Pierre Chanal

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Pierre Chanal (Saint-Étienne, Loire, 18 November 1946 – Reims, 15 October 2003) was a French soldier and suspected serial killer. He was convicted of the rape and kidnapping of a young Hungarian man (Balázs Falvay) whom he picked up hitch-hiking in 1988. He received a 10-year sentence for the attack, and was released in 1995 on probation. He was accused of murdering three of eight young men who disappeared in northeastern France between 1980 and 1987.^[1] One of his alleged victims was Irishman Trevor O'Keeffe.^[2] Chanal committed suicide in prison in 2003 while on trial.

References

↑ "O'Keefe accused man is found dead". RTÉ News. 15 October 2003. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
↑ Finian, Tim (Jul 14, 2002). "Mother wins legal battle to bring rapist to court over son's kidnap". Sunday Mirror. France: FindArticles. Retrieved 22 March 2011.

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Name	Chanal, Pierre
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Date of birth	18 November 1946
Place of birth	Saint-Étienne, Loire
Date of death	15 October 2003
Place of death	Reims

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