Death of Antoine Belmonte in Pantin in 2003: a cold case solved 22 years later, a man in his sixties confesses

Arrested on Wednesday in the Loiret, the suspect was taken into custody as part of an investigation into the Cold Case Pole of Nanterre's Public Prosecutor's Office.

In 2003, 53-year-old Antoine Belmonte had been shot in the head while he was looking through the eyelet of his door. Very soon, the investigators had considered that his murderer had confused the man with a policeman carrying the same name.

Interviewed at the start of the investigation more than 20 years ago, a man was confused by genetic analyses. He will be tried for murder. Source

A man was charged with the murder for the death of Antoine Belmonte in 2003 in Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis) and placed in pre-trial detention, said Nanterre's Public Prosecutor's Office on Saturday.

In 2003, Antoine Belmonte's death in Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis) had not been resolved. After an investigation by the "cold case" pole of the Nanterre Public Prosecutor's Office, a man was arrested in the Loiret on Wednesday and then placed in pre-trial detention. According to Le Parisien, the suspect confessed.

In 2003, a 53-year-old man was killed with a bullet in his head while he was looking through the eyeleton of his door. The man was arrested for the murder of Antoine Belmonte in 2003 in Pantin (Seine-Saint)