Suspected SERIAL KILLER charged with ‘French Maddie’ snatching linked to Brit Alps murders

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Suspected SERIAL KILLER charged with ‘French Maddie’ snatching linked to Brit Alps murders


A SUSPECTED serial killer charged with snatching a “French Maddie” is being linked to the chilling murder of a Brit family in the Alps.

Police believe Nordahl Lelandais abducted nine-year-old Maelys de Araujo from a wedding in the village of Pont-de-Beauvoisin in August.

Her disappearance bears a remarkable similarity to that of Madeleine McCann, who vanished in Portugal in 2007.

And fears are growing that Lelandais has been responsible for a string of killings in the mountainous region.

Police are re-examining the roadside massacre of Surrey engineer Saad Al-Hilli, his wife Iqbal, and her mother, Suhaila Al-Allaf.

The trio were shot dead in a layby near Annecy in 2012.

Sylvain Mollier, a French cyclist who was passing by, was also killed in the bloodbath.

The Al-Hilli’s two daughters, Zainab, and Zeena, both survived.

Chambéry prosecutor Thierry Dran said Lelandais could be responsible, adding: “We’re going to look at all disturbing disappearances that have taken place.”

Ex-soldier Lelandais is also accused of murdering off-duty corporal Arthur Noyer, who vanished while hitchhiking in Chambéry in April.

Lelandais was arrested in September and was this week charged with abducting Maelys, who is still missing.

Daily Star Sunday