Marcel Pétiot
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| Born | January 17, 1897 Auxerre, Yonne |
| Died | May 25, 1946 (aged 49) Prison de la Santé, Paris, France |
| Cause of death | Executed by guillotine |
| Resting place | Cimetière parisien d'Ivry |
| Nationality | French |
| Other names | "Captain Valery" "Docteur Satan" |
| Occupation | General practitioner |
| Criminal charge | Multiple assassinations |
| Criminal penalty | Capital punishment |
| Criminal status | Executed by guillotine on May 25, 1946 |
| Spouse(s) | Georgette Lablais |
| Parent(s) | Félix Petiot and Marthe Bourdon |
| Motive | Gain, serial killer |
| Conviction(s) | Guilty on all charges |
| Killings | |
| Victims | 27 + (over 63 total)(?) |
| Date | 1926?; 1942 - 1944 |
| State(s) | Seine |
| Location(s) | Paris |
| Weapons | Poison (by injection of cyanide) |
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Date apprehended
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October 31, 1944 |
Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot (17 January 1897 – 25 May 1946) was a French doctor and serial killer. He was convicted of multiple murders after the discovery of the remains of 23 people in his home in Paris during World War II. He is suspected of the murder of around 60 victims during his life, although the true number remains unknown.
Petiot was born 17 January 1897 in Auxerre, France. Later accounts make various claims of his delinquency and criminal acts during his youth, but it is unclear whether they were invented afterwards for public consumption. A psychiatrist diagnosed him as mentally ill on 26 March 1914, and Petiot was expelled from school many times. He finished his education in a special academy in Paris in July 1915.
During World War I, Petiot volunteered for the French Army, entering service in January 1916.
In the Second Battle of the Aisne, he was wounded and gassed, and exhibited more symptoms of mental breakdown. He was sent to various rest homes, where he was arrested for stealing army blankets, morphine, and other army supplies, as well as wallets, photographs, and letters; he was jailed in Orléans. In a psychiatric hospital in Fleury-les-Aubrais, he was again diagnosed with various mental illnesses but was returned to the front in June 1918. He was transferred three weeks later after he allegedly injured his own foot with a grenade, but was attached to a new regiment in September. A new diagnosis was enough to get him discharged with a disability pension.
After the war, Petiot entered the accelerated education program intended for war veterans, completed medical school in eight months, and became an intern at the mental hospital in Évreux. He received his medical degree in December 1921 and moved to Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, where he received payment for his services both from the patients and from government medical assistance funds. At this point, he was already using addictive narcotics. While working at Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, he gained a reputation for dubious medical practices, such as supplying narcotics, performing then-illegal abortions, and theft (for example, money from the town's treasury, the bass drum of a local band, and a stone cross).
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