About two hours from Paris, the body of 23-year-old Sylviane Lesage was found in a pasture. The case fell into the hands of Constable Christian Jambert. He was considered an outstanding policeman and a dogged investigator for the National Gendarmerie.

Constable Jambert began hearing stories of girls that had gone missing in and around Auxerre in the Department of Yonne, just up the road from Rouvray. But they weren’t just any girls. They were teenagers and students, children of the DDASS or Dahs. The missing girls were either foster children who were given up at birth or children who lived in a home for the disabled. They either had no immediate biological family, or their families could not care for them.

Besides the school, the girls had one thing in common. Bus driver Emile Louis.

Join Jen & Cam as they discuss The Missing Women of Yonne.

P.S. Please excuse Jen's french pronunciations.

A big thank you to our team:

Listener Discretion by Edward @OctoberpodVHS. You can find him on all your podcast apps or at https://www.youtube.com/c/octoberpodhomevideo

Producer and theme music by Nico Vettese
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Researched and written by Lauretta Allen

Also, a HUGE shout out to Julian the Frenchman on youtube. He helped a heck of a lot.

Sources:

https://www.newspapers.com/image/752433788/?terms=Emile%20Louis%20Yonne&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/753122933/?terms=Emile%20Louis%20Yonne&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/469217621/?terms=%22Emile%20Louis%22%20Yonne&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/496382773/?terms=%22Emile%20Louis%22%20Yonne&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/260712037/?terms=%22Emile%20Louis%22%20Auxerre&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/259470223/?terms=%22Emile%20Louis%22%20Auxerre&match=1
https://www-radiofrance-fr.translate.goog/franceinter/podcasts/affaires-sensibles/emile-louis-les-disparues-de-l-yonne-5803245?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Louis
https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/louis-emile.htm
https://www.francethisway.com/top10lists/frenchcriminals/emilelouis.php
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/%C3%89mile_Louis
https://gettotext.com/emile-louis-the-butcher-of-yonne-disconcerting-interview-with-his-daughter-it-weighs-very-heavy/

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