Francis Heaulme referred to assize court for 12th murder, that of a farmer in 1986
Serial killer Francis Heaulme will stand trial for the murder of a farmer committed in 1986. He has already been convicted of 11 homicides.
Francis Heaulme faces assize court for twelfth homicide
According to franceinfo - Justice, French serial killer Francis Heaulme is referred before the assize court for the murder of a farmer perpetrated in 1986, a case for which he had nevertheless benefited from a non-suit.
Nicknamed "the hitchhiker killer", Heaulme has already been convicted of 11 homicides, committed during the 1980s and 1990s. He has been incarcerated since 1992.
This new judicial referral reopens a file that was believed to be closed, and brings to twelve the number of criminal cases in which the name of Francis Heaulme appears as the accused before the courts.
Source: franceinfo - Justice