Dubuisson, Pauline (1926–)
Dubuisson, Pauline (1926–)
French murderer. Born 1926 in France.
While attending University of Lille as medical student, met athlete Félix Bailley (1946), with whom she had affair; after he ended relationship (1949) and returned to Paris, received word that he was to marry another; went to Paris and shot him to death before trying to commit suicide by gassing herself (Mar 17, 1951); revived and arrested for his murder, was subject of celebrated case of crime passionel; found guilty of murder without premeditation, was sentenced to penal servitude for life.
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