life murder of Mary  Cecilia Rogers, who was found floating in the Hudson River near  Weehawken, NJ. Poe transplanted the events to Paris and placed the  case in the hands of amateur detective C. Auguste Dupin. In a weird  twist, Poes ultimate conclusion as to the circumstances of the  crime were proved correct when the murderers confessed well after  "The Mystery of Marie Roget" was published.