Almost Perfect Crimes: The Bommiers Killings

This series investigates the most notorious, infamous and terrifying crimes in French history. Cases that – in may cases – inspired films and novels. Join Danielle Thiéry, the first female chief superintendent, on a journey to the dark side of human nature.

In July 1946, the Carteron family was found murderered at their family farm, les Ajoncs-Barrats, near to the town of Bommiers in the Indre department. The father, the mother and the eldest child as well as young Claude, an adopted orphan, were all slaughtered. The killings had all the ingredients of an assassination, but the superintendent of the enquiry got lost amongst some bad leads and his investigations made no headway.

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