Murder in the Alps
2022– · Channel 4 · 60 min · 1 season
S01E03 · Episode 3
Wed, 29 June, 6:00 am
The conclusion of the crime documentary asks why so much attention was focused on prime suspect Zaid Al-Hilli, who was eventually released without charge. Former senior investigating police officer Mark Preston turns the case on its head with a surprising new theory, and other investigators examine whether the killer could still be found, almost a decade after the shootings.
About
Murder in the Alps follows the murders of the Al-Hilli family and Sylvain Mollier, in Chevaline on the 5th of September 2012.
Episodes
- E01
Episode 1
Mon, 27 June· 60 minDocumentary exploring the 2012 murder of British computer engineer Saad Al-Hilli, his dentist wife Ikbal, and her mother Suhaila in the woods near Lake Annecy, a case that has gone unsolved for 10 years. Caught up in a media whirlwind, Saad's brother Zaid was eventually arrested under suspicion of conspiracy to murder and accused of organising the killings of his brother and family over an inheritance dispute.
- E02
Episode 2
Tue, 28 June· 60 minThe second episode sees Saad Al-Hilli's brother Zaid arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, and follows leads that take investigators to Switzerland, Iraq and the USA. Detectives hunt for a motorcyclist with a distinctive helmet spotted near the crime scene, the FBI help to uncover a secret marriage, journalists dig into connections with the Iraqi regime, and police find a Swiss bank account containing almost a million euros.
- E03
Episode 3
Wed, 29 June· 60 minThe conclusion of the crime documentary asks why so much attention was focused on prime suspect Zaid Al-Hilli, who was eventually released without charge. Former senior investigating police officer Mark Preston turns the case on its head with a surprising new theory, and other investigators examine whether the killer could still be found, almost a decade after the shootings.