Albert Foulcher was a French insurance agent born in 1952. He operated his own insurance firm but faced professional challenges, including competition and client losses. Foulcher blamed fellow insurer André Meffray for poaching clients and contributing to his business's decline. After five years in the industry, Foulcher left his position and became unemployed. He was known to harbor resentment towards Meffray, which investigators later considered a potential motive for subsequent events.

On January 21, 1993, in Pailhès, France, 64-year-old retired insurance agent André Meffray was shot five times at his home. Witnesses described a man wearing a cap and brown jacket fleeing the scene in a dark-colored car with red side stripes. Ballistic analysis linked the bullets to a Dan Wesson firearm. Investigators discovered that Foulcher had attempted to have such a weapon deactivated, raising suspicions. Foulcher was arrested but denied involvement. Released pending trial, he failed to appear in court and was convicted in absentia, receiving a life sentence.

On January 8, 2001, Foulcher resurfaced near Narbonne, France. He first killed Pascal Herrero, the husband of a former mistress. As police responded, he shot and killed two officers: Hervé Prior and Patrick Rigaud. Later that day, he murdered Maurice Michaud, another insurance agent he believed conspired against him. Foulcher then fled, becoming France's most wanted man.

Foulcher hid in the apartment of his mistress, Isabelle Susic, in Béziers. On January 17, 2001, as police and RAID units closed in, he committed suicide with a gunshot to the head. Due to his death, legal proceedings were terminated, and he remains legally presumed innocent.