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== Murder of Élisabeth Bousquet ==
After his arrest and eventual release from custody during the spring of 1973, Djandoubi drew two other young girls into his confidence and then forced them into prostitution for him.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beadle |first1=Jeremy |last2=Harrison |first2=Ian |title=Firsts, Lasts and Only's: Crime |date=2007 |publisher=Pavilion Books |isbn=978-1-905798-04-9 |page=169 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CQdOF2zxlGgC&dq=Murder+of+Elisabeth+Bousquet&pg=PA169 |language=en}}</ref> On 3 July 1974, he kidnapped Bousquet and took her into his home, where, in full view of the terrified girls, he beat the womanher before stubbinghe stubbed a lit cigarette all over her breasts and genital area. Bousquet survived the ordeal and so he took her by car to the outskirts of Marseille and strangled her there.{{sfn|Mercer|2008}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Infamous Guillotine Falls for the Last Time {{!}} History Channel on Foxtel |url=https://www.historychannel.com.au/this-day-in-history/the-infamous-guillotine-falls-for-the-last-time/ |website=History Channel |access-date=8 February 2019 |language=en-AU |date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
 
On his return, Djandoubi warned the two girls to say nothing of what they had seen.{{sfn|Mercer|2008}} Bousquet's body was discovered in a shed by a boy on 7 July 1974. One month later, Djandoubi kidnapped another girl, who had managed to escape and reporthad reported him to police.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Guillotines Final Bite |url=https://www.pressreader.com/ |website=www.pressreader.com |publisher=Ottawa Citizen |access-date=8 February 2019 |date=3 August 2008}}</ref>
 
== Trial and execution ==