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Oct 2021
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Ep 45: Sophie Toscan Du Plantier’s Murde...

LAURA RICHARDS
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In this episode, I consolidate my thoughts and reflections and share my analyses and interpretation about what happened to Sophie and the profile of the man who killed her. You won’t want to miss this.


#HerNameWasSophieToscanDuPlantier #SophieToscanDuPlantier #WestCork #Stalking #CriminalBehaviouralAnalysis #Profiling #DomesticAbuse #Podcast #TrueCrime #CrimeAnalyst #CriminalBehaviouralAnalysis #Advocacy #Misogyny #Femicide #WomenMatter


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https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/5-a-good-suspect/id1556472772?i=1000514389002

https://www.rte.ie/news/2019/0527/1051946-du-plantier-murder-trial/



Sources

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/my-childhood-stopped-son-of-sophie-toscan-du-plantier-on-mothers-murder-25-years-ago-40817164.html

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/john-harbison-obituary-the-irish-state-s-first-forensic-state-pathologist-1.4451578

https://www.imt.ie/news/irelands-former-first-state-pathologist-prof-john-harbison-dies-21-12-2020/

https://www.independent.ie/news/obituary-dr-john-harbison-39881768.html

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/the-story-of-the-sophie-toscan-du-plantier-murder-investigation-a-chronology-1.2158891

https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/mar/12/life1.lifemagazine10


Foster. N. (2021). Murder at Roaringwater. The Inside Story of the Death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier. London: Mirror Books.


Sheridan. M. (2021). The Murder of Sophie: How I Hunted and Haunted the West Cork Killer. Audiobook: Audible.


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