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'''Émile Louis''' (21 January 1934 – 20 October 2013)<ref>[http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/le-tueur-en-serie-emile-louis-est-mort-20-10-2013-3243343.php "Le tueur en série Emile Louis est mort"], le Parisien, 20 October 2013</ref> was a French bus driver and the prime suspect in the disappearance of seven young women in the ''[[département]]'' of [[Yonne]], [[Burgundy]], in the late 1970s. In 2000 Louis confessed to their murders; he retracted this confession one month later.
'''Émile Louis''' (21 January 1934 – 20 October 2013)<ref>[http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/le-tueur-en-serie-emile-louis-est-mort-20-10-2013-3243343.php "Le tueur en série Emile Louis est mort"], ''[[Le Parisien]]'', 20 October 2013.</ref> was a French bus driver and the prime suspect in the disappearance of seven young women in the [[Yonne]] [[Departments of France|department]], [[Burgundy]], in the late 1970s. He confessed to their murders in 2000, but retracted this confession one month later. Louis was sentenced to life in prison by the ''[[cour d'assises]]'' of [[Yonne]] in 2004. The sentence, which was upheld on appeal in 2006, was confirmed by the [[Court of Cassation (France)|Court of Cassation]] in 2007.


==Disappearances==
==Disappearances==
Louis was a prime suspect in the disappearances in the Yonne ''Département'' of seven young women with mild mental deficiencies between 1975 and 1980. The disappearances initially did not attract much attention, as the girls had no close relatives and lived in homes for the handicapped; it was assumed that they had simply run away.<ref name=bbc>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4045359.stm "French serial killer given life"], BBC.co.uk, 26 November 2004</ref> A local detective, Christian Jambert, looked into the possible crimes as early as 1981. However, his reports were ignored, and he later died under mysterious circumstances.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/france/story/0,11882,1341300,00.html Guardian: Murder trial likely to reveal cover-ups]</ref>
Louis was a prime suspect in the disappearances in the Yonne ''Département'' of seven young women with mild mental deficiencies between 1975 and 1980. The disappearances initially did not attract much attention, as the girls had no close relatives and lived in homes for the disabled; it was assumed that they had simply run away.<ref name=bbc>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4045359.stm "French serial killer given life"], BBC.co.uk, 26 November 2004</ref> A local detective, Christian Jambert, looked into the possible crimes as early as 1981. However, his reports were ignored.


After a long depression following this episode, Jambert committed suicide by gunshot in 1997. Because of two different impacts on Jambert's skull, police doubted the suicide thesis at first. After investigations, it appeared that Jambert's carbine was modified to shoot in burst mode, and might have caused several skull wounds. The suicide thesis was then confirmed by Justice on several occasions.
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In 1992, Pierre Charrier, the head of the Yonne APAJH association managing the home for handicapped young people where the missing girls had been staying, was sentenced to six years in prison for raping a 23-year-old handicapped woman.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/dec/31/stuartjeffries.theobserver "Serial killer's confession leads to trail of care home abuses"], The Guardian, 31 December 2000</ref>

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In 1992, Pierre Charrier, the head of the Yonne APAJH association managing the home for disabled young people where the missing girls had been staying, was sentenced to six years in prison for raping a 23-year-old disabled woman.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/dec/31/stuartjeffries.theobserver "Serial killer's confession leads to trail of care home abuses"], The Guardian, 31 December 2000</ref>


In 2000, Louis confessed to two of the murders, and gave information as to where the bodies could be found, which police were able to use to recover the bodies from shallow graves. He later retracted his confession, but was convicted of the seven murders in November 2004, and sentenced to life in prison.<ref name=bbc />
In 2000, Louis confessed to two of the murders, and gave information as to where the bodies could be found, which police were able to use to recover the bodies from shallow graves. He later retracted his confession, but was convicted of the seven murders in November 2004, and sentenced to life in prison.<ref name=bbc />


== Death ==
==Death==
Louis died on 20 October 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24605535 | title=France serial killer Emile Louis dead | publisher=BBC News | accessdate=20 October 2013}}</ref> In the newspaper it was mentioned that he died in a secure hospital aged 79.
Louis died on 20 October 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24605535 | title=France serial killer Emile Louis dead | publisher=BBC News | accessdate=20 October 2013}}</ref> In the newspaper it was mentioned that he died in a secure hospital aged 79.

==See also==
* [[List of French serial killers]]

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==External links==
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*[https://www.theguardian.com/france/story/0,11882,1341300,00.html Guardian: Murder trial likely to reveal cover-ups]
*[https://www.theguardian.com/france/story/0,11882,1341300,00.html Guardian: Murder trial likely to reveal cover-ups]
*[http://archquo.nouvelobs.com/cgi/articles?ad=societe/20040401.OBS6935.html Detailed chronology (in French)]
*[http://archquo.nouvelobs.com/cgi/articles?ad=societe/20040401.OBS6935.html Detailed chronology (in French)]

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Latest revision as of 20:32, 22 May 2024

Émile Louis (21 January 1934 – 20 October 2013)[1] was a French bus driver and the prime suspect in the disappearance of seven young women in the Yonne department, Burgundy, in the late 1970s. He confessed to their murders in 2000, but retracted this confession one month later. Louis was sentenced to life in prison by the cour d'assises of Yonne in 2004. The sentence, which was upheld on appeal in 2006, was confirmed by the Court of Cassation in 2007.

Disappearances

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Louis was a prime suspect in the disappearances in the Yonne Département of seven young women with mild mental deficiencies between 1975 and 1980. The disappearances initially did not attract much attention, as the girls had no close relatives and lived in homes for the disabled; it was assumed that they had simply run away.[2] A local detective, Christian Jambert, looked into the possible crimes as early as 1981. However, his reports were ignored.

After a long depression following this episode, Jambert committed suicide by gunshot in 1997. Because of two different impacts on Jambert's skull, police doubted the suicide thesis at first. After investigations, it appeared that Jambert's carbine was modified to shoot in burst mode, and might have caused several skull wounds. The suicide thesis was then confirmed by Justice on several occasions.

In 1992, Pierre Charrier, the head of the Yonne APAJH association managing the home for disabled young people where the missing girls had been staying, was sentenced to six years in prison for raping a 23-year-old disabled woman.[3]

In 2000, Louis confessed to two of the murders, and gave information as to where the bodies could be found, which police were able to use to recover the bodies from shallow graves. He later retracted his confession, but was convicted of the seven murders in November 2004, and sentenced to life in prison.[2]

Death

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Louis died on 20 October 2013.[4] In the newspaper it was mentioned that he died in a secure hospital aged 79.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Le tueur en série Emile Louis est mort", Le Parisien, 20 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b "French serial killer given life", BBC.co.uk, 26 November 2004
  3. ^ "Serial killer's confession leads to trail of care home abuses", The Guardian, 31 December 2000
  4. ^ "France serial killer Emile Louis dead". BBC News. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
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