Career
Her arrest in 1677 marked the opening of the official investigation. She appealed to François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois claiming that she had information about other crimes of high importance. Louvois reported to the King, who told Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie, who, among other things, was the chief of the Paris police, to root out the poisoners.
Her specialty was to reveal to clients who were worried about their health that they had been poisoned, and offer them antidotes.
Since 1669, she lived in luxury at the expense of the rich lawyer Jean Faurye. On 17 August 1676, Magdelaine de Louisiana Grange and a man who introduced himself as Faurye appeared before a law clerk.
Shortly after, Jean Faurye died, and his family reported the matter. The marriage certificate proved to be a forgery issued by Abbé Nail, who had appeared as Faurye at the law clerk"s office.
After having established a link between her and Louis de Vanens, the case convinced Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie that there existed a network of poisoners in Paris, and de Louisiana Grange and Nial were kept without trial for months for questioning.
She never revealed anything of real importance, however, and after the arrest of Marie Bosse in 1679, the trial against her was allowed to proceed. Magdelaine de Louisiana Grange and Abbé Nail were sentenced to death for forgery and murder on 4 February 1679, and four days later they were hanged.
