Celine Lesage Explained

Celine Lesage
Birth Place:France
Conviction:Murder
Sentence:15 years in prison
Victims:6
Beginyear:2000
Endyear:2007
Country:France
States:Normandy
Apprehended:October 2007

Celine Lesage (born 1971) is a French woman found guilty in 2010 of murdering six of her newborn babies between 2000 and 2007.[1] She suffocated four of them, and strangled two.[2] On October 19, 2007, a new boyfriend, Luc Margueritte, found the six corpses in the basement of the apartment he and Lesage were sharing.[3] She was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murders.[4]

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  1. News: Gabbatt. Adam. French woman admits killing six newborn babies. 21 April 2017. The Guardian. 15 March 2010.
  2. News: VEILLE. FREDERIC. Frenchwoman accused of killing 6 of her infants. 21 April 2017. Associated Press. The San Diego Union Tribune. 15 March 2010.
  3. News: Samuel. Henry. French woman 'murdered newborn babies and hid corpses in cellar'. 21 April 2017. Telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph Media Group Limited. 15 Mar 2010. Paris. en.
  4. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/mar/19/french-woman-15-years-babies French woman sentenced to 15 years for killing six babies, Guardian