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Published in: Annals of General Psychiatry 1/2010

Open Access 01-04-2010 | Meeting abstract

The altruistic homicides of Jean-Claude Romand: an autopsy of family secretes

Authors: Alexia Paraskevoulakou, Vasiliki Antonopoulou

Published in: Annals of General Psychiatry | Special Issue 1/2010

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The case of Romand concerns a man who pretended to be a medical doctor and killed his family while the fake identity he had cautiously impersonated for 18 years was about to be exposed. The purpose of this study is to determine the motive of Romand's following criminal act. In 1993, Romand smashed his wife's skull and shot his children while asleep. Afterwards, he joined his parents for a meal and shot them both. Later that night, he attacked his ex-mistress, but strangely enough, the few words she uttered, made him apologise and release her. He finally returned to his family home, which still contained the bodies of his dead wife and children, and set it on fire. …
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Title
The altruistic homicides of Jean-Claude Romand: an autopsy of family secretes
Authors
Alexia Paraskevoulakou
Vasiliki Antonopoulou
Publication date
01-04-2010
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Annals of General Psychiatry / Issue Special Issue 1/2010
Electronic ISSN: 1744-859X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-859X-9-S1-S230

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