Guy Georges

Guy Georges (born Guy Rampillon, October 15, 1962, in Vitry-le-François

Vitry-le-François

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, France

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) is a French

French people

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 serial killer

Serial killer

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, dubbed "The Beast of the Bastille", who was convicted of murdering seven women between 1991 and 1997.

Biography

Born Guy Rampillon to a French mother and an American father (George Cartwright, a soldier) who abandoned him as a small child.

From 1991 to 1997, Guy Georges assaulted, tortured, raped and killed seven women in the neighbourhood of the famed Revolutionary-era Paris

Paris

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ian prison, the Bastille

Bastille

The Bastille was a fortress in Paris, known formally as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France. The Bastille was built in response to the English threat to the city of...

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Georges was arrested on March 26, 1998 and admitted his guilt to police. Described by psychiatrists as a "narcissistic psychopath", he was sentenced in April 2001 to life imprisonment

Life imprisonment

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, without the possibility of parole for 22 years.

Murders

• January 24, 1991– Pascale Escarfail, 19 (raped and murdered)
• January 7, 1994 – Catherine Rocher, 27 (raped and murdered)
• November 8, 1994 – Elsa Benady, 22 (raped and murdered)
• December 10, 1994 – Agnes Nijkamp, Dutch
  Dutch people
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  , 33 (raped and murdered)
• July 8, 1995 – Hélène Frinking, 27 (raped and murdered)
• September 23, 1997 – Magalie Sirotti, 19 (raped and murdered)
• November 16, 1997 – Estelle Magd, 25 (raped and murdered)

Other crimes

• 1976 – Roselyne (adoptive sister), attempted strangulation
• 1978 – Christiane (adoptive sister), attempted strangulation
• February 1979 – Pascale C., attempted strangulation
• May 1980 – Jocelyne S., attacked
• May 1980 – Roselyne C., attacked, stabbed in face
• November 16, 1981 – Nathalie C., 18, raped, stabbed and left for dead
• June 7, 1982 - Violette K., raped, stabbed and strangled but escaped
• February 1984 – Pascale N., 21, raped, stabbed but escaped
• April 22, 1992 – Éléonore D., assaulted
• January 13, 1994 – Annie L., attacked
• June 1995 – Élisabeth O., assaulted
• August 25, 1995 - Mélanie B., assaulted
• October 1997 - Valérie L., assaulted

Media

• Beast of the Bastille (Guy Georges). Format: DVD-R. Number of Discs: 1. Run Time: 50 Minutes. ISBN 1422915948
• The Beast of the Bastille: Guy Georges, Crime & Investigation Network, 44 Minutes, Size: 318 MB, Certificate: 12 / 7pm

External links

• The Beast of Bastille Guy Georges (biography)