Michel Peiry
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Michel Peiry | |
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Born | |
Other names | "The Sadist of Romont" |
Conviction(s) | Murder |
Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
Details | |
Victims | 5–11 |
Span of crimes | 1981–1987 |
Country | Switzerland, France, United States, Yugoslavia, Italy |
State(s) | Annecy, Camargue, Valais, Rijeka, Ticino, Neuchâtel, Como, Florida |
Date apprehended | 1 May 1987 |
Michel Peiry (born 28 February 1959), known as The Sadist of Romont, is a Swiss serial killer who killed 5 people between 1981 and 1987.[1]
Described as the worst serial killer known in Switzerland since the
Murders
The first crime attributed to Michel Peiry dates back to 1 September 1981, when the then 22-year-old travelled to the United States. There he met a young Canadian named Sylvestre, who soon disappeared without a trace. Peiry initially confessed to the murder, then retracted his claim, and finally reacknowledged it. Subsequently, he would go back and forth between confessions and retractions for all his other crimes.
On 4 February 1984, Peiry murdered a young man named Frédéric in the Annecy region of France. In June 1985, he murdered his only female victim, a woman named Anne-Laure (or possibly Anne-Fleur, as Peiry could not exactly remember her name) in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Camargue. On 7 May 1986, Peiry killed his first Swiss victim, a young man named Cédric, whose decomposing corpse was found in Albinen, an isolated region of Valais.
In July 1986, Michel Peiry made trips to several
Another victim, the young Vincent, was found burned in March 1987. There were apparent similarities with the Pierre Chanal modus operandi, but this was never proven conclusively. Peiry was suspected in the so-called Mourmelon disappearance case, especially since between 1980 and 1987, Peiry frequented the military zones of northern France and the Valdahon camp in Doubs near the Swiss border. Due to a lack of evidence, this lead was abandoned in 1990.
A month later, on 16 April 1987, a young Frenchman became his ninth victim, in the Como region of Italy. Peiry confessed to his murder but then retracted the confession. Finally, on 24 April 1987, he attacked his last victim, a young man named Thomas, who survived.
Michel Peiry was arrested on 1 May 1987 while doing his military service in the canton of Bern, and was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment by the court.
Peiry was arrested a few days after the disappearance of 19-year-old Patrick Gache, a conscript of the 4th Regiment of Dragoons Mourmelon. No investigation or evidence could be established. In July 1988, Pierre Chanal was arrested in
In 2002 and again in 2009, Peiry made several parole requests, without any success.[1]
Modus operandi
Peiry corresponds perfectly to the typical portrait of an organized
See also
References
Bibliography
- Janick Pont: Michel Peiry: Sexual impulses obscure to crime, Montreux, S. Udrisard Publisher, ISBN 2-88384-001-6
Radio broadcast
- "The case of the Sadist of Romont", 23 February 2016 in Heure de Crime, hosted by Jacques Pradel on RTL
External links
- Michel Peiry "The Sadist of Romont", on pipou.over-blog.com, 22 November 2007 (accessed 1 June 2016)