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In January 1993, a house fire tore through the Romand family home in Prévessin-Moëns, near the French-Swiss border. Inside, Florence Romand and her two young children, Antoine and Caroline, were dead. Jean-Claude Romand — husband, father, and apparent survivor — was clinging to life. But what first looked like a devastating accident quickly unravelled into something far darker: the calculated murder of an entire family and the exposure of a man who had spent his life living a lie. Jean-Claude Romand wasn’t just a killer — he was a master deceiver who had faked his career, manipulated those closest to him, and, in a final act of horror, murdered his wife, children, and parents to stop the truth from coming out. He survived, was convicted, and in 2019, after 26 years behind bars, walked free.

This is the story of the Romand Family.

Information and support

· Samaritans UK Contact Us | Samaritans

· National Domestic Violence Helpline UK 0808 2000 247

· Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA) Home - AAFDA

· Women’s Aid Home - Women's Aid

· National Domestic Abuse Helpline UK 0808 2000 247

· Mental health support USA Mental Health America | Homepage | Mental Health America

· Domestic abuse helpline USA 1.800.799.SAFE Domestic Violence Support | National Domestic Violence Hotline

References

The Adversary: Amazon.co.uk: Carrere, Emmanuel, Coverdale, Linda: 9780747551898: Books

Jean-Claude Romand | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Frenchman who killed his entire family after fraudulently posing as a doctor released from jail | Daily Mail Online

Jean-Claude Romand: Fake French doctor who killed family is free - BBC News

Jean-Claude Romand: The fake doctor turned family annihilator | by Ominous Nights | Medium

Deadly fantasist | | The Guardian

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