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Marie Latelle
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The Case of Marie Latelle
By: Samantha Hall
Summary
Details
Marie Latelle was murdered in her parents' home around midnight in Lyons, France. The night of her murder showed no signs of break-in. Marie was dating Emile Gourbin, who got jealous when Marie would flirt with other guys. Because of their relationship, Marie would have let Gourbin in at anytime without hesitation.. Gourbin becamse a prime suspect but had a strong alibi from a big group of friends whom he was with all night. Because of this, they scraped under his nails for more evidence, finding powder and skin cells. This poweder turned out to be a makeup that was speciality made for Marie by a chemist in Lyons because makeup was not very populr at the time. Because of this finding, Gourbin pled guilty for the entire murder and coverup story, changig the time so his friends whould leave earlier than they tought so he could go murder Marie out of pure jealousy.
Who
Victim
- Marie Latelle
Perpetrator
- Emile Gourbin
Who
What
What
Marie Latelle was murdered in her parents' home. The prime suspect was her boyfriend, Emile Gourbin.
Although Gourbin had a strong alibi, Police suspicions grew when they took samples from under his nails, riveling powder and skin cells, ultimateky being discovered to be Maries custom made makeup made individually for her causing him to be guilty of the crimes.
When
Marie Latelle was murdered around midnight in 1912. Her boyfriend, Emile Gourbin, was suposedely located at his house with a bunch of friends all night long.
There was no signs of breakin or forced entry at Marie's house making it even more believable that she would have just let her boyfriend in at any time during the night.
When
Where
The murder of Marie Latelle happened at her parents' house in Lyons, France.
Where
How
Marie Latelle was strangled to death by her boyfriend, Emile Gourbin. He was caught by a collection of powder and dirt from under his nails that were discovered to ber Maries' makeup and skin cells.
How
Evidence significance to the Outcome
Due to unadvanced technology at the time, if there were just skin cells under Gourbin's nail, they wouldn't have been able to identify the cells to connect him to the murder of Marie. But since there was makeup poweder
Significance
Sources
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVlfW0GVKWY