What the records say
- When
- 2 Jan 1878
- Kind
- Murder
- Killed
- 1
- Coordinates
- 55.95° N, 3.20° W
- Description
- 1868 murder case in Edinburgh, Scotland
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Murder of Elizabeth Chantrelle
1878 murder case
The murder of Elizabeth Chantrelle was a crime committed by Frenchman Eugène Marie Chantrelle in 1878 in Edinburgh. Eugène was Elizabeth's former teacher who had married her when she was 17; on 2 January 1878, he murdered her by poison to collect a life insurance. He was convicted due to evidence collected by pioneering forensic experts Henry Littlejohn and Joseph Bell, and hanged at Calton Prison.
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