Gabriel Socley
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- Gender
- male
- Country
- France
- Location
- Chaumont, Haute-Marne department, France
- Date of birth
- 1905
- Age at first offence
- 30
- Characteristics
- rape, history of mental illness, abuse, fugitive
- Victim profile
- Nicole Marescot, 4
- Method of murder
- Strangulation
- Date(s) of murder
- April 20, 1935
- Years active
- 1935
- Date of arrest
- —
- Status
-
Released
Overturned on December 17, 1936; resentenced to life in prison on February 20, 1937; released in 1960
Case details
Gabriel Socley was sentenced to death for the rape, and the later status of the case involved an overturned decision followed by resentencing to life in prison.
Background
On April 19, 1935, little girl Nicole Marescot, four and a half years old, was removed to his parents' home at Chaumont.
The disappearance caused great excitement among the public, especially since it occurred at the same time that the case Lindbergh.
Gabriel Socley had a history of indecent assault. He made stubborn denials.
Gabriel Socley was later interned at the center of psychotherapeutic of Sarreguemines after his arrest in the Yonne.
The offence
Nicole Marescot’s body was found in a wood adjoining the city after six months of investigations.
The child was raped and strangled.
Investigation
After six months of investigations, the child's body was found in a wood adjoining the city.
Trial
Gabriel Socley was sentenced to death.
A small procedural irregularity cancelled the decision.
He was retried in Dijon and condemned to hard labour for life.
Sentencing
Gabriel Socley was sentenced to death, but the decision was cancelled due to a procedural irregularity.
The decision was overturned on December 17, 1936.
He was resentenced to life in prison on February 20, 1937.
Appeals
The death sentence decision was overturned on December 17, 1936.
Aftermath
Gabriel Socley was released in 1960.
After a month, he tried, after a month, cause a girl.
He was put to flight by passers-by.
Gabriel Socley was arrested in the Yonne and interned at the center of psychotherapeutic of Sarreguemines.
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