Jacquy Haddouche (19 February 1964 – 23 October 2010) was a French serial killer. He was convicted of three murders committed between 1992 and 2002 and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 22 years."The serial killer dies in prison Article published on October 27, 2010, in Le Parisien"Beauvais: death of Jacquy Haddouche in prison" Article published on October 27, 2010, in L'Observateur de Beauvais
Biography
Youth Haddouche's parents are Algerian. His mother's name is Djouber Azzouz and his father's name is Ahmed Haddouche, a soldier in the French army during the Algerian War; also known as a harki. In 1962, Ahmed was evacuated with his family to France. In Beauvais, in the Oise department, he found a job as a skilled worker at the Lockheed factory. He became an alcoholic and very violent, and was fired from his job.
Haddouche was born on February 19, 1964. He was the third of a twelve children family. He attended George Sand Middle School. He was considered intelligent and sensitive, but unstable, aggressive, impulsive, intolerant, manipulative, and unable to cope with frustration."The nightmare itinerary of Jacquy Haddouche" Article by David Livois published on April 24, 2008, in Le Parisien
In 1979, at the age of 15, the juvenile court judge placed him in a supervised education centre in Méru. He regularly escaped to return to the family home. It was there that he witnessed a traumatic scene. Unable to bear the fact that his wife had filed for divorce and was leaving him, Ahmed Haddouche committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a rifle in front of Jacquy, who was standing close by. He was splattered with blood and his father's body fell on top of him. Traumatised, he dropped out of school and sank into delinquency and drug addiction."A river trial for Jacquy Haddouche" Article published on April 23, 2008, in Le Parisien
First series of crimes and incarcerations In 1980, at the age of 16, Haddouche committed gang rape with a legionnaire ten years his senior. When he was arrested, Haddouche showed no remorse or guilt. He was charged with gang rape and placed in pre-trial detention. On 15 April 1981, the Beauvais Juvenile Court sentenced him to five years' imprisonment. He was released in 1984 after serving four years.
In 1984, Haddouche committed several armed and unarmed robberies. After yet another robbery, several reports led to his identification. Aged 20, Haddouche was arrested and charged with these offences, then placed in pre-trial detention. His trial took place in 1986 before the Assize Court for armed robbery and robbery with violence. Although he faced up to 20 years in prison, he benefited from mitigating circumstances and was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment. Incarcerated at the Liancourt Penitentiary, Haddouche married in 1988 at his mother's instigation.
Release and second series of crimes Haddouche was released in 1990 after six years in prison and moved in with his wife. Their marriage lasted another eight months before ending in divorce. Haddouche proved to be a smooth talker. He knew how to gain the trust of the people he met in order to deceive them. He easily fell in love with his female conquests, but had a violent temper towards his partners.
On the night of 30 November 1992, in Beauvais, Haddouche met Gilles Canette, a 45-year-old French teacher who was divorced and depressed, in the lift. They chatted, and Gilles Canette invited Haddouche to his flat. Around 7 p.m., two boys, students of Gilles, came to talk to him. The teenagers noticed that Haddouche was behaving strangely, as if he were inspecting the rooms of the apartment. They left around 8 p.m. Haddouche spent the evening at Gilles's place. He poisoned Gilles Canette with an antidepressant, cyamemazine, and killed him by asphyxiation. At midnight, Gilles Canette's bank card is used at an ATM. When Gilles wanted money from his account, he always went to the bank to withdraw it; he never used his card at an ATM. On the morning of 1 December, Haddouche goes to see the two teenagers at their home and threatens them to make them say that he was not at Gilles Canette's house the night before. An hour later, Gilles was found naked on his bed by his housekeeper. The police found Haddouche's fingerprint on a bottle of strawberry syrup. He was suspected of the murder. He admitted to having been to Gilles Canette's house before, but not on the date of the murder.
On 13 December 1993, Haddouche was taken into custody. He denied the allegations and stated that he had been in the Paris region at the home of Cloé, his partner of 20 years. Cloé arrived at the police station at just the right moment and confirmed his alibi. When the police asked her for further details, she refused to answer their questions and left the police station. In his police cell, Haddouche attempt suicide by slitting his wrists with his lighter and was hospitalised. With the police custody period expired and the police lacking sufficient evidence to prove Haddouche's guilt, the court dropped the charges against him and the case was closed. The case was dismissed on 1 September 1994.
On the night of 18 to 19 September 1994, Haddouche persuaded Cloé to steal her father's prescriptions. She used them to slip rohypnol, commonly known as the ‘date rape drug’, into the drink of Ludovic J., a Parisian student friend, without his knowledge. She then let Haddouche into the flat. Armed with the victim's bank card and PIN, the couple then made purchases and withdrew money. Ashamed of her behaviour and psychologically devastated after a year with Haddouche, Cloé ended the relationship. Ludovic survived the poisoning and filed a complaint for attempted murder and theft. The victim stated that he had invited Cloé and her lover to his home, but said he did not know the latter's name. Investigators then searched Cloé's circle of friends and discovered that her partner was Haddouche, with whom she had separated just after the incident. The former couple's phone calls were tapped for several months.
At the end of May 1995, Francine C., educational director at a medical-educational institute, was with a group of friends at the Charlie Brown bar on Rue Guy Patin in Beauvais. Haddouche joined the group and got to know them. In early June, Haddouche showed up at Francine's house on Rue Nicolas Pastour, but she refused to let him in. He banged on the front door so hard that she finally decided to open it and let him in. Haddouche told her he was exhausted because he had just finished a shift at the hospital of Méru. Sympathetic, she offered him the coffee he asked for. When he finished drinking, Francine told him to leave. Haddouche refused, claiming that Collette, his former partner, was now with Frédéric, her former partner. Haddouche took her to the bedroom, raped her and left. She threw away the sheets and washed the areas where Haddouche had been in her home with bleach. Over the following weeks, Haddouche harasses her on the phone and watches outside her door. She does not dare to report him and sinks into depression."Haddouche trial: The rape committed in Beauvais in 1995" Article published on May 9, 2008, in L'Observateur de Beauvais
Imprisonment for robbery with violence In 1995, Haddouche, aged 31, and Cloé, aged 22, were taken into custody for poisoning Ludovic. Cloé admitted to having played a role in poisoning and robbing the victim, but claimed to have been influenced by Haddouche. Haddouche, for his part, remained impassive and denied poisoning his victim. During an identification parade, Ludovic J. recognised Haddouche behind a two-way mirror. At the end of his police custody, Haddouche was charged with attempted murder and robbery, then placed in pre-trial detention. Cloé, meanwhile, was charged with complicity in robbery with violence and released.
While in prison, Haddouche was sentenced in 1996 to three months, four months and six months in prison for theft, aggravated theft and counterfeiting. In June 1997, he was sentenced to two years in prison for fraud and aggravated theft. The poisoning case was ultimately reclassified as robbery with violence as a repeat offence for Haddouche, and as complicity in theft for Cloé.
In 1998, Haddouche and Cloé appeared before the criminal court for the poisoning of Ludovic J., accompanied by theft. Haddouche was sentenced to eight years in prison, while Cloé received a suspended prison sentence. Following this case, Cloé cut off all contact with Haddouche and took ten years to rebuild her life.
Release and third series of crimes Haddouche was released in February 2002 after more than six years in prison. He returned to live in Beauvais, where he had a reputation as a marginalised individual.
In June, in Beauvais, Haddouche reconnected with Isabelle, whom he had met in 1991. They began a brief relationship. One evening, Haddouche, who was drunk, hit Isabelle in the face in front of her daughter. He called her the next day and asked her to bring him his heart medication, claiming that he was dying. When Isabelle arrived at his home, he forced her to have sex with him."Jacquy Haddouche, a seductive man...and violent" Article by David Livois published on April 26, 2008, in Le Parisien
On 20 June, at around 7 p.m., Haddouche entered the SONACOTRA hostel on Rue d'Anjou in the Argentine neighbourhood of Beauvais. At around 8 p.m., he forced open the door to the studio apartment of Léo Capon, a 73-year-old pensioner. Haddouche struck and slit the old lady's throat. He searched the apartment and stole items of little value. Worried, Capon's daughter Danièle went to her mother's house. She was surprised to find that the front door was unlocked. Everything had been ransacked, and items were scattered everywhere. There were numerous bloodstains on the floor and rubbish bags filled with various items near the front door. Capon's body is lying on her back in the bathroom, her face covered with pieces of cardboard. On the building's CCTV footage, a balding man with a springy gait is seen carrying full bags in each hand and wearing a cap that hides his face. The poor quality of the images makes it impossible to identify him. Male DNA is discovered on various objects in Léo's home. This DNA is not listed in the FNAEG. Capon is disfigured by the blows she received. Forensic scientists determine that she died from suffocation caused by her own blood.
On 4 July, in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Haddouche enters the apartment of Liliane D., owner of a bar. He hits her, attempts to rape her, and steals the establishment's takings. The victim files a complaint against X for attempted rape, but the investigation does not yield any leads.
On 15 July, at the bar L'endroit in Saint-Étienne, Sylvain Rome, a 32-year-old cameraman, sympathized with Haddouche at the counter. Around 4:00 pm, they left the bar together, Rome later buying drinks at the superette next to his home. Around 5:00 pm, David Sabido, a friend of Rome, came to his apartment, but Rome made him understand that he was bothering him and refused to let Sabido in. Haddouche later poisoned Rome with Bromazepam and stabbed him. He cleans the flat, steals Sylvain Rome's cheque book, mobile phone, identity papers and keys to the flat. On 27, Sylvain Rome's father finds him lying face down on his bed. Investigators determine that Rome had a high blood alcohol level, was not depressed and did not consume antidepressants. A facial composite was made thanks to the descriptions of the bartender and Lucien Florent, a customer of the bar, with whom Haddouche spoke a little before meeting Rome.