Case 236: Sophie Lionnet

Casefile True Crime

Casefile Presents

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 42.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

When residents of the affluent Southfields area of south-west London notice foul smelling smoke coming from a home on Wimbledon Park Drive in September 2017, firefighters arrive to make sure the house isn’t in danger. Nothing could prepare them for what they find instead – the burning human remains of French au pair, 21-year-old Sophie Lionnet.

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Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Elsha McGill
Creative direction – Milly Raso
Production and music – Mike Migas
Music – Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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0:07.6	Cafe in Sydney's Martin Place, armed with a pump-action shotgun, and the threat of a backpack
0:13.4	bomb.
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0:21.0	the world.
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0:56.3	account provides an insight into the psychological damage done in the line of duty.
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1:39.3	Our episodes deal with serious and often distressing incidents.
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