Michel BELLEN

Michel BELLEN

AKA "The Strangler of the Left Bank"

Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Rape
Number of victims: 4
Date of murders: 1964-1965 / 1982
Date of birth: 1938
Victims profile: Women
Method of murder: Strangulation
Location: Linkeroever/Leuven, Belgium
Status: Sentenced to life in prison in 1965. Paroled in 1982. Sentenced to death in 1983. Commuted to life in prison in 1984

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.

MO: Rape-strangler of nurses attacked in their homes.

DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1965 (commuted to life); paroled 1982; condemned 1983 (commuted to life, 1984)

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