Martin Dumollard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French serial killer
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Place of Birth: Tramoyes, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
About Martin Dumollard
- Martin Dumollard (June 22, 1810 in Tramoyes - March 8, 1862 in Montluel) was a French serial killer condemned to the guillotine after having been arrested and charged with the deaths of maids from 1855 to 1861.
- His victims were approached in Lyon by Dumollard, who offered them a nice house in Côtière.
- Convinced, they would eventually follow him and, during their wanderings on foot, he attacked them.
- All twelve assaults or attempted assaults occurred in the late 1850s and early 1860s until that of Marie Pichon on May 28, 1861.
- He was quickly arrested, along with his wife and accomplice, Marie-Anne Martinet, who stole the personal belongings and used them for resale.
- Their trial took place from January 29 to February 1, 1862: Dumollard was sentenced to death and his wife, twenty years of penal labour.
- This affair, which preceded that of Joseph Vacher by about thirty years, had a great repercussion in France; it is often considered one of the first cases of a serial killer in France.
- Dumollard is notably mentioned in Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.
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