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Much to his chagrin, Vidocq finds he must rely upon a hapless young physician named Hector Carpentier to solve a puzzling torture-murder having to do with Carpentier's father -- also a physician, who secretly treated the imprisoned heir to the French throne, none other than Louis Charles, the son of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette.
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Much to his chagrin, Vidocq finds he must rely upon a hapless young physician named Hector Carpentier to solve a puzzling torture-murder having to do with Carpentier's father -- also a physician, who secretly treated the imprisoned heir to the French throne, none other than Louis Charles, the son of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette.
October 2009 2009
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The one prolonged torture-murder – in a cramped bathroom – is the big walk-out moment, and I rather resented having to sit through it.
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Evidently they are not going to suffer any other penalty for the torture-murder of children.
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In 1985, the torture-murder of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent, Enrique Camarena, strained bilateral ties and ultimately led to the arrest of several high-ranking Mexican drug lords.
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That inquiry was looking into the torture-murder of a Somalian boy and other gross abuses of civilians by Canadian Forces personnel.
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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The drug-dealer who owned the property, Rafael Caro Quintero, was later charged with the 1985 torture-murder of Mr. Camarena and his pilot Alfredo Zavala.
Mexico Finds Large Marijuana Farm in Baja California David Luhnow 2011
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SANTA ANA, Calif. mdash; A jury Thursday convicted a 57-year-old man of the torture-murder of his adult daughter, whose body was kept in a freezer ...
Clarence Butterfield Convicted Of Torture-Murder Of Daughter Found In Freezer 2010
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A jury Thursday convicted a 57-year-old man of the torture-murder of his adult daughter, whose body was kept in a freezer for two years.
Clarence Butterfield Convicted Of Torture-Murder Of Daughter Found In Freezer 2010
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Evidently they are not going to suffer any other penalty for the torture-murder of children.
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