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Delinquent Girls. Pierre and Raymond leafed through the social register, Bottin Mondain, to find a victim, settled on four-year-old Eric Peugeot, heir to one of France's greatest fortunes (autos, appliances, heavy machinery). After studying the habits of the Peugeot family, Raymond kidnaped little Eric on April 12 last year from a sandbox at the exclusive St.-Cloud country club, left behind a typewritten note to the boy's father, demanding $100,000 ransom. Bundling the boy into a stolen Peugeot 403 sedan, Raymond and Pierre drove to the farmhouse at Grisy-les-Plâtres...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: L'Affaire Peugeot | 3/17/1961 | See Source »

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