Thirty years after the disappearance of Marion Wagon, the Nanterre “cold cases” center launches a call for witnesses

Thirty years after the disappearance of Marion Wagon in Agen (Lot-et-Garonne), the serial and unsolved crimes center, nicknamed the "cold cases center" of Nanterre, decided to launch a call for witnesses after collecting new testimony that the investigators take very seriously, franceinfo learned Friday, November 13 from the Nanterre public prosecutor's office, confirming information from Le Parisien.

Investigators interviewed a 43-year-old woman last month. She did not know Marion Wagon, but remembers the day of her disappearance very well, because she was “very scared” then. At the time, this woman was a schoolgirl in Agen, near the home of Marion Wagon's parents. Leaving the school at midday, she said she had the feeling of being followed by a man aged around thirty, with thick brown hair, a dark complexion and wearing a cable-knit blue sweater. She also remembers that this man had stared at her with his brown eyes and that she had been terrified.

Analyzes still in progress

The schoolgirl then took refuge in the building of one of her classmates, located at 2 bis rue de Lisbonne. A particularly important address in this investigation, since Marion Wagon had to pass this residence to return home after school. It is also at this place that the dogs had marked, seeming to find its trace or its scent, on November 14, 1996.

Thirty years later, samples were also taken in the technical room of this building in an attempt to find DNA traces of the little girl or other people likely to be involved in her disappearance. Analyzes are still in progress, according to the serial and unsolved crimes unit of the Nanterre public prosecutor's office.

Find the trace of this man

The forty-year-old, who says she crossed paths with this man in the twisted blue sweater, had already been interviewed at the time. However, the minutes of his hearing make no mention of this episode. She remembers talking about this man and the fear he inspired in her to those around her, but her words were not taken seriously.

Investigators are therefore calling for witnesses to find out if other young girls, who were teenagers at the time, may have encountered this man in Agen. Anyone who remembers a detail, even if uncertain, is invited to contact the Nanterre public prosecutor's office. The center has a dedicated email address: [email protected].

A new lead thanks to DNA

Marion Wagon disappeared just 30 years ago, in Agen. This 10-year-old girl, then in CM2, never arrived home after leaving school on November 14, 1996, at noon. Her photograph, with her blue eyes and her hair band, was then displayed everywhere, even on milk cartons. She was never found.