January 1, 1971 - Celine Lesage
Over the course of seven years, Lesage concealed six pregnancies and killed each child shortly after birth, a pattern that went undetected until 2009. The case drew attention to the phenomenon of neonaticide — the killing of newborns — and to how social and psychological pressures can enable repeated acts of concealment within an otherwise ordinary domestic setting. Her 2010 conviction covered six deaths, each attributed to direct physical action.
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Céline 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 and strangled two. On October 19, 2007, a new boyfriend, Luc Margueritte, found the six bodies in the basement of the apartment he and Lesage were sharing. She was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murders.
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