ABSTRACT
Between January 1969 and January 1976, seven women and a man were assassinated in an identical fashion in the Creil and Nogent-sur-Oise regions in France. Committed at different times of day, the crimes seemed to have been the work of man who knew the area very well, and immediately disappeared, fading into the woodwork of the nearby streets. These crimes seemed to be the work of someone who was very intelligent and yet highly disturbed. The "shadow killer," this "monster with cat eyes", had been scoffing at the police and investigators for seven years. According to the rumor, the killer was neither a worker nor a foreigner, but rather "a high ranking man". Several clues lent credibility to this thesis of the assassin-notable. First and foremost, the variability of the hours at which the crimes were committed suggested someone whose work schedule was rather flexible.
