Marie-Andrée Leclerc (born October 26, 1945-April 20, 1984) was a known accomplice to serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who preyed on Western tourists travelling on the hippie trail of South Asia during the 1970s.

Marie-Andrée Leclerc was born on October 26, 1945, in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse,[citation needed] After studying in Quebec, she became a medical secretary at a clinic in Lévis.

The first victim was a young woman from Seattle, Teresa Knowlton (named Jennie Bollivar in the book Serpentine), who was found drowned in a tidal pool in the Gulf of Thailand, wearing a flowered bikini.

The next victim was a young nomadic Turkish Sephardic Jew, Vitali Hakim, whose burnt body was found on the road to the Pattaya resort, where Sobhraj and his growing clan were staying.

Dutch students Henk Bintanja, 29, and his fiancée Cornelia Hemker, 25, were invited to Thailand after meeting Sobhraj in Hong Kong.

As they recovered, Sobhraj was visited by his previous victim Hakim's French girlfriend, Charmayne Carrou, who had come to investigate her boyfriend's disappearance.

[7] On December 18, the day the bodies of Bintanja and Hemker were identified, Sobhraj and Leclerc entered Nepal using the deceased couple's passports.

They met in Nepal and, between December 21 and 22, murdered Canadian Laurent Carrière, 26, and American Connie Jo Bronzich, 29; the two victims were incorrectly identified by some sources as Laddie DuParr and Annabella Tremont.

Sobhraj used the passport to travel with Leclerc and Chowdhury—first to Singapore, then to India and, in March 1976, to return to Bangkok, despite knowing that the authorities there sought him.

[8] Knippenberg had some knowledge of, and had possibly even met, Sobhraj, although the latter's true identity was still unknown to the diplomat, who continued gathering evidence.

It is believed Sobhraj murdered his former accomplice before leaving Malaysia in order to continue his and Leclerc's roles as gem dealers in Geneva.

After being incarcerated in Tihar prison,[12] Marie-Andrée Leclerc faced accusations of complicity in the murders of Jean-Luc Salomon and Avoni Jacob in India.

[13] However, she was required to report to the Indian High Commission in Ottawa every three months and had to return to India for further trial when her health allowed.