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Eugen Weidmann 5 February — 17 June was a German criminal and serial killer who was executed by guillotine in France in June , the last public execution in France. Weidmann was born in Frankfurt am Main to the family of an export businessman and went to school there. He was sent to live with his grandparents at the outbreak of World War I.

During this time he started stealing. During his time in jail, Weidmann met two men who would later become his partners in crime: Roger Million and Jean Blanc. After their release from jail, they decided to work together to kidnap rich tourists visiting France and steal their money. They rented a villa in Saint-Cloud near Paris for this purpose.

Their first kidnapping attempt ended in failure because their victim struggled too hard, forcing them to let him go.

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Impressed by the tall, handsome German, De Koven wrote to a friend: "I have just met a charming German of keen intelligence who calls himself Siegfried. Perhaps I am going to another Wagnerian role — who knows? I am going to visit him tomorrow at his villa in a beautiful place near a famous mansion that Napoleon gave Josephine. De Koven took photos of Weidmann with her new camera later found beside her body; the developed film showed her killer.

Weidmann then strangled and buried her in the villa's garden. De Koven's brother Henry later came to France offering a 10,franc reward from his father, Abraham, for information about the young woman. On 1 September that year, Weidmann hired a chauffeur named Joseph Couffy to drive him to the French Riviera where, in a forest outside Tours , he shot Couffy in the back of his neck and stole his car and 2, francs.