February 9 horror

Two days later, a stunned parishioner from Le Malzieu beheld the Beast on the move, a human head in it jaws. It had just slain 12-year-old Marie-Jeanne Rousset. Its spoils were recovered by outraged neighbors. The poor girl’s body was used by Duhamel as bait with no result and she was buried. Hunts continued over the next two days; they were fruitless.