Éric Borel

Eric Borel (December 11, 1978-September 1995) was a French mass murder who went on a massacre and killed 16 people and injured 4 in the town of Cuers, France.

Eric was born to parents Marie-Jeanne Parenti and Jacques Borel who both worked in the military. They later divorced and Eric was sent to live with Grandparents until he was 5, Marie-Jeanne began to live with Yves Bichet and took him back to their home in Solliès-Pont.

Marie-Jeanne was a very religious person and would beat him on occasions believing that Eric was a "child of sin", after that he never had a relationship with her, his stepdad Yves was actually nice to Eric and even built a shack his chickens and other animals. At 8-years-old Eric broke his arm and hid until he was found shivering in pain, he was known for being a quiet person who kept to himself and would mostly tend to his chickens.

When he attended school in Toulon, he was described was a good student who studied in electromechanics, he was also said to be a disciplined and quiet student but things would quickly change. He would skip classes without permission, couldn't bear doing his homework, being bullied, and often said he wish he joined the military. The week prior before the massacre, he said he wanted to kill people before killing himself.

On September 23 at 6PM, he shot Yves 4 times with his dad's .22 caliber rifle and smashed his head in with a hammer, he later attacked his son Jean-Yves by shooting him first and then killed him with a hammer. He later killed his mom, after killing her Eric began to clean up the house and covered the bodies with bed spread and closed all shutters. He left the house carrying a bag with food, a raincoat, money, a map of Limoges, a bb pistol, and a rifle with pockets of ammo, he was heading towards Cuers in his car but crashed into a wall and slept in vines.

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