Episode 61: Devil Monster of France - The Story of Lola Daviet

“Lola's murderer should never have crossed her path."

On October 14th, 2022, when a 12-year-old schoolgirl goes missing in Paris, France, the nightmare that unfolds would shock and enrage the entire country. This is the story of Lola Daviet and the Devil Monster of France, Dahbia Benkired.

Content Warnings: Child Murder, Rape of a minor, Kidnapping

Key Themes: Female Offenders, Child Homicide, Sexual Offenders, Mental Health, Immigration, Legal System of France

Research for Episode 61 includes:

⁠Abolition of the death penalty - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Article 222-26 - Code pénal - Légifrance⁠⁠

⁠⁠Algerian woman gets life sentence without parole for murdering French schoolgirl⁠⁠

⁠⁠'At least half of Paris crime is committed by foreigners': Where does Macron's claim come from?⁠⁠

⁠⁠CHARACTERISTICS OF HOMICIDES COMMITTED IN PARIS AND THE INNER SUBURBS⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Child killer becomes first woman given full-life sentence in France⁠⁠

⁠⁠Classifying Female Sexual Homicide Offenders: A Latent Class Analysis of Murder Arrestees in the U.S - PMC⁠⁠

⁠⁠Constitutional Council | Conseil constitutionnel⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Criminal Courts in France in France - Stéphane Babonneau - Criminal Defense Attorney in Paris⁠⁠.

⁠⁠Emotion and dignity as crowds gather to say farewell to murdered Lola⁠⁠

⁠⁠Face of 'devil monster' who raped, tortured and killed 12-year-old girl in crime that shocked France⁠⁠

⁠⁠Family of murdered girl leaves court as jurors see photos of 12-year-old dead in trunk⁠⁠

⁠⁠Father dies of sorrow after 12-year-old daughter was raped and murdered by migrant in France | World News - The Times of India⁠⁠

⁠⁠Female illegal migrant blames her ex for ‘bewitching’ her into rape & murder of Lola Daviet, 12, in shock court outburst⁠⁠

⁠⁠Female migrant's chilling murder confession after she ‘raped and killed' Lola Daviet, 12, as she says 'I wasn't myself’⁠⁠

⁠⁠France hands historic sentence of life without parole to woman who massacred a child | Courthouse News Service⁠⁠

⁠⁠France: prisons in 2024⁠⁠⁠ ⁠French Legal System - French Legal Resources - LibGuides at Villanova University Law School⁠⁠;⁠ ⁠French prosecutors demand maximum sentence for woman who murdered 12-year-old girl⁠⁠

⁠⁠In a First for a Woman in France, Life Sentence Imposed for Murder of Schoolgirl - The New York Times⁠⁠

⁠⁠Killer's chilling admission in court over rape, murder and torture of schoolgirl, 12 - The Mirror⁠⁠

⁠⁠Legal System - French Legal Research Guide - Guides at Georgetown Law Library⁠⁠.⁠ ⁠Life Sentence for Dahbia Benkired: France Confronts Horror of 12-Year-Old Lola's Murder | IBTimes U⁠⁠K

⁠⁠Lola Daviet, raped, tortured and murdered at 12: life sentence for the woman who tortured her - L'Unione Sarda English⁠⁠

⁠⁠Main suspect in death of 12-year-old Parisian girl appears before judges⁠⁠

⁠⁠Murder of Lola: What the investigation on suspect Dahbia Benkired reveals⁠⁠

⁠⁠Psychiatric Hospitalizations of People Found Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder in France: A Ten-Year Retrospective Study (2011–2020)⁠⁠

⁠⁠The death of a child cynically exploited⁠⁠

⁠⁠The_Proportion_of_Sexual_Offenders_Who_Are_Female_Is_Higher_Than_Thought_A_Meta-Analysis⁠⁠⁠ ⁠What we know about the suspect in killing of 12-year-old Parisian girl⁠⁠

⁠⁠Woman alleged to have tortured and killed 12-year-old to stand trial in France⁠⁠

⁠⁠Woman gets rare whole-life sentence for murder of French schoolgirl Lola Daviet⁠⁠

⁠⁠Woman charged in Paris over rape and murder of 12-year-old girl⁠⁠

⁠⁠Women implicated for homicide in 2016 and 2017⁠⁠

⁠⁠Women Offenders⁠⁠