Dieter Krombach lived in freedom for years in Germany after the 1982 death of Kalinka Bamberski. France convicted him in absentia of violence leading to unintentional death, but Germany did not extradite him.

Then in 2009, Krombach was kidnapped, tied up and brought to France, and left in front of a French prosecutor’s office. The father of the victim was accused of involvement.

The father says he had to act because the statute of limitations was running out and he wanted Krombach to face justice in France.

The 75-year-old went on trial Tuesday in Paris.