Murder of Laetitia Toureaux -
Murder of Laetitia Toureaux - Laetitia Toureaux Found Dead (1937) Sometimes even the most mild mannered people have a deadly secret. On May 16th 1937 a young woman was found dead inside the Paris Metro in a case that only got more and more juicy as the victim’s clever lies were peeled back for all the world to see. Secrets that also kept her case from ever being truly solved. Laetitia Nourrissat Toureaux (Oyace, 11 September 1907 – Paris, 16 May 1937) was a murder victim. She was found dead in a Paris Métro carriage at Porte Dorée on 16 May 1937. This crime was widely discussed at the time, and the interwar period generated multiple speculations, involving the secret services and the violent political group La Cagoule.Toureaux entered an unoccupied metro car at one stop, and was found stabbed to death less than 90 seconds later at the next stop. Toureaux was the first person to be killed on the Paris Métro. Police investigations, led by Commissioner Badin, found that the victim was lea...