 On the same day, he attacked an 87-year-old woman, Berthe Finalteri, whom he suffocated and left for dead.Two days later, he strangled Geneviève Germont, who would be his last victim.As Paulin celebrated his 24th birthday, Finalteri unexpectedly recovered, and was able to give an accurate description of her attacker, stating that he was ""un métis d'une vingtaine d'années coiffé à la Carl Lewis, avec une boucle d'oreille à l'oreille gauche"" (literally "a mix-race man in his twenties, with hair like Carl Lewis and an earring in his left ear").