Denis, circa 1985
Denis, circa 1985
Name: Patrice Denis
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: August 23, 1985
Location Last Seen: Chalons en Champagne, Marne, France
Date of Birth: May 3, 1965
Age: 20 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue/green
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Patrice Denis was last seen on May 23, 1985. He was left by a colleague on the Route Nationale 44 where he was going to hitchhike to the military camp of Mourmelon Le Grand where he was going to participate in the launching of experimental rockets organized by the ANSTJ - Technical Sciences Youth, of which he was a member.
His parents informed the police of his disappearance on August 27, 1985 and an investigation was opened. Patrice Denis was living in Enghein Les Bains, he was getting a professional training at the PTT School of Villecresnes.
It is unbelievable for the people who knew him that he disappeared voluntarily.
He is considered to be a victim of chief adjudant Pierre Chanal, suspected in the disappearances and murders of up to eight young men. All young men disappeared while hitchhiking around Mourmelon. Chanal committed suicide in October 2003 in a hospital after his trial for the murder of Patrice Denis and the murders of Patrick Gache, whose body was never found and Trevor O'Keefe, found murdered by strangulation on August 8, 1987, had started. Traces of their DNA were found in his vehicle.
Agency Name: Gendarmerie Nationale
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 03 26 09 18 22
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: Not listed
NCIC Case Number: Unknown
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 08-23-2021 - By: Htmlcnvtr
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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