Victor Prévost
Victor Joseph Prévost (December 11, 1836 – January 19, 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 neighborhood 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." Biography Youth and apprenticeship Victor Joseph Prévost was born in Mormant, Seine-et-Marne, France on December 11, 1836. His father, Pierre, was a coachman, and his mother, Barbe (née Griette), was unemployed. He had two older brothers: Leon and Adolphe, four and two years older respectively. From birth, Prévost was afflicted with bulimia, particularly inherited from his father, which remained with him for the rest of his life. At the age of 14, Prévost's parents placed him as an apprentice at a trellis manufacturer on Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris. Although surrounded by young girls at an