Albert Pel
Albert Pel | |
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Portrait of Pel by artist Henri Meyer for the newspaper Le Journal illustré, November 2, 1884 | |
| Born | Félix-Albert Pel 12 June 1849 Aigueblanche, Savoie Department, France |
| Died | 9 June 1924 (aged 74) New Caledonia Prison, New Caledonia |
| Other names | "The Watchmaker of Montreuil" |
| Conviction | Murder |
| Criminal penalty | Death; commuted to life imprisonment with hard labour |
| Details | |
| Victims | 1–4 |
Span of crimes | 1872–1884 |
| Country | France |
Date apprehended | July 1884 |
Félix-Albert Pel (12 June 1849 – 9 June 1924) was a French suspected serial killer. He was nicknamed The Watchmaker of Montreuil.
The serial killer Landru was compared to Pel at his own trial because of the many similarities between the two cases.