Four French students have been arrested in connection with the killing of a 23-year-old woman who was found dead last week, dismembered and decomposing in a plastic container filled with acid, reports The Washington Post.
Three men and a woman, aged 19 to 23, were indicted in southern France during the weekend in connection with the slaying, which was thought to be inspired by AMC’s dark drama Breaking Bad, the prosecutor told Agence France-Presse. Two men were indicted for murder, drug trafficking and robbery. The third was indicted for murder by complicity. The men remain in custody.
The woman was indicted for drug trafficking and put under judicial supervision.
Eva Bourseau, a 23-year-old former student in Toulouse, France, apparently owed the drug dealers more than 6,000 euros. When she failed to pay, the suspects sought revenge, police said. On July 26th, two male suspects reportedly went to her apartment and allegedly beat her to death.
The prosecutor said when it came time to hide the evidence, the suspects took a cue from Breaking Bad, a TV show in which characters Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) were seen several times throughout the series disposing of victims’ bodies by submerging them in plastic tubs filled with hydrofluoric acid. The suspects allegedly used chlorine acid, according to Radio France Internationale.