Calls to Romania probed in Alps murder inquiry

Police probing the murder of a British-Iraqi family in the French Alps last year are looking into telephone calls to Romania made from the phone of the brother of one of the victims, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation said.

Annecy Prosecutor Eric Maillaud said Romanian authorities had been asked to help establish who Zaid al-Hilli, the brother of Saad al-Hilli, had apparently been calling but they had not been able to identify the numbers.

“There were calls made from the phone of Saad al-Hilli’s brother to Romania,” Maillaud said. “A formal request for assistance was made to Romania several months ago but so far it has not produced anything.”