Albert Millet

Albert Pierre Millet (2 July 1929 – 19 November 2007) was a French serial killer. Known as The Boar of the Moors , he killed three people on three occasions between 1954 and 2007, each of which was a result of his being released from prison early. He committed suicide shortly after committing his final murder.

Early life Albert Millet was born on 2 July 1929, in Hyères. He had a tumultuous childhood, as he was frequently beaten by his alcoholic father and was neglected by his mother, who preferred to spend time with her lover than with her family. At the age of 14, Millet dropped out of school and instead spent most of his time in the ruined castle overlooking his hometown, as well as the maquis that surrounded the area. After he started committing thefts, he would usually hide there to avoid arrest.

In the early 1950s, he was sent to Tataouine, French Tunisia as part of his mandatory military service, where he was a sniper. He did not cease committing thefts during his stay there, and acquired additional convictions for assaulting a fellow officer and illegally possessing a weapon of war. On 5 June 1951, he was imprisoned for attempting to shoot at an Algerian teenager with a rifle.

First murder and imprisonment By the beginning of 1954, Millet had returned to Hyères and soon met 15-year-old Paulette Dogliotti at a ballroom, with whom he fell madly in love. Dogliotti, who was brought up by her aunt, Élisa Maggiorana, worked as a house servant, and every evening at 9 PM, Millet would wait in front of her employers' house when she was carrying the metal dustbin to put on the sidewalk. While Dogliotti herself had no problem with seeing Millet, her aunt disapproved of their relationship due to his obsession with weaponry, his criminal convictions and her niece's young age. She eventually forbid them from seeing one another, with Dogliotti deciding to respect her decision.

Despite falling into a coma, Millet miraculously survived his injuries and was later charged with murder and attempted murder, for which he potentially faced the death penalty.

Following the shooting, Millet ran towards the maquis in an attempt to hide himself. Apparently realizing that he was too old to be able to escape the police on foot, Millet turned the gun on himself and shot the gun. The shot proved fatal, and the cause of death was ruled as a suicide.

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