France France- Marie-Hélène Audoye, 22, medical sales rep, never returned home after one trip, Côte d'Azur, 1991, *Reopened*

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Près de 33 ans après sa disparition, de nouvelles pistes dans l'affaire Marie-Hélène Audoye

Rouvert par le pôle "cold case" de Nanterre, le dossier de Marie-Hélène Audoye n'a peut-être pas livré tous ses secrets. Des comparaisons d'ADN sont en cours.

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''The Audoye family provides new leads to investigators specializing in unsolved crimes. A DNA comparison is underway with an unidentified skull, found in 2012, in Vence, in the Alpes-Maritimes. Marie-Hélène's genetic profile was integrated into the FNAEG (National Automated Genetic Fingerprint File), thanks to a baby tooth found by Annie Audoye.''

'Reopened by the Nanterre cold case unit, Marie-Hélène Audoye's case may not have revealed all its secrets. DNA comparisons are ongoing.'

By Jane Bradley 31st Jan 2024

https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/french-investigators-re-open-cold-case-of-young-womans-disappearance-33-years-ago-in-cote-dazur-4499615

'Investigators in France have reopened a “cold case” of a young woman who disappeared more than 30 years ago on the Côte d'Azur.
Marie-Hélène Audoye, 22, was working as a medical sales rep, visiting pharmacies throughout the south of France and Monaco. But she never returned home after one trip in 1991, having left a post -it note for one pharmacist who failed to turn up to a meeting with her, telling him she would catch up with him again soon.'

''Neither Ms Audoye or her car, a white Renault Super 5, were ever seen again. Her bank account was never used after that day. The young woman is described as striking at six feet tall, with long, black hair.''

Her mother has said she believes issues relating to her relationship at the time – her boyfriend, who she lived with – are key to the investigation.

Ms Audoye’s boyfriend was understood to be having an affair with a woman who was older than him, who had links to shadowy business dealings in the region. That woman was claimed to have made jealous threats relating to Ms Audoye, as well as leaving personal items such as hair clips in the couple’s flat''.