2023-08-21 16:43:17
The example of Marc Dutroux’s former house, which has become a memorial garden, shows how difficult it is to find a way out of the houses of horror. Article reserved for subscribers Journalist in the Political Service By Stéphane Vande Velde Published on 08/21/2023 at 18:43 Reading time: 2 min
In Charleroi, a page is turning. Not definitely. We wouldn’t know. Forever, the death of Julie and Mélissa in 1996 and the actions of Marc Dutroux, who had kidnapped the two girls and left them to die in the cellar, will be linked to Marcinelle. But impossible for a neighborhood to rebuild as long as the house of horror was still standing. For years it remained as it was. It was not until the searches, the reconstructions, the trial that it no longer had any legal use. Then came the time for questions: what should be done with this house? Conserve it so as never to forget or make it disappear completely to avoid unhealthy curiosity and “horror tourism”? After years of reflection, an intermediate solution has been found. The house was destroyed and razed but the cellars in which Julie and Mélissa had lived their ordeal were preserved.
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