But Elodie’s father continued the search and advances in DNA techniques had led to the trial of Bardon.
Despite a huge inquiry at the time, the trail had gone cold.
Elodie Kulik was abducted, raped and then murdered when she was heading home from a restaurant in January 2002.
Her partly charred body was discovered by a farmer on a disused airfield at Tertry on 12 January.
The bank manager worked in the northern town of Péronne.
(Agencies)
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