6 November 1956 (+) is born in Brussel, Belgium.

24 June 1995 (x) 8-year-old Julie Lejeune and Mélissa Russo are abducted by Dutroux in Grâce-Hollogne, Belgium.

6 December 1995 (x) is imprisoned for car theft in Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes, Belgium.

13 December 1995 (x) A search of the house of Dutroux by state policeman René Michaux fails to discover 8-year-old Julie Lejeune and Mélissa Russo who are kept in a dungeon in his basement in Marcinelle, Belgium.

19 December 1995 (x) A search of the house of Dutroux fails to discover 8-year-old Julie Lejeune and Mélissa Russo who are kept in a dungeon in his basement in Marcinelle, Belgium.

20 March 1996 (x) is released from prison in Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes, Belgium.

28 March 1996 (x) abducted and held imprisoned Sabine Dardenne in Kain, Belgium.

9 August 1996 (x) abducted and held imprisoned Laetitia Delhez in Bertrix, Belgium.

13 August 1996 (x) is arrested with his wife Michelle Martin and accomplice Michel Lelièvre on suspicion of kidnapping in Marcinelle, Belgium.

23 April 1998 (x) escapes from the courthouse, where he was consulting the records for his defence, by knocking down a state trooper and running out of the building in Neufchateau, Belgium.