The Killer of Little Shepherds: The Case of the French Ripper and the Birth of Forensic Science

The Killer of Little Shepherds: The Case of the French Ripper and the Birth of Forensic Science

Douglas Starr

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FörlagSimon & Schuster UK
ISBN9780857201683

At the end of the nineteenth century, serial murderer Joseph Vacher, dubbed "The Killer of Little Shepherds," terrorized the French countryside. He eluded authorities for years-until he ran up against prosecutor Emile Fourquet and Dr. Alexandre Lacassagne, the era's most renowned criminologist. The