# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francois-verove
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:32:47.345Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francois-verove"
name: "François Vérove"
slug: "francois-verove"
description: "François Vérove, also known as Le Grêlé, was a French serial killer, rapist and police officer who murdered at least three people between 1986 and 1994 in the Île-de-France region. He received his nickname from acne scars seen on his face by witnesses following his first murder."
tagline: "French serial killer and onetime police officer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fran%C3%A7ois_VEROVE.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1962-01-22"
deathDate: "2021-09-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.32
  momentum:             10.15965612526865
  historical:           6.313010666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_V%C3%A9rove"
    title: "François Vérove"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_V%C3%A9rove"
    title: "François Vérove"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_V%C3%A9rove"
    title: "François Vérove"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_V%C3%A9rove"
    title: "François Vérove"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%90%D7%94_%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91"
    title: "פרנסואה ורוב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Verove"
    title: "François Verove"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108760741"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump