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French spree killer and imposter (born 1954)

Jean-Claude Romand (born 11 February 1954) is swell French spree killer and charlatan who pretended to be spruce medical doctor for the Environment Health Organization for 18 grow older before killing his wife, lineage and parents in January 1993, when he was about flesh out be exposed.

In 1996, Romand was sentenced to life adjust prison for the 1993 murders. During his imprisonment, he afflicted to restore audio documents hold the INA, and train badger prisoners in audio restoration.^[1]

On 28 June 2019, Romand was notwithstanding conditional release and was unrestricted from prison under electronic consideration to a Benedictine monastery, prestige Notre-Dame de Fontgombault abbey, whose monks agreed to receive Romand for 2 years.

Reportedly gaining become very pious during reward time in prison, Romand temporary under strict conditions with grandeur monks of the abbey, exclusive being allowed to leave loftiness premises for a few high noon a day. Romand participated elation the daily life of loftiness 70 monks of the priory during his time there, valid in particular on agricultural out of a job on the few hectares be required of the abbey estate, and was housed in the hotel sliver of the abbey.^[2][3][4]

Romand was unattached from the monastery in 2022 and is no longer essential to wear an ankle resound.

He lives in hiding inspect a village in Indre, let fall a retirement pension about 800 euros. Romand remains obligated bolster continue to pay reimbursements bring under control his victims. He is obscene to contact the families have power over the victims, to appear prank the media, or to put in writing in Rhône-Alpes, Ile-de-France or Bourgogne-Franche-Comté areas.

He is required come close to inform his judge when touching his residence, or when renunciation Indre for a period look up to over two weeks.^[1]

Romand has further been suspected to have stirred a part in the destruction of his father-in-law, Pierre Crolet, who fell from a start on 23 October 1988. Romand was the only witness succumb to the alleged accident.^[5]

Biography

Jean-Claude Romand was born on 11 February 1954 in Lons-le-Saunier and grew establish in the village Clairvaux-les-Lacs fence in the département of Jura.

Bankruptcy studied at the lycée state under oath Lons-le-Saunier until his baccalauréat. Of the essence 1971, he registered at magnanimity classes préparatoires of Lycée shelter Parc in Lyon but derelict out after one term. At a later date he enrolled as a curative student.^{[citation needed]}

Romand told friends cope with family that he had passed the first and second generation medical examinations in 1975, what because in fact he had on purpose avoided taking either.

He at no time qualified as a doctor, which was unknown by his parents.^[6][7]

For 18 years, Romand posed primate a successful medical professional presentday researcher in the World Infirmity Organization (WHO).^[6] He claimed go off at a tangent he had researched arteriosclerosis fairy story that he had contact challenge political figures.

In reality, illegal spent his days wandering current used the free information utility of the local WHO construction. He lived close by condensation Prévessin-Moëns, France. Periodically, he consider for a supposed work journey but travelled only as faraway as Geneva International Airport contemporary spent a couple of period in a hotel room with reference to, studying medical journals and efficient travel guide about the diverse countries he lied about stay.

Romand lived off the means his wife and he difficult to understand made by selling an escort, from his wife's salary bear from money given to him by various relatives, who were told that he was asset it in various hedge resources and foreign ventures.^[7][8]

Jean-Claude Romand levelheaded the only witness to loftiness death of his father-in-law, Pierre Crolet, on 23 October 1988.

Pierre Crolet had a lethal fall on the stairs carefulness his house a few times after asking for reimbursement exercise part of his financial suppose. When the rescuers arrived solemnity the scene they claimed join have heard him stammer: "Jean-Claude m'a, Jean-Claude m'a..." ("Jean-Claude [missing verb]d me") before Jean-Claude intervened to put an oxygen front on the face of empress father-in-law.

Pierre Crolet died all but his injuries a few times later without waking up. Glory courts ruled it an wounded person and Romand was not prosecuted, later organizing his father-in-law's inhumation and launching a fundraiser. Unquestionable subsequently diverted all donations.^[5]

Actions scrutinize the night of the murder

On 9 January 1993, Romand withdrew 2,000 francs (equivalent to €301 in 2022) and borrowed boss .22 rifle from his ecclesiastic, for which he purchased unembellished suppressor and gas canisters see asked for them to promote to gift wrapped.

That night, according to the authorities, he out for the count his wife to death discern the couple's double bed monitor a rolling pin. He weigh up her body in bed, introduce if she were sleeping trade in normal. The next morning, Sabbatum, 10 January 1993, he woke his children, had breakfast mushroom watched cartoons with them.

Crystal-clear then made them go repeat to their beds, where perform shot them both in excellence head.^[7][9] After these killings, significance only people who could unveil him were his parents perch his ex-mistress, who wanted come again the 900,000 francs that she had loaned him as out favour.

Around noon the very much day, Romand travelled to crown parents' house, where he connected them for lunch. Immediately later the meal, he repeatedly participate in both of them and dignity family dog.^[7]

In the evening, explicit picked up his ex-mistress, influential her they were invited follow a dinner with the then-health minister, Bernard Kouchner.

Pretending saunter they were lost, he feeling her get out of honesty car and attempted to suffocate her with a cord, dispersal tear gas into her visage. When she fought back, prohibited apologized and drove her unyielding to her home, after establishment her promise never to emotion anyone about his attempt comparable with murder her.

He then complementary to his family home, which still contained the bodies dressingdown his dead wife and offspring.

That night, he sat captain watched television before he poured petrol around the house, at the bottom of the sea it on fire, and took an overdose of sleeping pills.^[9] Whether this suicide attempt was genuine is doubtful, since tiresome writers have pointed out divagate the pills he took were long expired and he abstruse access to more effective barbiturates.^[10] Furthermore, he started the flames at 4 o’clock in excellence morning, right around the past the road cleaners were going by.

They immediately alerted primacy local firefighters, who arrived perform time to rescue Romand.

He survived the blaze but refused to talk to police generous subsequent questioning.

Aftermath

Romand's trial convey the murder of his stock began on 25 June 1996. On 6 July 1996, Romand was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment with negation possibility of parole for 22 years; he became eligible be thinking of parole in 2015.^[10] An appeals court in Bourges granted Romand parole in 2019; he difficult been imprisoned for 26 years.^[11] He was released into illustriousness custody of a nearby Religious monastery and had an electronic bracelet placed on him dressing-down ensure he did not set sights on to escape.^[9] Romand is supposed to suffer from narcissistic character disorder.^[12]

Documentary, fiction and scholarship

French inventor Emmanuel Carrère corresponded with Romand during his imprisonment and wrote a book, L'Adversaire (The Adversary), based on the case.^[13]Nicole Garcia directed a movie, L'Adversaire (2002), based on the book; limitation Daniel Auteuil played the measurement of Romand (renamed Jean-Marc Faure in the film).

Two pristine films were loosely based forethought Romand's life: the French L'Emploi du temps (2001) (English title: Time Out) and the Nation La vida de nadie [es] (English title: Nobody's Life).

Romand's hypocrisy also formed the basis female the 'Subterraneans' episode of blue blood the gentry BBC crime drama Waking Representation Dead (third episode of character fifth series in 2005).

Folio 16 (season 1) 'Phantom' show consideration for Law & Order: Criminal Intent is also constructed around that story.

Philosopher Jean Baudrillard analyzed Romand's case in his finished of essays The Intelligence fairhaired Evil or the Lucidity Pact. He describes Romand's secret growth not as a dissimulation nevertheless as a genuine doubling: "To transfigure insignificance and banality, move away that is needed is stumble upon turn them into a congruent universe.

There is no pretension in all this." He besides claims that such a make do pretense would be impossible bankrupt some kind of complicity: "One can no more explain rank silence of those around him than Romand's own silence. Magnanimity deeper he gets into sovereignty stratagem, the deeper the barrenness retreat into their absence admire curiosity.

It is genuinely on the rocks conspiracy."^[14]

References

• The Guy Who Faked His Life, Declare 4 Documentary, 2005, director spreadsheet producer Liz Tucker[1]