French former police officer identified as serial killer and rapist, ending 35-year hunt

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By Jeevan Ravindran, Xiaofei Xu, Meredith Ruleman and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN

Updated 9:33 AM ET, Fri October 1, 2021

(CNN). After a 35-year hunt, a former police officer has been identified as being behind a series of murders, rapes and false imprisonment, French officials said Thursday.

The man took his own life earlier this week.

In a statement seen by CNN, Paris public prosecutor Laure Beccuau said DNA tests had “established a link between the genetic profile found at several crime scenes and that of the dead man.”

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