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245:, where two elderly widowed sisters, 73-year-old Zulma Delporte and 90-year-old CĂ©line Demailly, were living by themselves. He snuck inside a cubicle and waited until nightfall, when the sisters were supposedly asleep. However, while he was stealing food from the buffet, he was surprised by Demailly, who was feeding her hens. She began screaming that there was a thief in her home and Dankerque kicked her in a panic, causing her to fall to the ground. He then took a big branch and proceeded to beat her with all his strength. In spite of her injuries, Demailly was still breathing, so Dankerque strangled her to death with a rope. After he had killed her, he ransacked the room for some cash and drank a glass of water, before Delporte entered. Horrified by the scene, she began to scream, causing the assailant to knock her down and begin beating her as well. After knocking the old woman into unconsciousness, Dankerque stole around 2,000
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was likely going to be executed. On the following day, he was escorted by detectives to the crime scenes, where he explained in meticulous detail how he committed the murders. When asked by one of the attending inspectors why he confessed to his gruesome acts, Dankerque revealed that he had been convinced by his lover, Suzy, on whom he had actually spent most of the stolen money. On the way back to the police station, Dankerque was chatting with the detectives when he suddenly revealed to them that he had planned another "hit" on an old couple in
225:: after finishing 22nd, the contestants were to have an aviation meeting, during which Dankerque parachuted in front of his astonished friends. On April 23, 1930, Dankerque was arrested for kidnapping a minor by an inspector who had caught him in the act. While behind bars in the Saint-Nicaise Prison, Casimir admitted that he burgled the local church in Arras on two separate occasions, stealing valuables from the trunks and desecrating the
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After the aforementioned jewelry was presented to him, Dankerque said in a calm manner that he was the perpetrator of both the
Delporte-Demailly and Duflos homicides. He then recounted his crimes in great detail, speaking in an emotionless tone, ending it with a statement that he did not care that he
241:. Using the fact that he had delivered coal on behalf of his father's company, he picked and chose his victims from Arras and the surrounding area, most of whom were elderly pensioners and retirees. On September 23, 1935, after he had watched a movie in Arras, Dankerque travelled to a small house in
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461:(in French). Le Progrès de la Somme. October 29, 1935.
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