The Unspeakable Crimes of Dr. Petiot (39 page)

Yvan Dreyfus

Lina Wolff

Gilbert Basch

Denise Hotin

Dr. Paul Braunberger

Kurt and young René Kneller

Margaret and René Kneller

SELECTED LIST OF CHARACTERS

A
DRIEN LE
B
ASQUE
—
See
Estébétéguy, Adrien.

A
LBERTINI
, F
RANÇOIS
(aka François le Corse)—Pimp who, along with his mistress Annette Basset, was among Petiot's presumed victims.

A
LICOT
, H
ENRI
-C
ASIMIR
—Owner of the Hôtel Alicot at 207 bis rue de Bercy, where Maurice Petiot and Albert Neuhausen stayed when in Paris, and where Georgette Petiot spent the day before fleeing to Auxerre after the rue Le Sueur discovery.

A
LLARD
, R
OGER
and A
NDRÉE
—Neighbors and patients of Dr. Braunberger; Roger and Andrée, his mother, told the police confusing stories about Braunberger's disappearance.

A
NNETTE LA
P
OUTE
—
See
Basset, Annette.

A
NSPACH
—
See
Arnsberg, Ludwig and Ludwika.

A
RCHÊVEQUE
, M
AÎTRE
J
ACQUES
—Civil-suit attorney representing Renée Guschinov at the trial.

A
RNOUX
, L
ÉONE
—Former maid and mistress of Georgette Petiot's father, and close friend of Maurice Petiot's family; arrested for receiving stolen goods.

A
RNSBERG
, L
UDWIG
and L
UDWIKA
(aka Anspach, Hollander, Schepers)—Went from Nice to Paris to join their relatives the Basches; presumed victims of Petiot.

A
YACHE
, M
AÎTRE
E
UGÈNE
—Assistant to Floriot during the Petiot murder case.

B
ARRÉ
, G
ERMAINE
—Resistant who was being interrogated by the Gestapo when they released Petiot, and who appeared as a voluntary defense witness at the trial.

B
ARTHOLOMEUS
—
See
Hotin, Denise.

B
ASCH
, G
ILBERT
and M
ARIE
-A
NNE
(aka Baston, Hollander, Schonker)—Friends of the Wolffs and presumed victims of Petiot.

B
ASSET
, A
NNETTE
(aka Petit; Annette la Poute)—Prostitute, mistress of François Albertini, and presumed victim of Petiot.

B
ASTON
—
See
Basch, Gilbert and Marie-Anne.

B
ATUT
, C
HIEF
I
NSPECTOR
M
ARIUS
—Police Judiciaire detective who handled much of the early murder investigation under Massu.

B
AUDET
, R
AYMONDE
—Daughter of Madame Khaït; her drug habit brought her and her mother in contact with Petiot.

B
ERETTA
, C
HARLES
—Collaborated with Friedrich Berger, head of the rue de la Pompe Gestapo office; by pretending to be a candidate for escape, he precipitated the Germans' arrest of Petiot, Fourrier, Pintard, and Nézondet.

B
ERGER
, F
RIEDRICH
—Head of rue de la Pompe Gestapo office, in charge of security in the occupied territory; he arrested Petiot, Fourrier, Pintard, and Nézondet before discovering that he had ruined Jodkum's plans to trace Petiot's “escape network.”

B
ERNAYS
, M
AÎTRE
J
ACQUES
—Civil-suit attorney representing the Wolff family at the trial.

B
ERRY
, G
EORGES
—
Juge d'instruction
who handled the Petiot murder case from the time of the rue Le Sueur discovery until shortly after the Liberation of Paris.

B
ORIS
, C
APTAIN
H
ENRI
—Soldier and friend of Yvan Dreyfus who testified for the prosecution.

B
OUYGUES
, I
NSPECTOR
R
ENÉ
—Policeman whom Roland Porchon supposedly told about Petiot's crimes in the summer of 1943.

B
RAUNBERGER
, M
ARGUERITE
—Dr. Braunberger's wife; Floriot attacked her identification of her husband's hat and shirt at the trial.

B
RAUNBERGER
, D
R
. P
AUL
-L
ÉON
—Disappeared after a telephone call from an anonymous “patient,” then sent several letters to his wife announcing his intention of fleeing to the free zone.

B
ROSSOLETTE
, P
IERRE
—Resistance hero (killed in March 1944) for whom Petiot claimed to have worked.

B
ROUARD
, L
IEUTENANT
A
LBERT
—Member of the DGER (Military Security) who, with Ibarne (Yonnet), investigated Petiot's alleged Resistance activities.

C
ABELGUENNE
, V
ICTOR
—Civilian who may have committed crimes with Duchesne and Salvage, officers from the Caserne de Reuilly.

C
ADORET DE L
'E
PINGUEN
, M
ICHEL
and M
ARIE
—Couple who wished to escape and contacted Petiot through Malfet and Kahan; both Petiot and the Cadorets changed their minds, and the couple successfully left France by another route.

C
ASANOVA
, I
NSPECTOR
—Police Judiciaire detective who worked on the Petiot murder case.

C
EILLIER
, D
R.
—Psychiatrist who examined Petiot after his 1936 arrest for shoplifting and recommended his hospitalization.

C
HAMBERLIN
, H
ENRI
—
See
Lafont, Henri.

C
HAMOUX
, C
LAUDIA
(aka Lulu)—Prostitute, mistress of Joseph Réocreux, and presumed victim of Petiot.

C
HANTIN
, M
ARCEL
—Banker who told Guélin about Fourrier, Pintard, and the escape organization.

C
HARBONNEAUX
, J
EAN
-M
ARIE
—Under the name Cumulo, a member of the Resistance group Rainbow who was killed in 1943; Petiot claimed to have worked with him.

C
LAUDE
, D
R.
—One of three psychiatrists who together recommended Petiot's release from a mental hospital in 1937.

C
OLLOREDO DE
M
ANSFELD
, P
RINCESS
M
ARIA
—The owner of the building at 21 rue Le Sueur before Petiot.

C
OURTOT
, R
OGER
—A Resistant who shared a cell with Petiot at Fresnes and testified on his behalf at his murder trial.

C
OUSIN
, M
AÎTRE
P
AUL
—Assistant to Floriot on the Petiot case; he informed Petiot of the execution date.

C
UMULO
—
See
Charbonneaux, Jean-Marie.

D
EBAUVE
, H
ENRIETTE
and A
RMAND
—Directors of the Villeneuve-sur-Yonne dairy cooperative. In March 1930 Armand found Henriette, his wife, bludgeoned to death in their burning home, and rumor implicated Petiot.

D
ELAVEAU
, L
OUISE
(aka Louisette)—Petiot's young maid and mistress at Villeneuve-sur-Yonne; she disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1926.

D
EQUEKER
—Codirector with Guélin at the Théâtre des Nouveautés and his associate in the scheme for Yvan Dreyfus's release.

D
ÉROBERT
, D
R
. L
ÉON
—Forensic specialist who helped study the rue Le Sueur remains.