Show Notes
In July 2013, 53-year-old Marie-Josée Benitez and her 19-year-old daughter Allison vanished without a trace from their home in Southern France. The last person to see them alive was Francisco Benitez — Marie-Josée’s estranged husband and Allison’s father. He claimed they’d left for a trip to Toulouse. They never came back.
What followed was a chilling chain of revelations. Francisco was already linked to the disappearance of another woman in 2004. Just weeks after his wife and daughter vanished, he took his own life. Then, investigators discovered traces of Allison’s blood in a freezer at the military barracks where Francisco worked.
Marie-Josée and Allison were never found. But the evidence pointed to one clear theory – that they had been killed by father and estranged husband Francisco.
This is the story of Allison and Marie-Josee Benitez.
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References MISSING: Allison and Marie-Josee Benitez | Crime Junkie Podcast
Allison and Marie-José Benitez: What Happened to Missing Mom & Daughter?
A missing beauty queen's father with a dark past
Disappearance of Allison and Marie-Josee Benitez: Crime Junkie investigates suspicious behavior of Francisco Benitez
Special Envoy: "The Benitez Affair, the Legionnaire's Enigma"
The father's freezer at the center of all attention - Disparues de Perpignan
Disappeared from Perpignan: Benitez took his freezer to the Legion
France gripped by disappearance of missing beauty queen and her mother following suicide of former legionnaire father | The Independent | The Independent
Chief Warrant Officer Benitez left a bloody trail - Bluestar Forensic
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