Thierry Paulin, known as The Monster of Montmartre, was a French serial killer active in the 1980s who murdered 21 elderly women.
19 Facts About Thierry Paulin
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Thierry Paulin died from complications related to AIDS before his trial.
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Thierry Paulin's father flew to metropolitan France just after his birth, leaving his teenaged mother to fend for herself and the baby.
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When he was ten, Thierry Paulin started to live with his-married mother, trying to blend in with his stepbrothers and sisters.
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Thierry Paulin's behaviour started to become erratic and violent towards the other children, and eventually, his mother asked his father to take their son to metropolitan France.
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Thierry Paulin's father accepted in order to avoid paying alimony.
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In 1984, after leaving the army, Thierry Paulin learned that his mother and her family now lived in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris.
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Thierry Paulin went there to live with them, but his relationship was hostile.
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Thierry Paulin became a waiter at the Paradis Latin, a nightclub renowned for its drag shows.
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Thierry Paulin's mother was once invited to watch her son's performance, but she left the club a few seconds after the beginning of the act.
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Thierry Paulin fell in love with him and they soon became lovers.
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Thierry Paulin was addicted, but less severely, and sold drugs as well.
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Thierry Paulin's murderer robbed her of 300 francs.
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Mathurin returned to Paris, while Thierry Paulin tried to start his own firm of transvestite artists, a plan which failed in the autumn of 1985.
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Thierry Paulin was sentenced to 16 months imprisonment for the assault.
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Thierry Paulin paid for these parties with stolen credit cards and cheques, and with the proceeds from his murders.
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On 25 November 1987, Thierry Paulin murdered Rachel Cohen, age 79.
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In early 1988, Thierry Paulin fell ill, as his body began to succumb to the effects of AIDS.
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Thierry Paulin died during the night of 16 April 1989 in the hospital wing of Fresnes Prison.