Jaenada, the author of 17 novels, came across the story while looking through old newspapers in the French National

Jaenada, the author of 17 novels, came across the story while looking through old newspapers in the French National Library. In a 530-page book he gives a more sympathetic portrait of the victim.

He suggests the name of the man he believes strangled Cansot after inviting her to visit a flat she hoped to rent. The name is not given in the accounts of the project.

“In the police report it’s more or less written that she deserved it,” Corlouër said. He said it was unsurprising that police had not made the same effort then to find the killer. “She was raised by her aunt, who was very jealous of Lise and who for years told the girl her mother was disreputable,” Corlouër said.