Klaus Schmider, author of "Werner Mölders and the Bundeswehr", states that his victor may have been Pomier-Layrargues. However, Schmider also acknowledges the research done by Braatz, indicating that Mölders could also have been shot down by Germans. French records held at Oise reveal that initially eight civilians had been arrested for the Mölders beating and only one, Edmond Maurice Caron, was brought before a Luftwaffe court. Caron was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment later commuted to six years. The records also show that Michel Duchènes, a local factory owner, contacted Görings staff in early 1941. Contact with "Kriegsgerichtsrat" (Judge Advocate) Hans-Jürgen Soehring at the Luftwaffe headquarters in Paris was established on 6 March 1941. On 24 March, Mölders informed Duchènes that he had already done all he could for Caron. Duchènes again contacted Mölders on 17 July 1941. Caron, who should have been released on 19 November 1946 was released from the Rheinbach prison on 9 February 1942. Carons release records in Oise state "Pardoned by Marshal Göring at the request of Colonel Mölders, who had requested this before his death."