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French Killers Inspired By Breaking Bad TV Show

Posted by Soulskill on from the cranston-wins-another-emmy dept.

hcs_$reboot writes: Four people who planned to dissolve a young French woman's body in acid were inspired by hit US TV show Breaking Bad. Two men went to the woman's house to settle a €6,000 drug debt. There, they beat her violently, killing her through a blow to the skull. Later, they bought acid in order to dissolve her body. The victim's body was found decomposing in a flat in Toulouse on Monday night, after having being cut up into pieces, covered in cling film and shoved into a suitcase. Chlorine acid had been used to try and disguise any trace of the corpse. A similar "decomposition" scenario is featured in season one of Breaking Bad (2008-2013).

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  1. Did they actually mention they were inspired by br by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    People have been dissolving bodies in acid for a long time. Unless they specifically quoted breaking bad as inspiration, drawing this connection is quite ridiculous, and pretty much just click bait.

  2. Re:Did they actually mention they were inspired by by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That doesnt mean the criminals were actually inspired by Breaking Bad. That only means the prosecutor saw Breaking Bad and assumed the criminals were copying that. Lets not forget that breaking bad was inspired by REAL LIFE when they wrote that part in. Find me a reliable quote from the actual offenders where they say they were inspired by Breaking Bad. Then your statement will be correct.

  3. Re:completely wrong (spoilers) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    > the "killers" (some young inexperienced students) said (during the investigation) they were definitely inspired by BB.

    Why aren't prominent members of hollywood denouncing them? As long as people are killing in the name of hollywood productions, we must hold hollywood responsible for everything done in their name.

  4. Re:completely wrong (spoilers) by serviscope_minor · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes, it is quite astonishingly nasty stuff. It's actually a weak acid because the Fl really isn't all that keen on letting go of the hydrogen. But also astonishingly reactive. This makes it worse. Spill a strong acid on your skin and it will just destroy it right there and then. HFl, however isn't fully disassociated, so any associated stuff won't react... yet. It will permeate through your skin, start moving to other places and then react.

    Truly unpleasant stuff.

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