Celine Lesage (born 1971) is a French woman found guilty in 2010 of murdering six of her newborn babies between 2000 and 2007.
She suffocated four of them, and strangled two.
On October 19, 2007, a new boyfriend, Luc Margueritte, found the six corpses in the basement of the apartment he and Lesage were sharing.
She was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murders.
''French woman sentenced to 15 years for killing six babies'', Guardian
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See also
* Infanticide
Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants or offspring. Infanticide was a widespread practice throughout human history that was mainly used to dispose of unwanted children, its main purpose is the prevention of reso ...
* Véronique Courjault
Véronique Courjault (born Fièvre; 1968) is a French citizen who confessed to having killed three of her babies, two of whom she stored in a freezer at her home. Her case has been referred to in the media as the ''"affaire des bébés congelés, ...
* Dominique Cottrez
Dominique Cottrez is a French woman who admitted killing 8 of her newborn infants.
Murders
Cottrez committed the murders during an approximately 17-year period between 1989 and 2006. She suffocated eight of her children shortly after giving ...
* List of French serial killers
A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more people, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines serial killing ...
References
1971 births
Filicides
French female serial killers
French people convicted of murder
Living people
People convicted of murder by France
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