Marc Dutroux House of Horrors Gone for Good

Thank God.

VRT News

"Marc Dutroux shocked Belgium in the 1990’s with the kidnap, false imprisonment and rape of 5 girls and 1 young woman: Julie Lejeune (8), Mélissa Russo (8), An Marchal (17), Eefje Lambrecks (19), Sabine Dardenne (12) and Laetitia Delhez (14). Four of his victims were murdered. Only Laetitia Delhez and Sabine Dardenne were rescued alive. Marc Dutroux was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2004."

Dutroux's wife went to the house to feed his dogs while he was in jail, knowing two girls were captive in the cellar.  She fed the dogs and left the girls to starve there.  She's currently out of prison.

After all these years the house has finally been demolished; there will be no memorial to the girls who died there per the families' wishes.

At the site of the other building, where two of the girls survived, there is a memorial garden. 

Sabine Dardenne's book, I Choose to Live, was inspirational for me in coming forward with my story.  I read through her reviews and saw that some people were angry that she didn't give enough details about the rape and accused her of a cash grab.  (Because nothing gets you richer than torture/rape, amirite?)  It prepared me for the same, which did happen.   So she will always be a personal hero of mine.