Murder of Cécile Bloch

Cécile Bloch
Disappeared5 May 1986
19th arrondissement, Paris, France
Died5 May 1986
19th arrondissement, Paris, France

Cécile Bloch was an 11-year-old French girl from the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France, who was murdered by police officer François Vérove. The murder was one of a series in the Paris area from 1986 to 1994 that shocked the city.

In late September 2021, in his suicide note, retired French police officer François Vérove confessed to the 1986 murder as well as to the other Le Grêlé (the pockmarked man) killings. DNA found at the scene linked the murder to two other murders and six rapes.