Victor Prévost
Victor Prévost | |
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Mugshot from Prévost's arrest in 1879 | |
| Born | Victor Joseph Prévost 11 December 1836 |
| Died | 19 January 1880 (aged 43) Paris, France |
| Cause of death | Guillotined |
| Other names | "The Butcher of La Chapelle" "The Handsome Man" |
| Conviction | Murder |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | 2–4 |
Span of crimes | 1867–1879 |
| Country | France |
| State | Île-de-France |
Date apprehended | 1879 |
Victor Joseph Prévost (11 December 1836 – 19 January 1880), also known as The La Chapelle Butcher and The Handsome Man, was a French former butcher, cuirassier, cent-gardes, policeman, murderer and possible serial killer. He killed at least two victims, and tried to hide his crimes by decapitating his victims. Because of Prévost's profession as a policeman in his neighbourhood where he committed his crimes, his military past in a renowned elite corps and what he did with the victims' bodies, his case caused a great impact on the contemporary public: "Since the Abadie trial, no criminal case had interested the French public as much."