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Similar to the French Alps al-Hilli murders
"In 1952, Boots' top chemist, Sir Jack Drummond, his wife, Lady Ann, and daughter, Elizabeth, were murdered in the south of France.
Sir Jack and his wife, Lady Ann, had been shot. Their daughter Elizabeth had been chased and beaten to death with a rifle butt.
A 75-year-old French man, who used a walking stick, was convicted of the brutal murders.Gaston Dominici was convicted of the murders in November 1954 and sentenced to death by guillotine. However, both the police investigation and the conduct of the trial had been widely criticised and, after two inconclusive inquiries, President René Coty commuted the sentence to life imprisonment. Coty was succeeded in 1959 by President Charles de Gaulle, who ordered Dominici's release on humanitarian grounds, but did not pardon him, nor grant his request for a retrial.[25] Alain Dominici, a baby at the time of the murders, has spent a lifetime campaigning for the innocence of his grandfather.
It was France's crime of the 20th Century and to this day the conspiracy theories are abundant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Drummond
"In 1952, Boots' top chemist, Sir Jack Drummond, his wife, Lady Ann, and daughter, Elizabeth, were murdered in the south of France.
Sir Jack and his wife, Lady Ann, had been shot. Their daughter Elizabeth had been chased and beaten to death with a rifle butt.
A 75-year-old French man, who used a walking stick, was convicted of the brutal murders.Gaston Dominici was convicted of the murders in November 1954 and sentenced to death by guillotine. However, both the police investigation and the conduct of the trial had been widely criticised and, after two inconclusive inquiries, President René Coty commuted the sentence to life imprisonment. Coty was succeeded in 1959 by President Charles de Gaulle, who ordered Dominici's release on humanitarian grounds, but did not pardon him, nor grant his request for a retrial.[25] Alain Dominici, a baby at the time of the murders, has spent a lifetime campaigning for the innocence of his grandfather.
It was France's crime of the 20th Century and to this day the conspiracy theories are abundant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Drummond