So intense was the public’s reaction that more than one-third of Belgians with the surname Dutroux changed their names.

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Wow.

TLDR; notorious pedophile murderer Marc Dutroux claimed he actually worked for "certain people in the government" when procuring victims. It was never proven in court, but I'll believe it.

In Poland we even have the term for that "Serial suicider" though in Poland people end up dead like that usually because they know something about what current politicians of PiS and PO and their business patrons did in 90's and how they ended up rich back then.

Link?

Wasn't the "DC Madam" that ran a prostitution ring in DC for the politicians and such "Epsteined" too?

I don't believe she suicided herself, but whatever.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Dutroux

Marc Paul Alain Dutroux[1] (French: [maʁk pɔl alɛ̃ dytʁu]; born 6 November 1956) is a Belgian convicted serial killer, serial rapist, and child molester. Initially convicted for the abduction and rape of five young girls in 1989, Dutroux was released on parole after just three years' imprisonment.[2] He was arrested again in 1996 on suspicion of having abducted, tortured, and sexually abused six girls aged between 8 and 19, four of whom were killed. Dutroux's widely publicized trial ended with his conviction on all charges in 2004; he was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment.

Dutroux's accomplices included his wife, Michelle Martin; Michel Lelièvre; Michel Nihoul; and Bernard Weinstein. Martin was convicted and sentenced to thirty years in prison, while Lelièvre was sentenced to twenty-five years. Nihoul, "a Brussels businessman, pub-owner and familiar face at sex parties",[3] was initially tried as an accomplice to the kidnappings but was acquitted owing to insufficient evidence; he was instead convicted of involvement in a gang that participated in human and drug trafficking, and was sentenced to five years in prison.[4] Weinstein was never tried as he was murdered by Dutroux before being identified as an accomplice.

The lenient result of Dutroux's first prosecution, as well as shortcomings on the part of the police in investigating his murders, caused widespread discontent in Belgium with the country's criminal justice system, resulting in the complete reorganisation of Belgium's law enforcement agencies. In the White March held on 20 October 1996, 300,000 Belgian citizens protested the mishandling of the case. V

LPotL needs to do an episode on this, unless they already have...