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Jean de Koven (1915 ''-'' July 23, 1937) was a dancer from Boston, Massachusetts who was murdered in Paris, France in 1937. She had been staying with her aunt, Ida Sackheim, in a hotel on the Left Bank,〔 where she disappeared on the afternoon of July 23. Her body was discovered beneath the front porch of a villa at La Celle-Saint-Cloud in December 1937. De Koven was the first of five victims of serial killer Eugene Weidmann, also known as "Karrer", a gang leader who confessed to his crimes and had as many as nine accomplices. ==Resolution of crime== De Koven resided in Brooklyn, New York before going abroad. She taught classical dancing and had trained ballet students in New Jersey schools. She arrived in Normandy on July 19.〔''U.S. Dancer Slain; Paris Gang Leader Admits 5 Murders'', New York Times, December 10, 1937, pg. 1.〕 Before vanishing De Koven was corresponding with a man who resided in another hotel in Paris from which he later moved away.〔 On the afternoon of her disappearance she took her camera and told her aunt that she would return by 8pm, in time to go to the opera.〔 Sackheim received a letter requesting $500 for her niece's safe return, which police investigated.〔''Paris Police Seek Dancer'', New York Times, August 7, 1937, pg. 7.〕 Later ransom notes arrived and she received mysterious telephone calls. Police could not locate the contact man even though he advertised frequently in the Paris edition of an American newspaper. By September Sackheim offered a reward requesting information which would lead to the finding of De Koven's presumed abductors. Police found De Koven's body doubled up in a shallow grave under a porch. They placed it in a coffin and transferred it to a morgue before burial. Weidmann's other victims were a realtor named Raymond Lesobre, a young theatrical producer named Roger LeBlond, a chauffeur named Joseph Couffy, and private nurse Janine Keller. LeBlond was lured to his car by one of two female "decoys", where he was killed at Neuilly. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean de Koven」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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