Émile Louis
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Émile Louis (January 21, 1934 – October 20, 2013)[1] 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.
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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4]
Death
Louis died on 20th October 2013.[5]In the newspaper It was mentioned that he died yesterday in a secure hospital aged (79) Years old.
External links
- BBC News: French 'serial killer' on trial
- Guardian: Murder trial likely to reveal cover-ups
- Detailed chronology (in French)
References
- ^ "Le tueur en série Emile Louis est mort", le Parisien, Oct. 20 2013
- ^ "French serial killer given life", BBC.co.uk, Nov. 26 2004
- ^ Guardian: Murder trial likely to reveal cover-ups
- ^ "Serial killer's confession leads to trail of care home abuses", The Guardian, Dec. 31 2000
- ^ "France serial killer Emile Louis dead". BBC News. Retrieved 20th October 2013.
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