2019 public administrator case involving slain Frenchwoman finally laid to rest
Seven years after a Frenchwoman with property in Douglas County was murdered by her sole immediate heir, her estate was finally settled on Tuesday.
The case involving cosmetics entrepreneur Marie-Alice Dibon’s estate began when her body was found floating in the Oise River near Paris on April 22, 2019. Police were seeking her longtime beau for her murder, asserting he’d drugged and smothered her before stuffing her in a suitcase and dropping her in the river.
Two weeks into the manhunt, the man stepped out in front of a truck. At the time of her death, Dibon owned a Roundhill condo and two corporations in Douglas County.
Her case was turned over to the Public Administrator’s Office because the main heir was dead. The case couldn’t be settled until it was determined Dibon’s mother would inherit most of her estate.
There was also a public administrator case dating back to 2020 on last week’s district court calendar that was closed.
The case was one of 32 still active when elected Administrator Steve Walsh resigned in December 2024. Rather than elect a new public administrator, commissioners converted it to a paid county position.
“We still have 24 cases from the previous public administrator that we are working on closing out,” Community Services Director Brook Adie said. “Our hope, unless we run into challenges, is to have them all closed by the end of June.”
