Pauline Dubuisson
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- Gender
- female
- Country
- France
- Location
- Paris, France
- Date of birth
- March 11, 1926
- Age at first offence
- 25
- Characteristics
- murder-suicide
- Victim profile
- Felix Bailey (her former lover)
- Method of murder
- Shooting
- Date(s) of murder
- March 17, 1951
- Years active
- 1951
- Date of arrest
- Same day
- Status
-
Died in custody
Released in 1959; life in prison sentence after being revived following a homicide and suicide attempt, and she finally died by suicide on 19 September 1963
Background
Pauline Dubuisson was the mistress of a German Colonel at 17. She kept a notebook of his and other lovers’ performances. She was listed by the Resistance as a Nazi collaborator. She enrolled as a medical student in 1946. She had a stormy affair with fellow student Felix Bailey until 1949, when they parted.
The offence
Pauline Dubuisson attempted a reconciliation with Felix Bailey, but he had plans to marry another. On March 17, 1951, Dubuisson shot and killed him and gassed herself.
Arrest
She was revived after gassing herself.
Trial
She was given a sentence of life in prison.
Sentencing
She was sentenced to life in prison in 1953.
Outcome
She was released in 1959. Finally, she managed to kill herself on September 19, 1963.
Aftermath
Pauline Dubuisson died by suicide on September 19, 1963.
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