Murder of Laetitia Toureaux

Laetitia Nourrissat Toureaux (1907–1937) was a famous murder victim. She was found dead in a Paris Métro carriage at Porte Dorée on 16th May, 1937. This crime was widely discussed at the time, and the interwar period generated multiple speculations, involving the secret services and La Cagoule.[1]

Toureaux was the first person to be killed on the Paris Métro.[2][3] Police investigations, lead by Commissioner Badin[4] found that the victim was leading a double life,[5][6] and that her entire family, originally from Italy, had relocated to France. Many Italians came to Paris at the time in search of work.[7] Toureaux worked during the day in a factory,[6] but was found to also be working under a false name as an attendant at a dance hall with a seedy reputation, and frequently making discreet visits to the Italian Embassy. She was known to have had various lovers, leading police to initially suspect a crime of passion. However, further investigation revealed she had been working as a spy.[7] She had been employed to infiltrate La Cagoule,[1] a far-right terrorist group that was often overlooked later in post-war France.[1]

The case was dropped two years later at the outbreak of the Second World War.

Adaptation

On 29 June 1978, one episode of the French TV series De mémoire d'homme (English translation: 'From man's memory') was based on the murder of Laetitia Toureaux. The episode was named L'affaire Laetitia Toureaux ou Le crime parfait. (English translation: 'The case of Laetitia Toureaux / the perfect crime')

A book named "Murder in a Metro" was written about the crime.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Murder in the Métro". Google Books. 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  2. 1 2 Deutsch, Stephanie (2014-10-10). "BOOK REVIEW: 'Murder in the Metro'". The Washingtion Times. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
  3. ↑ David King (19 January 2012). Death In The City Of Light: The True Story of the Serial Killer Who Terrorised Wartime Paris. Little, Brown Book Group. pp. 161–. ISBN 978-0-7481-3235-5.
  4. ↑ nbonnell (2012-05-12). "1937 - Porte de Charenton, l'énigme du meurtre de Laetitia Toureaux". Paris Unplugged (in French). Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  5. ↑ "Der perfekte Mord an der schönen Laetitia (29)". www.bild.de/. Bild.
  6. 1 2 Michelle Spring; Laurie R. King (15 August 2013). Crime and Thriller Writing: A Writers' & Artists' Companion. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 127–. ISBN 978-1-4725-2965-7.
  7. 1 2 Paul Copperwaite (3 November 2011). The Mammoth Book of Undercover Cops. Little, Brown Book Group. pp. 80–. ISBN 978-1-84901-733-6.
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