House behind the headlines. Digne, France: The "Grand Terre" (Big
Land) farm of convicted murderer
Gaston Dominici is being sold to help pay for the 76 year old
goatherd's trial. Cost comes to about
$4,300. It was just 150 yards from the "Grand Terre" that the bodies
of Sir Jack Drummond, his wife,
Lady Anne, and their daughter, Elizabeth, 10, were found. They had
camped overnight on Dominici's
property while on a vacation trip through Europe in August, 1952.
The "Grand Terre" (Big Land), farm of
convicted murderer Gaston Dominici.
The "Grand Terre" (Big Land), farm of
convicted murderer Gaston Dominici.
Police inspectors looking for clues on the site of the crime
committed against Sir Jack Drummond, his wife
and daughter, all three brutally murdered on August 4, 1952, while
they were camping near Lurs in the
Basses-Alpes. Gaston Dominici, the owner of the grounds on which
they were camping, soon became
the prime suspect of the triple murder.
(Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
French police at the scene of the murders of British biochemist
Sir Jack Drummond (1891 - 1952), his wife
Anne and their 10 year-old daughter Elizabeth on a road near the
village of Lurs, in the Basses-Alpes
department in Southern France, 6th August 1952. The Drummonds were
killed on the night of 4th-5th
August, while travelling on holiday in the green Hillman estate car
pictured.
(Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Investigation
French police at the scene of the murders of British biochemist
Sir Jack Drummond, his wife Anne
and their 10 year-old daughter Elizabeth on a road near the village
of Lurs, in the Basses-Alpes
department in Southern France, 6th August 1952. The Drummonds were
killed on the night of
4th-5th August, while travelling on holiday. Their green Hillman
estate car is labelled at top right,
as are the spots where each of the three bodies was found.
(Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The bodies of Sir Jack Drummond, Lady Drummond and their 10
year-old daughter Elizabeth are removed
from the roadside near Digne in Southern France, where they were
discovered, 5th August 1952.
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