Flactif, The cursed cottage is for sale
The parents of Xavier Flactif, massacred with his family in April 2003, have returned to the scene of the tragedy. The chalet of Grand-Bornand, in Haute-Savoie, is put on sale.
Le Journal du Dimanche : 08.03.2009
Inside, nothing or almost nothing has changed for six years. The seals of the gendarmes are still installed. An unbearable visit in the form of a final tribute.

The parents of Xavier Flactif, massacred with his family in April 2003, returned to the scene of the tragedy. The chalet of Grand-Bornand, in Haute-Savoie, is put on sale. Inside, nothing or almost nothing has changed for six years. The seals of the gendarmes are still in place. An unbearable visit in the form of a final tribute.

“The outlines of blood traces, invisible to the naked eye. They had been carefully bleached by the assassin after the quintuple homicide, but were then revealed by the “Bluestar”; this product sprayed by the experts of the Gendarmerie Nationale’s criminal research institute (IRCGN) which makes all the hemoglobin stains reappear in the half-light, even if they were meticulously wiped off. “