TV'S TORTURED 'TEC Detective behind BBC's Baptiste never gave up in battle to nail killer
TELEVISION detective Julien Baptiste is based on real-life policeman Jean-Francois Abgrall, who determinedly travelled thousands of miles to find Francis Heaulme, France’s worst modern-day serial killer. It is feared he murdered 50 men, women and children. Abgrall never gave up in a three-year battle of wits against Heaulme.