Hollywood CGI Pioneer Found In Burnt-Out Car On Caribbean Island
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A feud with a neighbor allegedly led to the murder of Hollywood CGI pioneer Daniel Langlois and his girlfriend, Dominique Marchand, who were both found in a burned-out car on the Caribbean island Domnica. What’s even more bizarre is a chocolatier who is the couple’s neighbor, 57-year-old Jonathan Lehrer, has been accused of masterminding the double homicide.
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Reportedly, Lehrer had a long-standing feud with the couple over who got to use a road by both their properties. According to The Telegraph, Langlois sued Lehrer for blocking a public road which goes through the latter’s private property.
Documents in 2019 indicated the fight had been raging for up to five years, with accusations that Lehrer even constructed obstacles to make the road unpassable. This certainly would be the first time a long-standing neighbor dispute ended in violence, sadly.
Ultimately, the state’s highest court ruled the road was to remain open to the public. Four years later, it appears Lehrer was still fuming about the outcome. Exactly what his alleged contributions to his neighbors’ deaths are hasn’t been revealed, yet.
The police investigation has reportedly concluded that Langlois’ and Marchand’s car drove off the road and into a ravine where it caught fire. While the bodies hadn’t been formally identified, authorities seemed confident they belonged to the couple.
Langlois is best know for founding Softimage, a firm which pioneered 3D animation. Among its many famous ventures was elements for Jurrassic Park, Titanic, The Matrix, Harry Potter films, and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
Having sold his company to Microsoft in 1994 for a tidy sum of $200 million, Langlois continued acting as president all the way until 1998, adding further to his wealth and status. Retiring from the business, he and Marchand moved to Dominica to pursue a very different passion: building a completely off-the-grid hotel called Coulibri Ridge, which took the couple 20 years to create.
The hotel opened last year boasting not only plenty of solar panels and wind turbines but other innovations like purified rainwater for the infinity pools. Guests paid big bucks to stay at the hotel and explore the lush island.