Who was Marie-Andree Leclerc? Born on October 26, 1945, in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Marie-Andree Leclerc was a medical secretary from Levis, Quebec. Leclerc was really fascinated by the hippie subculture while growing up and decided to embark on a hippie trail in the year 1975. Later that year, she took a trip to India and visited Kashmir. It was in Srinagar that she met Charles Sobhraj, with whom she quickly fell in love. Marie-Andree Leclerc (YouTube)
He was her tour guide around the country and impressed her with his dashing personality. At the end of the trip, he made her promise to come back to see him again. Their love story started to blossom as soon as she left India. Over the period of three months, he sent her several love letters and urged her to meet him in Bangkok. After waiting for almost three more months, she finally decided to see him and flew to Thailand to see him.