The Flactif Family

Description

In 2003, an entire family living in a resort town in France disappeared. Rumors persisted that they left on their own when the father’s shady business practices caught up to him. Though initially swayed by these rumors, the police gathered evidence that showed a darker scenario unfolded in the mountain chalet.

Credits

Researched, written, hosted, and edited by Charlie Worroll

Music by Scott Buckley

Cover art by Lars Hacking, host of Rusty Hinges podcast

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Sources

Book

• L’Affaire Flactif by Christine Kelly

Internet

• https://www.sbs.com.au/news/flactif-family-remembers-tragedy

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/sep/18/france.jonhenley

• https://www.news24.com/news24/french-cops-crack-murder-case-20030917

• https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/affaire-flactif-david-hotyat-renonce-a-son-appel_468514.html

• https://scenedecrime.blogs.com/scenedecrime/2008/04/il-y-a-5-ans.html

• https://www.humanite.fr/node/351762

• https://www.letelegramme.fr/ar/viewarticle1024.php?aaaammjj=20060620&article=12280889&type=ar

• https://www.nouvelobs.com/societe/20060701.OBS3681/affaire-flactif-perpetuite-pour-hotyat.html

Newspapers

• Murder in the French Alps, Daily News, 30 Jan 2005

• Vanishing Act by Family in Alpine Village, The Guardian, 23 Apr 2003

• Police bungle in vanished family riddle, The Observe, 4 May 2003

Video

• Crime Scene Solvers S1 E3: Murder in Le Grand Bornand