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CRIME HUNTER: How high up did killer Belgian pedo ring go?

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Marc Dutroux was born in 1956 and grew up in the Belgian Congo , the son of teachers.

He began kidnapping and raping children in 1985 , along with his mistress Michelle Martin , a school teacher and other accomplices.

He was convicted and sentenced to 13 years in prison while his now wife was handed a five-year sentence.

But even after the convictions of the killer and his wife, Belgians feared a twisted pedophile ring had infiltrated the country's political, business, judicial and media classes.

Since 1995 , there have been 20 unexplained deaths of potential witnesses connected with Dutroux.

The victims’ families don’t buy the official version.

Evidence from the houses of horror went untested, and the probe was thin as gruel. No DNA tests were conducted, and any testing was deemed “inconclusive.”.

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