Affaire Willy Van Coppernolle : L'insaisissable prédateur des routes

In March 1993, the tranquility of the Gard department was shattered. Abdel, an 11-year-old boy, mysteriously disappeared. Panic quickly spread, especially after two other teenagers narrowly escaped a horrific road rage incident. The man behind these attacks was Willy Van Coppernolle. A Belgian national with a troubled past, he used a formidable method: he assumed the identities of high-ranking executives, rented luxury sedans, and approached his targets with disconcerting ease. In this new episode, we delve into the hunt and the psychology of this methodical predator. Arrested after an intense manhunt, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1995. But the story doesn't end there. Thirty years later, his name resurfaced in the corridors of the National Cold Case Unit in Nanterre. Investigators are now asking themselves a dizzying question: Did Willy Van Coppernolle strike elsewhere, long before his arrest?