Michel Fourniret

(Newser) - The ex-wife of a French serial killer has been handed another life sentence. Monique Olivier was sentenced Tuesday for her role in the rape and murder of two young women, the BBC reports. She was also sentenced for the kidnapping of Estelle Mouzin, a 9-year-old girl whose body was never...

(Newser) - British student Joanna Parrish disappeared in France after posting an advertisement for her services as an English teacher in a local newspaper, the Telegraph reports. A day after she was reported missing, her naked body was found in a river; she had been raped and strangled to death. That was...

(Newser) - A French carpenter dubbed the "Ogre of the Ardennes" is on trial in France, accused of tracking down, raping and murdering seven virgins with the help of his wife in one of the nation's worst murder sprees in decades. Prosecutors say Michel Fourniret hunted victims from 1987 until 2003,...