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The episode discusses the murder of Eva Bourseau by two students over a drug debt, inspired by the TV series Breaking Bad.

Eva Bourseau, 23, was murdered in her Toulouse apartment on 26 July 2015 by two students, Taha Mrani Alaoui and Zakariya Banouni, over a drug debt. Her body was submerged in hydrochloric acid in a plastic trunk — a method inspired by the TV series Breaking Bad . Discovered by firefighters after her mother raised the alarm, the case shocked France and made international headlines. After a 15-day trial at the Cour d'Assises de Haute-Garonne in December 2018, Taha was sentenced to 30 years and Zakariya to 25 years. The case remains one of France's most disturbing student crime cases. Follow us on: YouTube , Facebook , Instagram , X , TikTok For more information, visit: Evidence Locker Website Listen ad-free: Visit our page at Patreon 25% of Evidence Locker Patreon proceeds are donated to support the Doe Network , solving international cold cases. To learn more, visit: https://www.doenetwork.org/ Resources Web Couilleau, Pierre-Yves (Prosecutor). Indictment press statement Wikipedia Articles In Breaking Bad-inspired killing, French students tried to dissolve victim's body in acid Breaking Bad copycat murder spurs arrests in France Breaking Bad-inspired killers of French student…

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Host: Evidence Locker True Crime

Topics covered

• murder
• drug debt
• true crime
• student crime
• Breaking Bad
• court trial

Keywords

• Eva Bourseau
• Taha Mrani Alaoui
• Zakariya Banouni
• Breaking Bad
• murder
• drug debt
• Toulouse
• France
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Breaking Bad

Places: France, Toulouse

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