1950 Press Photo Murderer Amelie Rabilloud

Horror Story in French Trail. Six stone woman tells how she killed her husband and cut up his body: A murder confession in which a tiny grey-haired woman of 50, weighing only 6 stone, told how she killed her husband and out his body into 200 pieces, shocked hardened police chief's at Paris criminal investigation headquarters yesterday. The climax to a month long hunt came when Madame Amelie Rabilloud, 5ft. 3 in. tall of Savigny, near Paris, told how she beat her 6ft. husband to death and cut up his body. ''I scattered the pieced over an area of about 30 miles'' said Amelie. Then she prepared an alibi a telegram in her husband's name saying ''Have left you. Don't expect me back''. ''The mistake I made, she said'' was an not hiding the remains more carefully. I am prepared for the guillotine for ~~~~. Photo shows MME. Amelie Rabilloud who murdered her husband and cup up his body.

Photo measures 6 x 8.25 inches.

Photo is dated 1-15-1950.

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