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**gortusbig** · 09-07-2012, 01:04 PM

Each one killed with a single shot to the head: Family massacred in French Alps bore trademark of a professional hitman

Remote location at car park near Lake Annecy would mean few if any witnesses to the atrocity
Killer could have been out of France within minutes of the murders on Wednesday, possibly boarding a plane from Geneva within two hours
He might also have known there were no security cameras in the area
Saad Al-Hilli, a Baghdad-born businessman, who lived in Claygate, Surrey, was killed along with his wife Iqbal, his mother-in-law and a passing cyclist
His daughter Zeena, four, managed to survive ordeal
Her older sister, Zainab, seven, found near car in critical condition after being hit three times over head with a blunt instrument

By STEPHEN WRIGHT PUBLISHED: 21:49 GMT, 6 September 2012 | UPDATED: 22:55 GMT, 6 September 2012

Saad Al-Hilli, 50, was ambushed with his family on Wednesday during a family outing in the French Alps

Three adult members of a seemingly respectable family, each murdered with a single shot in the head.

A seven-year-old girl left with life-threatening injuries and her younger sister badly traumatised after somehow escaping alive from a psychopathic killer. A cyclist who is believed to have witnessed the bloodbath mercilessly assassinated. Such barbarity would be shocking in some of the world’s most lawless countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Colombia...

But for it to happen in a car park near the tranquil shores of Lake Annecy in the French Alps makes the crime infinitely more difficult to comprehend. And, crucially, much more difficult to solve.

What better location for a professional hit than in a remote area, with few if any witnesses likely to see the atrocity, with quick road access to airports in three countries – France, Italy and Switzerland, and even further afield.As French police launched an extensive manhunt to find the killer or killers, investigators were officially keeping an open mind about the motive for the crime and who might have been behind it.

The ruthless efficiency with which the murders were carried out suggested strongly that Saad Al-Hilli, his wife Ikbal and the rest of his family were specific targets, and the cyclist killed because he saw too much.Pictures of the murder scene – in an isolated forest car park, 2.5 miles from the nearest village – show how the BMW was hit with automatic fire before the victims were finished off at point-blank range.Had Mr Al-Hilli and his family been targeted in the UK, police would probably have had access to CCTV footage and data from number-plate recognition cameras, in their hunt for the killer’s escape vehicle.

But in Chevaline there has never been any need for security cameras, another possible clue that the killer may have carefully researched the best place, in terms of escaping detection, to commit the crimes.A quick look at a local map shows he could have been out of France within minutes of the murders on Wednesday, possibly boarding a plane from Geneva within two hours.

09-07-2012, 01:04 PM	#9
gortusbig Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 476 Senior Member	Each one killed with a single shot to the head: Family massacred in French Alps bore trademark of a professional hitman Remote location at car park near Lake Annecy would mean few if any witnesses to the atrocity Killer could have been out of France within minutes of the murders on Wednesday, possibly boarding a plane from Geneva within two hours He might also have known there were no security cameras in the area Saad Al-Hilli, a Baghdad-born businessman, who lived in Claygate, Surrey, was killed along with his wife Iqbal, his mother-in-law and a passing cyclist His daughter Zeena, four, managed to survive ordeal Her older sister, Zainab, seven, found near car in critical condition after being hit three times over head with a blunt instrument By STEPHEN WRIGHT PUBLISHED: 21:49 GMT, 6 September 2012 \| UPDATED: 22:55 GMT, 6 September 2012 Saad Al-Hilli, 50, was ambushed with his family on Wednesday during a family outing in the French Alps Three adult members of a seemingly respectable family, each murdered with a single shot in the head. A seven-year-old girl left with life-threatening injuries and her younger sister badly traumatised after somehow escaping alive from a psychopathic killer. A cyclist who is believed to have witnessed the bloodbath mercilessly assassinated. Such barbarity would be shocking in some of the world’s most lawless countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Colombia... But for it to happen in a car park near the tranquil shores of Lake Annecy in the French Alps makes the crime infinitely more difficult to comprehend. And, crucially, much more difficult to solve. What better location for a professional hit than in a remote area, with few if any witnesses likely to see the atrocity, with quick road access to airports in three countries – France, Italy and Switzerland, and even further afield.As French police launched an extensive manhunt to find the killer or killers, investigators were officially keeping an open mind about the motive for the crime and who might have been behind it. The ruthless efficiency with which the murders were carried out suggested strongly that Saad Al-Hilli, his wife Ikbal and the rest of his family were specific targets, and the cyclist killed because he saw too much.Pictures of the murder scene – in an isolated forest car park, 2.5 miles from the nearest village – show how the BMW was hit with automatic fire before the victims were finished off at point-blank range.Had Mr Al-Hilli and his family been targeted in the UK, police would probably have had access to CCTV footage and data from number-plate recognition cameras, in their hunt for the killer’s escape vehicle. But in Chevaline there has never been any need for security cameras, another possible clue that the killer may have carefully researched the best place, in terms of escaping detection, to commit the crimes.A quick look at a local map shows he could have been out of France within minutes of the murders on Wednesday, possibly boarding a plane from Geneva within two hours.
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