![]() ![]() He also carried an accordion and had a pet dog and magpie that he eventually beat to death while witnesses looked on in horror. Vacher, he says, donned a white rabbit fur toque as a symbol of purity and carried in a hobo sack various weapons, including wooden clubs and a knife. In alternating chapters, Starr tells the stories of former soldier Joseph Vacher and criminologist Alexandre Lacassagne. ![]() Looking at the true crime story, Starr details how Lacassagne and his colleagues worked to develop forensic science as we know it. ![]() Alexandre Lacassagne, the most renowned criminologist of the era. Interwoven into Vacher’s crime wave is the story of the two men who finally stopped him: Prosecutor Emile Fourquet and Dr. Toward the end of the nineteenth century, Joseph Vacher, a serial murderer, eluded French authorities for several years, murdering twice as many people as Jack the Ripper. The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science (2010) by Douglas Starr tells the story of the rise of modern forensics and criminal investigation. ![]()
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