Marc Paul Alain Dutroux (French: [maʁk pɔl alɛ̃ dytʁu]; born 6 November 1956) is a Belgian convicted serial killer, serial rapist, and serial child molester. Initially convicted for the abduction and rape of five young girls in 1989, Dutroux was...
Paul Emile François Henri Vanden Boeynants (Dutch: [ˈpʌul vɑndə(m) ˈbuinɑnts] , French: [pɔl vandən bujnants]; 22 May 1919 – 9 January 2001) was a Belgian politician. He served as the prime minister of Belgium for two brief periods (1966–68 and...
Regina Louf (born January 29, 1969), also known as witness X1 in the Dutroux case, is a Belgian author and victim of organised sexual abuse. She was one of the most prominent witnesses in the case around Marc Dutroux.
Jean-Michel Nihoul (23 April 1941 – 23 October 2019) was a Belgian businessman and convicted felon. During the 1990s and 2000s, he was the subject of a media and legal case in connection with the Marc Dutroux affair, but was acquitted with a Nolle...
Maldoror is a 2024 crime thriller film co-written and directed by Fabrice Du Welz. Inspired by the judicial scandal surrounding Belgian serial killer and child molester Marc Dutroux, Maldoror stars Anthony Bajon as a young policeman who becomes...
Sabine Anne Renée Ghislaine Dardenne (born 28 October 1983) is a Belgian author. She was kidnapped at the age of twelve by the child molester and serial killer Marc Dutroux in 1996. Dardenne was one of Dutroux's last two victims.
Five Easy Pieces (2016) is a theatre production that the Swiss theatre and film director Milo Rau made with children for the Ghent arts centre CAMPO and that is based on the Dutroux affair.
Jean-Marc Connerotte (born 1948) in Neufchâteau, Belgium is an examining magistrate and judge known for his role in the Dutroux case.
Manuel Schadwald (born 24 January 1981 in Berlin – disappeared 24 July 1993) was a German boy living in Berlin who disappeared without a trace at the age of 12. The Berlin police closed the case without result in 1998. Traces led to the pedophile...
For most of its history, what is today Belgium was either a part of a larger territory, such as the medieval Carolingian Empire, or was divided into a number of smaller states. For much of the Middle Ages, the territory of present-day Belgium was...
