The Dominici Affair

In August 1952 a family of British tourists is found by the roadside in Haute Provence brutally murdered In the ensuing very public investigation a local landowner 75 year old Gaston Dominici is arrested for the murders having been denounced by his sons Under police interrogation Dominici confesses to have killed the family and it looks certain that he will be charged tried and sentenced to death But then the case begins to collapse The old man retracts his confession and the lack of evidence against him becomes apparent