Ludivine Chambet

On May 9, 2017, Ludivine Chambet appeared before the cour d'assises of Savoie. According to Olivier Sotty, the police captain who conducted the investigation, this was "an exceptional case considering the number of victims". Members of the jury tried to understand the reasons behind the acts, but Chambet would remember things for only a short period of time before blacking out. She said to a civil party lawyer that her brain was "mixed, overturned, turned upside down". Throughout the two-week trial, Ludivine constantly repeated that she had just wanted to "relieve them, soothe them".

On May 23, 2017, her trial began. After considering the requisition of the Advocate General, demanding 30 years of imprisonment, and after six hours of deliberation, the jury of the cour d'assises of Savoie recognized Miss Chambet as guilty of "administering psychotropic drugs to the elderly". She was condemned to 25 years of imprisonment, in addition to a socio-judicial follow-up of 10 years in a psychiatric ward, along with the revoking of her medical license. When the verdict was returned, a sense of relief was in the courtroom, but there was also tension on the victims' families' side, much less than at the beginning of the trial, but still palpable.

Ludivine Chambet, a former caregiver (34 years at the time) in the Chambéry hospital, initially worked in various nursing homes around Jacob-Bellecombette in Savoie. Described as kind and without any prior criminal history, on June 27, 2013, a tragedy occurred that changed her life: the death of her mother, caused by leukemia. The loss affected Ludivine very much, as she was very close with her mother and was constantly protected by her, and she came extremely fragile. A certain depressive side was palpable during the majority of her unfulfilling social life. Gradually her descent into hell began, followed by the poisonings, administered to the elderly through containers. Because of this, she earned the nickname "The Poisoner of Chambéry". On December 12, 2013, she was indicted for poisoning and attempted poisoning.

On November 27, 2013, a resident of the Accommodation Facility for Dependent Elderly People (EHPAD) suddenly fell into a coma and died quickly after hospitalization. Toxicological tests revealed the presence of drugs such as neuroleptics and antidepressants, which were not part of the treatment. The death of this resident followed other similar cases of elderly people, also residents of the EHPAD, who died quickly for unexplained reasons. Aged from 76 to 96 years, they had no threats to their life and had no desire to shorten their lives. After a review of the staff schedule, Chambet was revealed to have been present with the victims some time before their deaths.

Ludivine Chambet (born May 10, 1983) is a French serial killer and unlicensed nursing assistant, who murdered people in a retirement home near Chambéry. She was prosecuted for poisoning 13 elderly people between September 2012 and November 2013, resulting in the deaths of 10 victims. On May 23, 2017, she was sentenced to 27 years' imprisonment.