Murder of Laetitia Toureaux

Laetitia Nourrissat was born in Oyace, a municipality in French-speaking Aosta Valley. She moved to Paris with her mother and her four siblings. In 1930, she married Jules Toureaux. She was found dead in a Paris Métro carriage at Porte Dorée on 16 May 1937, having suffered a single stab wound in the neck. This crime was widely discussed at the time, and the interwar period generated multiple speculations, involving the secret services and the violent political group La Cagoule. Toureaux entered an unoccupied metro car at one stop, and was found stabbed to death less than 90 seconds later at the next stop. Toureaux was the first person to be killed on the Paris Métro. ==Investigation==

Police investigations, led by Commissioner Badin, found that the victim was leading a double life, and that her entire family, originally from Italy, had relocated to France. Many Italians came to Paris at the time in search of work. Toureaux worked during the day in a factory, The case was dropped two years later at the outbreak of the Second World War and the files will be kept from the public until 2038, leaving the case unsolved. ==Adaptation==

On 29 June 1978, one episode of the French TV series ''De mémoire d'homme (From man's memory) was based on the murder of Toureaux. It was named L'affaire Laetitia Toureaux ou Le crime parfait. A book named Murder in a Metro'' was also written about the crime. ==See also==