Killing of Sophie Toscan du Plantier
1996
French Filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier was visiting her vacation home in Schull, County Cork, Ireland in the winter of 1996. Plantier, who’s husband lived in France, was alone at her cottage when a terrible incident would occur.
An unknown assailant attacked Plantier and brutally murdered her just outside her home. To this day nobody has been found guilty of the attack although the prime suspect was seen with scratches on his arm and forehead…