On September 16, 1994, 34-year-old musician Donald De Villa and his wife Stephanie celebrated the baptism of their youngest 2-year-old daughter Donatella. In addition to the daughter in the family grew a 3-year-old baby boy Donald. After the celebration, the entire family disappeared without a trace.

Stephanie's mother, Gilbert, lived near Paris. For a week now, she had not received any information from her daughter.

She called the police and they sent two police cars to the house where her daughter lived with her husband and children, but no one was there. There were children's toys lying around in the yard. It was very strange: the daughter liked order.

Gilbert called her daughter at work. As it turned out, Stephanie had not been at work all week. Together with her son Christophe and her niece, Gilbert went to look for her daughter.

They entered the house and noticed: the heating was turned on to maximum. When no one was home, Stephanie turned the heating off. All of her daughter's bags, including those for traveling, were in place. Little Donatella had eczema, but all her medication was at home. All of the family's shoes were in the house and the cars were parked in the yard. Identification papers were in the dresser drawer.

Initially, Gilbert thought that Donald, her daughter's husband, Donald was responsible for the disappearance of the entire family. Lately, Stephanie had been fighting with her husband a lot. He went out to bars, often got drunk with friends, dated other women. Stephanie knew about the cheating and wanted to separate from him.

Nine days later, Gilbert and her son Christophe came back to the house where Stephanie lived. In the house they met a complete stranger who introduced himself as a family friend. His name was Edgar Boulet. According to him, Donald had given him the keys to look after the house.

Two months later, Stephanie's mother received a phone call from Edgar Boulet. According to him, a stranger called him and told him that Donald, along with his wife and children, were in a cult and were not going to return. Stephanie's mother did not believe a single word. Moreover, the house guest aroused suspicion.

Gilbert went to her daughter's house again, and found: the daughter's car, which last time was parked at the house, had disappeared. As it turned out, Edgar Boullée had sold the car. How did he do that? According to the papers, the car belonged to her daughter.

Gilbert went to the police station again, and now the police took the report more seriously: the illegal sale of Stephanie's car gave the right to start an official investigation.

The investigator checked Stephanie's and Donald's bank cards: there had been no movement of money on the accounts for the last two months. Since September 16, 1995, Stephanie and Donald had not written a check or received social security benefits. What were they living on? Or are they dead?

Investigators decided to look into Edgar Boulet. The man worked as a welder, but at the moment he was unemployed, lived on welfare, was fond of alcohol and gambling.

In the summer of 1995, Edgar was homeless, looking for a house where he could live for free. A mutual friend introduced him to Donald, whom he soon showed up uninvited. He liked the De Ville house overlooking the river. Boulay wanted to live in the empty wooden house next to the stone one, but Donald refused.

The day after the family disappeared, Edgar changed the name on the mailbox, changed the electricity and water contract to his own name.

According to witness Monique, a doctor at the local health clinic, on September 16, Donald and Stephanie hosted friends, including Edgar Boulet. Once again he complained to Donald about his housing problems and again asked to stay in the empty house. However, Donald refused to let a stranger onto his property. The evening came, the guests left, but Edgar Boulet was not going to leave. What happened next, the woman did not know.

The police decided to investigate the De Ville family's property. On September 23rd, 1996, an excavator was brought in. Soon Donald and Stephanie were found in the ground, along with their two children.

Edgar Boulet was found guilty of the crime and sentenced to life imprisonment.