Christian Dornier

Christian Dornier (born 1958) was a French spree killer, who, for no apparent reason, shot to death his sister and mother and wounded his father with a shotgun on July 12, 1989, afterwards driving through the village of Luxiol and the adjacent area, shooting people at random. A total of 14 people were killed and eight others injured in his half-hour shooting spree, before police managed to subdue him.

He was diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia and thus could not be held accountable for his crime according to French law, much to the anger of the victims' families. He has been treated in a psychiatric hospital in Sarreguemines since April 1991.^[1]

Victims

• Jeanne Dornier, 57, Christian Dornier's mother
• Corinne Dornier, 26, Christian Dornier's sister
• Marcel Lechine, 45
• Johann Robez-Masson, 10
• Johnny Robez-Masson, 14
• Stanislas Périllard, 79
• Marie Périllard, 81, sister of Stanislas Périllard
• Louis Cuenot, 67
• Louis Liard, 50
• Pauline Faivre-Pierret, 5
• Louis Girardot, 47
• Georges Pernin, 40, teacher from Autechaux
• Marie-Alice Champroy
• Pierre Boeuf

External links

• Retour sur la tuerie de Luxiol 16 ans après (France 3-documentary)
• Christian Dornier at The Wacky World of Murder
• World Notes, Time Magazine (July 24, 1989)
• El múltiple homicida de Francia disparó hace un mes contra un vecino, El Pais (July 14, 1989)
• Le village sans coupable, l'Humanité (July 13, 1990)
• French farmer kills mother, sister, 12 others, The Boston Globe (July 13, 1989)
• French village mourns victims of shooting rampage, The Austin American-Statesman (July 15, 1989)
• French farmer charged in 14 slayings, The Deseret News (July 15, 1989) (p. 2)
• Dans le Doubs, un forcené tue quatorze personnes Terreur au village, Le Monde (July 14, 1989)
• French farmer on spree kills his mother, sister, 12 others, Rome News-Tribune (July 13, 1989)
• Farmer kills 14 persons during shooting rampage, The Prescott Courier (July 13, 1989)
• 14 die, as village misfit goes on shooting rampage, The Sydney Morning Herald (July 14, 1989)
• French farmer kills 14 with shotgun from car, Ocala Star-Banner (July 13, 1989)
• Gunman kills 14, wounds 10 in France, Manila Standard (July 14, 1989)
• Half-hour slaughter kills French villagers, The Simcoe Reformer (July 13, 1989)
• Man kills 14 in France, including mother, sister, Toledo Blade (July 13, 1989)
• Farmer in France goes on shooting rampage, Wilmington Morning Star (July 13, 1989)
• Village stunned by mass killing, Wilmington Morning Star (July 14, 1989)
• Man opens fire, kills 14 in France, The Milwaukee Sentinel (July 13, 1989)
• Village panel had discussed gunman, The Milwaukee Sentinel (July 14, 1989)
• Farmer's rampage fatal to 14, Spokane Chronicle (July 13, 1989)
• Suspect guarded after slayings, Spokane Chronicle (July 14, 1989)

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