August Sangret
Canadian murderer (1913–1943) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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August Sangret (28 August 1913 – 29 April 1943) was a French-Canadian soldier, convicted and subsequently hanged for the September 1942 murder of 19-year-old Joan Pearl Wolfe in Surrey, England. This murder case is also known as the "Wigwam Murder".[1]
August Sangret | |
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![]() Pvt. August Sangret, pictured while stationed in Fleet, Hampshire, c. May 1942 | |
Born | (1913-08-28)28 August 1913 Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Died | 29 April 1943(1943-04-29) (aged 29) |
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Other names | The Wigwam Murderer |
Occupation | Military serviceman |
Criminal status | Executed |
Conviction(s) | Murder |
Criminal penalty | Death |
The murder of Joan Pearl Wolfe became known as "the Wigwam Murder" due to the fact the victim had become known among locals as the "Wigwam Girl"[2] through her living in two separate, improvised wigwams upon Hankley Common in the months preceding her murder, and that these devices proved to have been constructed by her murderer.[3]
This case marked the first occasion in British legal history in which a murder victim's skull was introduced as evidence at trial,[4] and has been described by true crime author Colin Wilson as "the last of the classic cases."[5][6]