTL (Neuilly-sur-Siene, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: Marie had already fled from the home by Georges Brenier.
- Midi Libre (Montpellier, France): Perpignan: what happened to the two missing? By Francois Barrare.
- L’Indépendent (Perpignan, France): Benitez case: Allison and Marie-Josée’s phones continued to broadcast in Perpignan after their disappearance by Barbara Gorrand.
- La Dépêche du Midi (Toulouse, France): Disappearance of Allison and her mother: the family under scrutiny by Christian Goutorbe.
- Le Parisien (Paris, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: the father claims his innocence in a posthumous letter.
- Le Parisien (Paris, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: Francisco Benitez had a mistress in Spain.
- Midi Libre (Montpellier, France): Benitez case: the resumption of excavations in Leocate postponed by Laure Moyset.
- Le Parisien (Paris, France): Perpignan: concern grows for Allison and her mother Marie.
- Le Nouvel Observateur (Paris, France): Perpignan: mystery around a double disappearance by Celine Rastello.
- Le Figaro (Paris, France): Prepignan: the enigma Francisco Benitez by Sophie Boutboul.
- RTL (Neuilly-sur-Siene, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: the inconsistency of the father by Patrick Isson.
- L’Express (Paris, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: no news, no activity.
- L’Express (Paris, France): VIDEO. Disappeared from Perpignan: “I hope my daughter will be found” by LEXPRESS.FR.
- RTL (Neuilly-sur-Siene, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: the husband of Marie, father of Allison, was found hanged this Monday morning by Georges Brenier.
- L’Indépendent (Perpignan, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: more than thirty PJ police officers mobilized on the case by Laure Moyset.
- L’Indépendent (Perpignan, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: a toll-free number for the investigation by La.M.
- 20 Minutes (Levallois-Perret, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: Judicial information reopened on the Nîmes track of 2004.
- Libération (Paris, France): Investigation: “Benitez is the last person to have seen her” by Violette Lazard.
- L’Express (Paris, France): Perpignan: the other disappearance linked to Francisco Benitez by Julie Saulnier with AFP.
- La Dépêche du Midi (Toulouse, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: what if it was just a runaway? by Christian Goutorbe.
- L’Indépendent (Perpignan, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: already in 2004, a disturbing disappearance by dpa.
- Le Nouvel Observateur (Paris, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: the criminal trail is almost no longer in doubt by AFP.
- Le Parisien (Paris, France): Allison and Marie Josée remain untraceable.
- L’Indépendent (Perpignan, France): Bénitez: at home, his mistress had noticed a foul odor.
- L’Indépendent (Perpignan, France): In Perpignan, Chief Warrant Officer Benitez left a bloody trail.
- France 3 (Languedoc-Roussillon, France): The DNA of the disappeared from Perpignan found in a washing machine by Edward DaCosta.
- Midi Libre (Montpellier, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: DNA and blood found.
- Le Parisien (Paris, France): Perpignan: DNA traces of mother and daughter found.
- France 3 (Languedoc-Roussillon, France): The Perpignan public prosecutor’s office opens a judicial investigation for assassinations by Fabrice Dubault.
- Le Parisien (Paris, France): Lessons from the posthumous video of Francisco Benitez.
- L’Express (Paris, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: DNA found, the criminal trail takes shape by AFP.
- Le Parisien (Paris, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: red traces in a sink.
- La Dépêche du Midi (Toulouse, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: investigators dig into Leucate.
- La Dépêche du Midi (Toulouse, France): New research: divers in Port-Leucate.
- Midi Libre (Montpellier, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: soon the search for the bodies of the two victims by Francois Barrare.
- La Dépêche du Midi (Toulouse, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: investigations in Leucate.
- La Dépêche du Midi (Toulouse, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: the police in search of bodies.
- L’Indépendent (Perpignan, France): Benitez case: the excavations of Leucate suspended for several days.
- L’Indépendent (Perpignan, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: excavations stopped in the Leucate sector by Laure Moyset.
- La Dépêche du Midi (Toulouse, France): The police suspend the search in Leucate: an accident at the origin of the drama? by Guillaume Atchouel.
- Midi Libre (Montpellier, France): Benitez case: the resumption of excavations in Leocate postponed by Laure Moyset.
- La Dépêche du Midi (Toulouse, France): These mysterious bones that refer us to the Benitez case by Christian Goutorbe.
- La Dépêche du Midi (Toulouse, France): Discovery of bones: the case of the disappeared from Perpignan relaunched by AFP.
- Europe 1 (Paris, France): Disappeared from Perpignan: the bones discovered are of animal origin by Guillaume Biet.
- Paris Match (Paris, France): The secrets of Benitez: The track of the garage – Missing from Perpignan by Pauline Lallement.