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*Content Warning: This article contains discussion of violent rape and
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murder of children.*
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**Marc Dutroux** is a [serial killer](Serial_Killer "wikilink") and
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child molester who's been alleged to have been involved with a
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[pedophile ring](Pedophile_Ring "wikilink") involving Belgian police,
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politicians and businessmen.
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## Evidence for a Cover-up
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- Dutroux's mother wrote a letter to police alleging that he was
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planning something, and that he scared both her and her mother, but
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never received a reply.
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- He was under police camera surveillance the night he kidnapped two
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girls but the police had only programmed the camera to operate
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during the daylight hours of 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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- A locksmith who was accompanying police said he heard children's
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voices coming from inside the house while the two men were in the
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basement, but the police ignored it.
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- Several videotapes were seized that showed Dutroux constructing the
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secret entrance and the dungeon where the girls were then held. The
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tapes were never viewed by the police, who later claimed this was
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because they did not have a videotape player.
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- Dutroux's claimed that he was part of a sex ring that included
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high-ranking members of the police force and government.
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- Connerotte, a magistrate brought in to testify on corruption around
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the case broke down in tears when he described "the bullet-proof
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vehicles and armed guards needed to protect him against the shadowy
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figures determined to stop the full truth coming out."
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- Police confirmed hitmen had been hired on magistrates and members of
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the criminal justice system.
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- More than 20 potential witnesses of the case have died suspiciously
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with no explanation. |