Terradada sogur

TERRADADA SOGUR By Felix Rian Constantinescu October 15, 2016 Lui Napoleon Bonaparte și Victor Hugo.

MOTTO: LASCIATE OGNI SPERANZA VUOI CH’ENTRATE. Dante, Inferno.

MOTTO 2 Steubenville rape. I don t know who did it and I don t care. But. Should we always keep pain covered?

Is this virtue? In this context, the ruined work of innocent youth, are books like mine and the Bible and saga written by Christian priests and judges, bad? Everytime it doesn t matter, until it happens to you. Who is not guilty?

FOREWORD Toate credințele mi se adeveresc. Toți avem același suflet, Jacques Valjean. Educația ne poate salva mințile.

Felix Rian Constantinescu Păclișa, 15 Octombrie 2016 CONTENTS Afghanistan Abdullah Shah: killed at least 20 travelers on the road from Kabul to Jalalabad serving under Zardad Khan; also killed his wife; executed on 20 April 2004 Argentina Cayetano Santos Godino: also known as "Petiso Orejudo" ("Big Eared Midget"); at 16, killed four children in 1912; died in prison in 1944 Robledo Puch: also known as "The Death Angel" and "The Black Angel"; killed 11 people before his arrest in 1972; sentenced to life imprisonment in 1980 Australia David and Catherine Birnie: also known as "Moorhouse murders"; couple from the suburban Perth area responsible for the murders of four women in 1986 Gregory Brazel: shot dead a woman in 1982 armed robbery and murdered two prostitutes in 1990 John Bunting, Robert Wagner and James Vlassakis: also known as the "Bodies in the Barrels Murders"; convicted of the Snowtown murders of 12 people between 1992 and 1999 Eric Edgar Cooke: also known as "The Night Caller"; killed at least 8 people, and attempted to kill many more; last person to be hanged in Western Australia Bandali Debs: convicted of murdering two police officers and two prostitutes in the 1990s Paul Denyer: also known as "Frankston Killer"; murdered three women in 1993 in the Melbourne suburb of Frankston Peter Dupas: serving three life sentences for multiple murders and rape charges Kathleen Folbigg: murdered four of her infants between 1991 and 1999 Eddie Leonski: also known as the "Brownout Strangler"; United States Army soldier who killed three women in Melbourne, Australia; executed in 1942 Leonard Fraser: also known as "The Rockhampton Rapist"; convicted of killing four women in Rockhampton, Queensland

John Wayne Glover: also known as "The Granny Killer"; killed six elderly women on Sydney's North Shore; committed suicide in 2005 Caroline Grills: also known as "Auntie Thally"; serial poisoner of five family members Paul Steven Haigh: sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the murders of seven people in Victoria in the late 1970s Lindsay Robert Rose: serial killer and contract killer who murdered five people between 1984 and 1994 Matthew James Harris: strangled a friend's brother, a female friend and a male neighbour to death over five weeks in 1998 in Wagga Wagga Thomas Jeffries: Tasmanian penal colony escapee responsible for the murders of five people; executed in 1826 John Lynch: also known as "The Berrima Axe Murderer"; killed ten people from 1835 to 1841 William MacDonald: also known as "the Mutilator"; killed at least five men between June 1961 and April 1963 John and Sarah Makin: late 19th century baby farmers who killed and buried 12 children at a succession of their homes Ivan Milat: killed at least seven tourists in Belanglo State Forest, New South Wales, which became known as the "Backpacker Murders"; suspected in similar disappearances in Newcastle Martha Needle: also known as the "Black Widow of Richmond"; poisoner of four family members and boyfriend's brother; executed in 1894 Martha Rendell: killed three stepchildren with hydrochloric acid in 1907-08; last woman to be hanged in Western Australia Arnold Sodeman: also known as the "School-girl Strangler"; killed four children in Melbourne in the 1930s Christopher Worrell and James Miller: also known as the "Truro Murderers"; convicted of killing seven victims in 1976-77 Austria Elfriede Blauensteiner: poisoner of three individuals; died in 2003 Jack Unterweger: author and sexual sadist; convicted of 10 murders; believed to have killed 12 women; committed suicide in prison in 1994 Maria Gruber, Irene Leidolf, Stephanija Mayer and Waltraud Wagner: also known as the "Lainz Angels of Death"; nurses at the Lainz General Hospital in Vienna who admitted to murdering 49 patients Belarus Gennady Mikhasevich: police volunteer who investigated his own mission-oriented murders of 36 women between 1971 and 1985; executed in 1987.[1] Belgium András Pándy: also known as "Vader Blauwbaard" (Father Bluebeard); convicted of the murder and rape of his two wives and four children.[2] Marc Dutroux: convicted of having kidnapped, tortured and sexually abused six girls ranging in age from 8 to 19, during 1995 to 1996.[3] Brazil Francisco de Assis Pereira: rapist and serial killer, known as "O Maníaco do Parque" (The Park Maniac); arrested for the torture, rape and death of 11 women and for assaulting nine in a park in São Paulo during the 1990s Marcelo Costa de Andrade: also known as "The Vampire of Niterói"; raped and killed 14 children.

Abraão José Bueno: nurse who killed four child patients; sentenced to 110 years imprisonment in 2005 Pedro Rodrigues Filho: also known as "Pedrinho Matador"; convicted and sentenced to 128 years imprisonment for 70 murders; however, the maximum one can serve in Brazil is 30 years; claimed to have killed more than 100 victims, including 40 prison inmates Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha: security guard who has claimed to have killed 39 people Edson Isidoro Guimarães: nurse who killed four patients but suspected of 131 deaths in total

Anísio Ferreira de Sousa: gynaecologist who was convicted of the murder of three children but linked to the disappearance of a total of 19 Canada Paul Bernardo: also known as "the Scarborough Rapist"; a Toronto man who killed three teenage girls (including his wife's sister) with the aid of his wife Karla Homolka Wayne Boden: also known as "the Vampire Rapist" killed 4 women between 1968 and 1971; died in prison 2006 John Martin Crawford: convicted in 1996 for the murders of three women Léopold Dion: also known as "Monster of Pont-Rouge"; raped and killed four young boys in 1960; murdered in 1972 by a fellow prison inmate William Patrick Fyfe: convicted of killing five women in Montreal; suspect in several other murders Gilbert Paul Jordan: killed between 8 and 10 women by alcohol poisoning; died in 2006 Cody Legebokoff: one of Canada's youngest serial killers, convicted of murdering three women and a teenage girl between 2009 and 2010 Allan Legere: also known as "Monster of the Miramichi"; killer of five individuals Michael Wayne McGray: killed 7 people, including a woman and child and a cellmate, claims to have killed 11 others Clifford Olson: murdered 11 children in British Columbia; died in prison 2011 Robert Pickton: charged with the first degree murders of 26 women; allegedly confessed to 49 murders; convicted December 9, 2007 of six charges; reduced to second degree murder Peter Woodcock: murdered three children in 1956 and 1957 and a fellow psychiatric institute patient in 1991; died while incarcerated in 2010 Chile Julio Pérez Silva: also known as "Psychopath from Alto Hospicio", sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering fourteen women from 1998 to 2001 Jorge Sagredo and Carlos Topp: also known as the "Viña del Mar Psychopaths"; committed ten murders and four rapes from August 5, 1980 to November 1, 1981 in the city of Viña del Mar; executed by firing squad on January 29, 1985; they were the last people executed in Chile People's Republic of China Liu Pengli: 2nd century BC Han prince; one of the earliest serial killers attested by historical sources Gong Runbo: found guilty of the murders of six children and teenagers aged between nine and 16 from 2005 to 2006; executed 2007 Huang Yong: between September 2001 and 2003 killed at least 17 teenage boys; executed in 2003 Shen Changyin and Shen Changping: found guilty of the murders of 11 prostitutes between 1999 and 2004; sentenced to death in 2005 Wang Qiang: 45 murder victims and 10 rapes; executed on 17 November 2005 Yang Xinhai: also known as the "Monster Killer"; confessed to killing 65 people between 2000 and 2003; executed in 2004 Zhang Yongming: killed 11 males between March 2008 and April 2012; executed in 2013 Zhou Kehua: former soldier who targeted ATM users; killed 10 people and evaded the law for 8 years, before being killed in 2012 in a shootout with police after a year-long manhunt Colombia Daniel Camargo Barbosa: also known as "The Sadist of El Charquito", who is believed to have raped and killed over 150 young girls in Colombia and Ecuador during the 1970s and 1980s Luis Garavito: also known as "The Beast" admitted to murder and rape of 140 young boys Pedro López: also known as "The Monster of the Andes"; accused of raping and killing more than 300 girls across South America Manuel Octavio Bermúdez: also known as "El Monstruo de los Cañaduzales" (The Monster of the Cane Fields); confessed to raping and killing at least 21 children in remote areas of Colombia Croatia Vinko Pintarić: murdered five people, including his wife between 1973 and 1990; escaped from custody three times, killed in a 1991 shootout with the police

Czech Republic Martin Lecián: responsible for killing 10 policemen and 1 prison officer; executed in 1927 Marie Fikáčková: female nurse in Sušice who was executed by hanging in 1961 for the murders of 10 babies Václav Mrázek: convicted of the murders of seven women; executed in 1957 Hubert Pilčík: killed at least five people whom he had to get across the border from Czechoslovakia into Germany; committed suicide in prison in 1951 Petr Zelenka: male nurse convicted of murdering seven patients in Havlíčkův Brod by lethal injections to "test" doctors; sentenced to life imprisonment Denmark Peter Lundin: killed his mother in 1991, then killed his mistress and her two children 9 years later; sentenced to life imprisonment Dagmar Overbye: childcare provider who killed between nine and 25 children; sentenced to death in 1921 then reprieved; died in prison on 6 May 1929 Ecuador Gilberto Chamba: also known as the "Monster of Machala"; murdered 8 people in Ecuador and one in Spain; sentenced to 45 years in prison in Spain on 5 November 2006 Egypt Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour: also known as "Al-Tourbini"; gang leader who raped and murdered homeless children by throwing them off trains in the 2000s, sometimes burying them alive; executed in 2010 Raya and Sakina: Egypt's most famous serial killers and the first Egyptian women to be executed by the modern state of Egypt; executed in 1921 Estonia Aleksandr Rubel: convicted murderer of six people in Tallinn Finland Matti Haapoja: convicted murderer of three people, admitted to the murders of 18; possibly killed 22–25; sentenced to life imprisonment, hanged himself in a prison cell Aino Nykopp-Koski: first Finnish female serial killer, convicted of five murders and five attempted murders; sentenced to life in prison France Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers: Aristocratic French poisoner; executed in 1676 Pierre Chanal: serial killer of 17 boys between 1980 and 1987; committed suicide in 2003 Martin Dumollard: condemned to the guillotine after having been arrested and charged with the deaths of maids from 1855 to 1861.

Michel Fourniret: also known as "Ogre of Ardennes"; confessed to nine murders of young girls; allegedly killed 10 more between 1987 and 2001 Guy Georges: also known as the "Beast of the Bastille"; serving a life sentence for seven murders between 1991 and 1997 Francis Heaulme: also known as the "Criminal Backpacker"; serving a life sentence for 20 murders between 1984 and 1992 Hélène Jégado: domestic servant who poisoned at least 23 people between 1833 and 1851; executed in 1852 Henri Désiré Landru: killed 11 people; inspired the character of Monsieur Verdoux played by Charlie Chaplin; executed by guillotine on 25 February 1922 Claude Lastennet: convicted of murdering 5 old women between August 1993 and January 1994; sentenced to life in prison Émile Louis: preyed on young handicapped women (seven murders) in the 1970s in Yonne; died in prison in 2013 Christine Malèvre: nurse sentenced for the murders of at least 30 terminally ill patients

Thierry Paulin: also known as the "Beast of Montmartre"; preyed on the elderly in the 1980s and murderer of 21 old women Marcel Petiot: doctor who killed 63 would-be refugees in Paris from the Nazis; executed in 1946 Gilles de Rais: 15th century satanist and child killer who is reputed to have killed 400; executed on 23 October 1440 Joseph Vacher: also known as "The French Ripper" and "The South-East Ripper"; 19th century serial killer of 11 people; executed by guillotine on 31 December 1898 Jeanne Weber: convicted of the murders of 10 children; committed suicide in custody in 1918 Eugen Weidmann: German who strangled and robbed American dancer Jean de Koven, shot a former accomplice, and shot dead and robbed four other people around Paris in 1937 Germany Jürgen Bartsch: killed four boys ages 8–13, one escaped; died by wrongful overdose during castration surgery Olaf Däter: also known as the "Granny-Killer"; killed five elderly women; sentenced to life in prison Karl Denke: cannibal; allegedly killed up to 42 people between 1914 and 1918; committed suicide in police custody Volker Eckert: trucker who abducted, tortured and killed prostitutes along his route; accused of 19 murders in Germany, France and Spain between 1974 and 2006; committed suicide in police custody Christman Genipperteinga kept registry of the 964 persons he claimed to have murdered from 15681581 Gesche Gottfried: serial poisoner who murdered 15 people in Hanover and Bremen; publicly executed in 1831 Carl Großmann: killed upwards of 50 women and sold their flesh on the black market in Berlin; committed suicide in police custody in 1922 Frank Gust: also known as the "Rhein-Ruhr-Ripper"; killed four women from 1994 to 1998 Fritz Haarmann: also known as the "Butcher of Hanover" and the "Vampire of Hanover". Murdered at least 27 young men and boys before dismembering their bodies. Reportedly sold the flesh of some victims on the black market as contraband meat; executed in 1925 Erwin Hagedorn: killed three boys in the late 1960s and early 1970s; was the last civilian to be executed in the German Democratic Republic in 1972 Fritz Honka: murdered four prostitutes in Hamburg between 1970 and 1975; released from prison in 1993; died in 1998 Joachim Kroll: also known as the "Ruhr Cannibal" and the "Ruhr Hunter"; claimed 13 victims over three decades; died in prison in 1991 Peter Kürten: also known as the "Vampire of Düsseldorf". Murdered at least 9 victims between 1913 and 1929; executed in 1931 Stephan Letter: male nurse who killed 29 hospital patients in Sonthofen; arrested in 2006 and sentenced to life imprisonment Martin Ney: Wore a mask while killing 3 and sexually assaulting at least 40 children between 1992 and 2004 Marianne Nölle: female nurse who was convicted of killing seven patients between 1984 and 1992; suspected of killing 17; sentenced to life imprisonment in 1993 Paul Ogorzow: also known as the "S-Bahn murderer"; SA sergeant convicted of raping and murdering eight women by throwing them off trains in Berlin during blackouts in 1941 and 1942 Rudolf Pleil: also known as "The Deathmaker"; convicted of killing salesman and nine women between 1946 and 1947 and claimed to have killed 25; committed suicide in police custody in 1950 Norbert Poehlke, also known as "The Hammer-Killer"; police officer, bank robber and serial killer; committed suicide in 1985 Heinrich Pommerenke: confessed to the murders of four women killed in 1959; died in prison in 2008 Wolfgang Schmidt: also known as the "Beast of Beelitz"; killed five women and a 3 month old baby from 1989 to 1991; currently in a psychiatric hospital

Friedrich Schumann: also known as the "Terror of Falkenhagen Lake"; killed six people and was executed in 1921 Peter Stumpp: self-proclaimed werewolf who killed 16 people during the 16th century Sophie Charlotte Elisabeth Ursinus: Berlin aristocrat convicted of poisoning her aunt with arsenic at the turn of the 19th century; boyfriend and husband died similarly Elisabeth Wiese: also known as the "Angel Maker of St. Pauli"; baby farmer who poisoned her grandchild and four others with morphine and burned their bodies in a stove in 1902 and 1903 Anna Maria Zwanziger: Bavarian poisoner; killer of four people; executed in 1811 Ghana Charles Quansah: convicted of the strangulation deaths of nine women in Accra; suspected of killing 34; sentenced to death in 2003 Greece Hermann Duft and Hans Wilhelm Bassenauer: Germans who murdered six persons in Greece, within a short period in 1969, were captured, tried, sentenced to death and executed in 1969 Antonis Daglis: also known as the "Athens Ripper"; convicted in 1997 of the strangulation murder and dismemberment of three women and the attempted murder of six others; committed suicide in police custody in 1997 Hong Kong Lam Kor-wan: sexual sadist who murdered and dismembered four women in the 1980s; sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment as per tradition at that time) Lam Kwok-wai: murdered three women, sentenced to life imprisonment (capital punishment already abolished) Hungary Erzsébet Báthory: countess who killed servant girls; rumored to have killed more than 600 Béla Kiss: murdered at least 24 women, escaped justice in the confusion of World War I India Thug Behram (ca 1765–1840): alleged to have killed over 900 people; executed in 1840 M. Jaishankar (born 1977): involved in about 30 rapes, murders and robbery cases Joshi-Abhyankar serial murders: series of 10 murders committed by four art students in Pune; all were executed on 27 November 1983 Surender Koli (born 1970-71): convicted of raping and murdering four children in Delhi in 2005 and 2006 with another 12 cases pending Mohan Kumar (born 1963): also known as "Cyanide Mohan"; killed 20 female victims with cynanide, claiming they were contraceptive pills; sentenced to death in 2013 Motta Navas (born 1966): killed pavement dwellers in their sleep during a three-month period in 2012 Raman Raghav (1929-1995): killed homeless people and others in their sleep Umesh Reddy alias BA Umesh (born 1969): confessed to 18 rapes and murders, convicted in nine cases Ripper Jayanandan (born 1968): also known as the "Singing Serial Killer"; killed seven people during robberies Satish (born c. 1973): also known as the "Bahadurgarh Baby Killer"; confessed to and convicted for 10 murders; sentenced to life imprisonment Auto Shankar (1954-1995): murdered nine teenage girls in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai during a six-month period in 1988; executed in 1995 Darbara Singh (born 1952): convicted for two murders, 17 suspected victims Charles Sobhraj (born 1944): killed at least 12 Western tourists in Southeast Asia during the 1970s; imprisoned in India (released) and Nepal (in prison) Akku Yadav (died 2004): murdered at least three people and dumped their bodies on the railroad tracks; lynched by a mob of around 200 women Indonesia Verry Idham Henyansyah: convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of 11 people

Ahmad Suradji: admitted to killing 42 women; sentenced to death and executed by firing squad on 10 July 2008 Iraq Ali Asghar Borujerdi: also known as "Asghar the Murderer"; killed 33 young adults in Iraq and Iran; executed on 26 June 1934 Louay Omar Mohammed al-Taei: medical doctor found to have killed 43 wounded policemen, soldiers and officials in Kirkuk; was a member of an insurgent cell Iran Mohammed Bijeh: also known as the "Tehran Desert Vampire"; killed at least 16 young boys near Tehran; executed in 2005 Saeed Hanaei: also known as "The Spider Killer"; killed at least 16 women around Mashhad; executed in 2002 Israel Nicolai Bonner: killed four people in 2005 in Haifa, three of them homeless; sentenced to life imprisonment.

Italy Wolfgang Abel and Mario Furlan: German-Italian duo found guilty of 10 of 27 counts of murder in 1987 Beasts of Satan: Satanic cult members who committed three notorious ritual murders from 1998 to 2004 Donato Bilancia: also known as the "Monster of Liguria" murdered 17 people in seven months between 1997 and 1998 Leonarda Cianciulli: also known as the "Soap-Maker of Correggio"; murderer of three women between 1939 and 1940; died in a women's criminal asylum in 1970 Roberto Succo: murdered at least five people, including his parents, committed suicide while in prison in 1988 Jamaica Lewis Hutchinson: Scottish immigrant convicted of shooting dozens of people in the 18th century; executed in 1773 Japan Sataro Fukiage: raped and killed at least seven girls in the early 20th century; executed 2 July 1926 Hiroaki Hidaka: killed four in Hiroshima prostitutes in 1996; executed 25 December 2006 Miyuki Ishikawa: murdered an estimated 103, but could have been up to 169 infants in the 1940s Kiyotaka Katsuta: firefighter who shot and strangled at least eight people, some during robberies, between 1972 and 1982 Yoshio Kodaira: rapist thought to have killed 11 people in Japan and China as a soldier; executed on 5 October 1949 Genzo Kurita: killed six women and two children and engaged in rape and necrophilia; executed on 16 January 1959 Hiroshi Maeue: also known as "Suicide Website Murderer"; lured people from suicide clubs promising to kill himself with his victims Futoshi Matsunaga and Junko Ogata: also known as "House of Horror"; tortured and killed at least seven people between 1996 and 1998, including Ogata's family Tsutomu Miyazaki: also known as "The Otaku Murderer", "The Little Girl Murderer" and "Dracula"; killed four preschool-age girls and ate the hand of a victim; executed in 2008 Seisaku Nakamura: also known as the "Hamamatsu Deaf Killer", murdered at least nine people; executed in 1943 Akira Nishiguchi: killed five people and engaged in fraud; executed on 11 December 1970 Kiyoshi ĹŒkubo: raped and murdered eight young women over a period of 41 days in 1971 Yukio Yamaji: murdered his own mother in 2000, and then murdered a 27-year-old woman and her 19-year-old sister in 2005 Kazakhstan

Nikolai Dzhumagaliev: also known as "Metal Fang"; raped and hacked seven women to death with an axe in Almaty in 1980, then cannibalised them using his unusual false teeth Latvia Kaspars Petrovs: convicted of murdering 13 elderly Riga women in 2005; confessed to killing 38 Macedonia Vlado Taneski: crime reporter arrested in June 2008 for the murder of three elderly women on whose deaths he had written articles; committed suicide in police custody; suspected of killing another woman Mexico Macario Alcala Canchola: also known as "Jack Mexicano" ("Mexican Jack"), was a Jack the Ripper copycat active in the 1960s.[4] Sara Aldrete: also known as "La Madrina"; cult follower of Adolfo Constanzo; convicted in 1994 of murdering several individuals during her association with Constanzo Juana Barraza: also known as "Mataviejitas" ("Old Lady Killer"); operated within the metropolitan area of Mexico City until January 25, 2006 José Luis Calva: cannibal; police found the remains of multiple female victims in his house; committed suicide on December 11, 2007 Adolfo Constanzo: also known as "The Godfather of Matamoros"; serial killer and cult leader in Mexico; committed suicide in 1989 Gabriel Garza Hoth: also known as "The Black Widower"; killed 3 women between 1991 and 1998, his victims were wives and lovers.[5] Delfina and María de Jesús González: also known as "Las Poquianchis"; killed a total of 91; arrested and sentenced to 40 years in prison in 1964.

Francisco Guerrero: also known as "El Chalequero" ("The man of the vests"); the first documented serial killer in Mexico; committed approximately 20 murders between 1880 and 1888 plus one more in 1908.[6][7] Fernando Hernández Leyva: convicted of 33 murders in 1986, suspected of killing 137 persons.[8] Rudolfo Infante and Anna Villeda: pair by Matamoros responsible for 8 murders.[9] Abdul Latif Sharif: also known as "The Ciudad Juárez`Predator"; a migrant responsible for murdering an unknown number of women in Ciudad Juárez,[10] maybe 15 murders but only he was convicted by one; died in prison Daniel Audiel López Martínez: killed 5 women in Ciudad Juarez between 2007 and 2010. Also murdered two men Raúl Osiel Marroquín: also known as "El Gato Imperial"; killed four gay men in Mexico City Filiberto Hernández Martínez: killed six people between 2010 and 2013 Alejandro Máynez: may have killed over 50 women with accomplices Tadeo Fulgencío Mejía: responsible for several murders during the 1890s and 1900s, motivated by delirious idea of contacting his deceased wife. Now the house in Guanajuato, where he committed the crimes, is known as "The House of laments" (Casa de los lamentos), and according to legend is haunted.[11] Silvia Meraz: involved in an occult sect, killed 3 persons Felícitas Sánchez Aguillón: named "The Ogress of Roma neighborhood" was a nurse, midwife and baby farmer responsible for an unknown number of murders during the 1930s, possibly 50 victims, in Mexico City[12] Magdalena Solis: religious fanatic, proclaimed "The High Blood's Priestess", killed 8 persons in ritual sacrifices[13] Mario Alberto Sulú Canché: killed three young girls between 2007 and 2008, in Mérida, Yucatán; later died in prison Netherlands Willem van Eijk: also known as the "Beast of Harkstede"; convicted of the murders of five women between 1971 and 2001 Koos Hertogs: convicted of the murders of three women between 1979 and 1980

Maria Swanenburg: suspected of killing more than 90 with arsenic in the 1880s; died in prison in 1915 New Zealand Minnie Dean: Scottish immigrant baby farmer who killed at least three children by laudanum poisoning and suffocation in the 1890s; executed by hanging in 1895 Norway Arnfinn Nesset: manager of a geriatric nursing home who poisoned 22 residents at the Orkdal Aldersog Sjukeheim institution over a period of years before being convicted in 1983 Pakistan Javed Iqbal: believed to have raped and killed 100 boys, committed suicide while in prison in 1991 Amir Qayyum: also known as the "Brick Killer"; murdered 14 homeless men in Lahore with rocks or bricks when they were asleep and was sentenced to death in May 2006 Panama William Dathan Holbert: also known as "Wild Bill"; American expatriate who had the bodies of five other Americans buried on his property; he would kill people to get their money and properties; his wife, Laura Michelle Reese, was also arrested Peru Pedro Pablo Nakada Ludeña: also known as "The Apostle of Death"; convicted of 17 murders and claimed 25; sentenced to 35 years in prison.

Poland Joachim Knychała: also known as "The Vampire of Bytom" or "Frankenstein", who murdered five women between 1975 and 1982 Zdzisław Marchwicki: also known as "Zagłębie Vampire"; convicted of murdering 14 women; executed in 1976 Władysław Mazurkiewicz: also known as "The Gentleman Killer"; killed up to 30 women; executed by hanging in 1957 Stanisław Modzelewski: murdered seven women in Łódź during the 1960s; executed in 1970 Leszek Pękalski: also known as the "Vampire of Bytów"; killed up to 17 women Skin Hunters: Karol Banaś, Andrzej Nowocień, Dr. Janusz Kuliński and Dr Paweł Wasilewski, paramedics and doctors in Łódź who killed patients for profit; all four were convicted and officials are investigating possible accomplices Portugal António Luís Costa: ex-GNR officer who murdered three women between 2005 and 2006; sentenced to 25 years in prison Romania Vera Renczi: poisoned two husbands, one son and 32 of her suitors in the 1920s and 1930s Ion Rîmaru: murdered and raped young women in Bucharest from 1970 to 1971; executed in 1971 Vasile Tcaciuc: also known as "The Butcher of Iași": murdered victims with an axe and confessed to have committed at least 26 murders; shot dead by a policeman while trying to escape from prison Romulus Vereș: convicted of five murders in the 1970s; sent to a mental institution; died in 1993 Russia Artyom Anoufriev and Nikita Lytkin: also known as "Academy maniacs"; two teenagers, killed 6 people in Irkutsk from 2010-2011 Valeriy Asratyan: arrested in 1990 and convicted of three murders and dozens of cases of sexual abuse; executed in 1992 Anatoly Biryukov: also known as "The Hunter of Babies", responsible for the kidnappings and subsequent murders of five infants from Moscow in the fall of 1977; executed in 1979 Alexander Bychkov: also known as "Belinsky Cannibal", suspected cannibal; Found guilty of 9 murders and sentenced to life imprisonment Andrei Chikatilo: also known as "The Rostov Ripper"; killed 52 women and children throughout the Soviet Union between 1978 and 1990; executed in 1994 Irina Gaidamachuk: also known as "Satan in a skirt"; killed 17 elderly women between 2002 and 2010; sentenced to 20 years in prison

Sergey Golovkin: also known as "The Fisher" killed 11 boys between 1986 and 1992, executed 1996 Boris Gusakov: also known as "Student Hunter"; committed 15 sexual assaults, including 5 murders, on girls and young women from 1964 to 1968; executed in 1970 Vasili Komaroff: also known as "The Wolf of Moscow"; horse trader who killed 33 men; executed in 1923 Vasiliy Kulik: killed 13 people aged between seven months and 75 years; executed in 1989 Sergei Martynov: accused of murdering as many as nine women between 1992 and 2010 Vladimir Mukhankin: also known as "The pupil of Chikatilo"; he killed 8 women Maxim Petrov: also known as "Doctor Killer" and "Doctor Death"; doctor who killed 12 patients Alexander Pichushkin: also known as "Bitsa Maniac", "The Chessboard Killer"; convicted of 48 murders; confessed to killing 63 Sergei Ryakhovsky: also known as "The Hippopotamus"; convicted of the murders of 19 people aged between 14 and 78 Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova: 18th century noblewoman who tortured and killed serfs on her estate Anatoly Slivko: convicted of killing seven young boys in and around Nevinnomyssk between 1964 and 1985; executed in 1989 Alexander Spesivtsev: cannibal convicted of the murders of 19 women Aleksey Sukletin: also known as "The Alligator"; killed and cannibalized at least 7 girl and women from 1979 to 1985; executed 1987 Alexander Tchayka: also known as "The Fur Coats Hunter"; Ukrainian man who killed 4 women dressed in fur coats in Moscow; sentenced to life imprisonment Anatoly Utkin: also known as "Ulyanovsky Maniac"; killed 8 girls and 1 man from 1968 to 1973; executed 1975 Slovakia Ondrej Rigo: killed, raped and mutilated 9 women in Amsterdam, Munich and Bratislava, always wearing socks on his hands; he remains the Slovak murderer with the highest number of victims and he is also the most prolific serial killer in modern Slovak history.

Jozef Slovák: after serving just 8 years for his first murder from 1978, Slovák killed at least 4 other women in Slovakia and Czech Republic in the early 1990s; highly intelligent, holder of numerous patents in electronics.

Slovenia Silvo Plut: killed three women; committed suicide in prison in 2007 Metod Trobec: raped and killed at least five women; committed suicide in prison in 2006 South Africa As of October 2014 South Africa had 160 recorded serial killers since 1950. A disproportionately large number of whom were white males whilst no racial group were more likely to be victims.[14] Sibusiso Duma: murdered 7 people in the Pietermaritzburg area of KwaZulu Natal in 2007 Cedric Maake: also known as the "Wemmer Pan Killer"; serial rapist; murdered at least 27 people from 1996–1997 Jimmy Maketta: also known as "Jesus Killer" convicted on 16 counts of murder, 19 counts of rape from 1996–1999 Johannes Mashiane: also known as "The Beast of Atteridgeville" 13 counts of murder, 12 counts of sodomy from 1982–1989 Daisy de Melker: poisoner; killed two husbands and one son between 1923–1932; executed in 1932 Jack Mogale: also known as the "West-End serial killer"; convicted of raping and murdering 16 women in Johannesburg in 2008 and 2009 Elifasi Msomi: also known as "The Axe Killer" murdered 15 people under the influence of the Tokoloshe from 1953–1955 Nicholas Lungisa Ncama: murdered 6 people in the Eastern Cape in 1997; sentenced to life in prison David Randitsheni: also known as "Modimolle Serial Killer" raped and murdered 10 children (kidnapped and raped more) from 2004–2008

Gert van Rooyen: allegedly abducted and murdered at least six girls from across South Africa from 1988–1989 Samuel Sidyno: also known as "Capital Hill Serial Killer"; murdered 7 people in Pretoria from 1998– 1999 Norman Afzal Simons: also known as "Station Strangler" raped, sodomised and murder 22 children on the Cape Flats from 1986–1994 Moses Sithole: also known as the "ABC Killer" and The South African Strangler raped and killed at least 38 young women in Atteridgeville, Boksburg and Cleveland from 1994 - 1995 Thozamile Taki also known as the "Sugarcane Serial Killer"; robbed and killed 10 women in KwaZulu Natal and three in Eastern Cape, dumping their bodies in sugarcane and tea plantations Sipho Thwala: also known as the "Phoenix Strangler"; raped and murdered 19 women in the sugarcane fields of KwaZulu Natal from 1996 to 1997 Stewart Wilken: also known as "Boetie Boer"; raped, sodomised and murdered at least 7 victims from 1990–1997 Elias Xitavhudzi: also known as "Pangaman" murdered 16 people in Atteridgeville in the 1960s Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode: also known as "Donnybrook Serial Killer" murdered 18 people in Donnybrook KwaZulu Natal from 1994–1995 South Korea Chijon family: gang of cannibals that was sentenced to death for killing five people; sentenced to death in 1994 Yoo Young-chul: cannibal; killed 21 people from September 2003 to July 2004, mainly young women and rich men Kang Ho Sun: sentenced to death in 2010 for killing 10 women, including his wife and mother-in-law Spain Francisca Ballesteros: known as La Viuda Negra[15] ("The Black Widow"), poisoned her husband and three children in Valencia between 1990 and 2004 (one survived), sentenced to 84 years in prison in 2005 Manuel Blanco Romasanta: travelling salesman who claimed to be a werewolf, confessed to 13 murders and was convicted of eight in 1853; his initial death sentence commuted in order to make a study in clinical lycanthropy, died in prison ten years later Manuel Delgado Villegas: El Arropiero[15] ("The Arrope Trader"), wandering criminal with XYY syndrome that confessed to 48 murders in Spain, France and Italy, including his girlfriend; considered guilty of seven and interned in a mental institution until his death in 1998 Juan Diaz de Garayo: also known as "The Sacamantecas"; killed 6 people from 1870 to 1879. Executed by garrote in 1881 Francisco Garcia Escalero: also known as El Mendigo Asesino[15] ("The Killer Beggar"); schizophrenic beggar convicted of 11 murders, confined to a psychiatric hospital since 1995 Enriqueta Martí: self-proclaimed witch who kidnapped, prostituted, murdered and made potions with the remains of small children in early 20th century Barcelona (12 bodies were identified in her home); murdered in prison while awaiting trial in 1913 Dámaso Rodríguez Martín: El Brujo ("The Warlock"), serial rapist and voyeur imprisoned in 1981 after attacking a couple, killing the man and raping the woman. Escaped from prison to the Anaga mountains in 1991, where he killed two German hikers (one of them was raped). Cornered in an abandoned house, he shot himself unsuccessfully, only to be shot dead in turn by law enforcement.

José Antonio Rodriguez Vega: El Mataviejas[15] ("The Old Lady Killer"), raped and killed at least 16 elderly women, sentenced to 440 years in prison in 1995, murdered by fellow inmates in 2002 Gustavo Romero Tercero: "The Valdepeñas Killer", killed 3 people from 1993 to 1998 Sweden Anders Hansson: hospital orderly who poisoned his victims with detergents Gevisol and Ivisol between October 1978 and January 1979. His actions were called "The Hospital Murders" (Swedish: Sjukhusmorden).

John Ingvar Lövgren: confessed to four murders committed between 1958 and 1963 in the Stockholm region Turkey Süleyman Aktaș: also known as the "Nailing Killer"; killed five people and nailed them in the eyes and head; he is kept in a psychiatric hospital.

Adnan Çolak: also known as "The Beast of Artvin"; killed 17 elderly women in Artvin, Turkey from 1992 to 1995; in 2000 he was sentenced to death six times, and 40 years in prison. However, since October 1984, Turkey has not executed any prisoners, and as of 2004, Turkey does not have capital punishment Özgür Dengiz: serial killer from Ankara, who killed four people and cannibalized at least one Ali Kaya: also known as "The Babyface Killer"; responsible for 10 murders Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu: also known as "The Screwdriver Killer"; responsible for at least 18 murders Ukraine Anatoly Onoprienko: also known as "The Terminator"; murdered 52 people from 1989 until his capture in 1996; died in prison in 2013 Serhiy Tkach: convicted of raping and murdering 36 women between 1980-2005; claims the total is 100 Vladislav Volkovich and Vladimir Kondratenko: also known as the "Nighttime Killers"; charged with shooting, stabbing and bludgeoning 16 victims to death in Kiev between 1991 and 1997; Kondratenko committed suicide in prison during the trial; Volkovich was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment United Kingdom England Stephen Akinmurele: also known as the "Cul-de-sac killer"; committed suicide in Strangeways while awaiting trial for the murders of five elderly people in Blackpool and the Isle of Man Beverley Allitt: also known as "Angel of Death"; Lincolnshire paediatric nurse who killed four babies in her care and injured at least nine others; sentenced to life imprisonment in 1991 Levi Bellfield: also known as the "Bus Stop Stalker"; convicted of the 2002 murder of Amanda Dowler and two fatal hammer attacks on young women in South West London in 2003 and 2004 Ian Brady and Myra Hindley: also known as the "Moors Murderers"; murdered five children, aged between 10 and 17. Buried four of their victims on Saddleworth Moor Mary Ann Britland: poisoned her daughter, husband, and the wife of her lover in 1886; executed in 1886 Peter Bryan: institutionalized for fatal hammer attack on woman in 1993; re-apprehended for cannibalizing a friend in 2004 but able to batter a fellow patient to death months later George Chapman: poisoned three women; suspected by some authors of being Jack the Ripper John Childs: known as the most prolific hit man in the United Kingdom, he was convicted in 1979 of six contract killings, though none of the bodies have been found John Christie: gassed, raped and strangled at least five women from 1943 to 1953, hiding the bodies at his house 10 Rillington Place in Notting Hill, London; also strangled his wife Ethel, as well as the wife and baby daughter of neighbour Timothy Evans, who was wrongfully executed for their murders Robert George Clements: doctor who committed suicide when due to be arrested for poisoning his fourth wife; his other three wives all died suspiciously during the interwar period Mary Ann Cotton: British Victorian killer; said to have poisoned more than 20 victims; hanged in 1873 Thomas Neill Cream: also known as the "Lambeth Poisoner"; began his killing spree in the United States then moved to London; hanged in 1892 Dale Cregan: sentenced to a whole life order in prison for four counts of homicide involving the use of firearms—including killing two police officers—and three separate counts of attempted murder Frederick Bailey Deeming: in 1891 killed his wife and four children in Britain; remarried and moved to Australia, and then murdered his new wife Joanna Dennehy: stabbed three men to death and tried to kill two others selected at random in what would become known as the "Peterborough ditch murders" in 2013; sentenced to life in prison

John Duffy and David Mulcahy: also known as the "Railway Killers"; killed three women near railway stations in the 1980s Amelia Dyer: murdered infants in her care; executed in 1896 Kenneth Erskine: also known as the "Stockwell Strangler"; sentenced to life imprisonment in 1988 for murdering seven pensioners Catherine Flannigan and Margaret Higgins: Two Irish women known as "The Black Widows of Liverpool"; killed at least 4 people by poisoning in the 1880s in order to obtain insurance money Steven Grieveson: also known as "The Sunderland Strangler"; murdered four teenage boys in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear between 1990 and 1994 Stephen Griffiths: also known as the "Crossbow Cannibal"; convicted of murdering three prostitutes in Bradford, England in 2009 and 2010 John George Haigh: also known as the "Acid Bath Murderer" and the "Vampire of London"; active in England during the 1940s; convicted of six murders, but claimed to have killed nine; executed in 1949 Anthony Hardy: also known as the "Camden Ripper"; convicted of three murders; suspected of at least four Trevor Hardy: also known as "The Beast of Manchester"; killed three teenage girls in Manchester from 1974 to 1976 Philip Herbert: also known as the "Infamous Earl of Pembroke"; 17th century nobleman convicted of manslaughter but discharged; later killed the prosecutor and pardoned for a third murder Colin Ireland: also known as "The Gay Slayer"; killed five gay men in the early 1990s Robin Ligus: drug addict convicted of robbing and bludgeoning three men to death with an iron bar in Shropshire in 1994 Michael Lupo: also known as "Wolf Man"; convicted of four murders and two attempted murders Patrick Mackay: charged with the murders of five individuals, convicted of three; confessed to killing 11 people from 1974 to 1975 Robert Maudsley: also known as "Hannibal The Cannibal"; killer of four; killed three in prison Raymond Morris: also known as the "A34 Killer"; convicted of one murder, considered to have committed at least two more Robert Napper: also known as the "Green Chain Rapist"; killed two women and a child in the 1990s Donald Neilson: also known as the "Black Panther"; killed four people, including heiress Lesley Whittle Dennis Nilsen: also known as "The Muswell Hill Murderer"; killer of 15 (possibly 16) men between 1978 and 1983 in North London Colin Norris: nurse convicted of killing four patients in Leeds hospitals William Palmer: also known as "Palmer the Poisoner"; doctor suspected of numerous murders, convicted of one; hanged on June 14, 1856 Harold Shipman: also known as "Dr. Death"; doctor convicted of 15 murders; a later inquiry stated he had killed at least 215 and possibly up to 457 people over a 25-year period George Joseph Smith: also known as "The Brides in the Bath" killer who murdered three women John Straffen: murdered three children between 1951 and 1952; Britain's longest-serving prisoner until his death on 19 November 2007 Peter Sutcliffe: also known as the "Yorkshire Ripper"; convicted in 1981 of murdering 13 women and attacking seven more from 1975 to 1980 Thomas Griffiths Wainewright: artist considered to have poisoned four people Margaret Waters: baby farmer executed on October 11, 1870 Fred West and Rosemary West: also known as the "House of Horrors" murderers; she was convicted of 10 murders; both are believed to have tortured and murdered at least 12 young women between 1967 and 1987, many at the couple's home in Gloucester; he committed suicide in 1995 while awaiting trial Catherine Wilson: nurse considered to have poisoned seven people in the 19th century; executed in 1862

Mary Elizabeth Wilson: also known as the "Merry Widow of Windy Nook"; convicted of murdering two husbands by poisoning and considered to have killed two others Steve Wright: also known as "The Suffolk Strangler"; killed five women in six weeks around Ipswich in late 2006 Graham Young: also known as "The Teacup Poisoner"; killed three people from 1962 to 1971; died in prison 1990 Scotland Robert Black: Scottish schoolgirl killer; convicted of four murders between 1981 and 1986, suspected of many more; died in prison in 2016 William Burke and William Hare: notorious body snatchers in Edinburgh in the 19th century Archibald Hall: also known as the "Monster Butler"; killed five in the 1970s, three with accomplice Michael Kitto Peter Manuel: Scottish murderer of seven, suspected of killing 15; executed in 1958 Edward William Pritchard: English doctor who poisoned his wife and her mother in 1865; two years earlier their maid had died in a mysterious fire Angus Sinclair: convicted of the murders of four females, including the "World's End Murders"; believed to have murdered eight Peter Tobin: killer of three women between 1991 and 2006; sentenced to life in prison Wales John Cooper: also known as "The Wildman"; and "The Bullseye Killer" Pembrokeshire burglar responsible for the robbery and shotgun double-murders of a brother and sister in 1985 and a couple in 1989 Peter Moore: also known as "The Man in Black"; businessman who killed four men at random in Wales in 1995 United States Main article: List of serial killers in the United States Venezuela Dorangel Vargas: killed and cannibalized at least 10 men between 1997 and 1999 Yemen Zu Shenatir: 5th-century Yemeni serial killer Zambia Mailoni Brothers: three brothers who killed at least 12 people from 2007 to 2013 Unidentified serial killers This is a list of unidentified serial killers. It includes circumstances where a suspect has been arrested, but not convicted.

Australia Bowraville Murders: murders of three Aboriginal children in between 1990 and 1991 Claremont serial murders: murders of two young women and the disappearance of a third in 1996 and 1997 The Family Murders: murder and mutilation of five young men and boys between 1979 and 1983.

Bevan Spencer von Einem was convicted of one murder.

Brazil Paturis Park murders: also known as the "Rainbow Maniac"; series of 13 gunshot murders of gay men between July 2007 and August 2008 in Paturis Park (Parque dos Paturis) in Carapicuiba Canada Highway of Tears: death and disappearance of around 40 young women in British Columbia since 1969 Toronto hospital baby deaths: deaths of at least eight babies at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children in 1980 and 1981 were initially alleged to be digoxin poisonings, a theory which was cast into doubt by new evidence in 2010-2011.

India

Beer Man: murdered seven people in south Mumbai between October 2006 and January 2007 Stoneman: responsible for 13 murders in Kolkata in 1989 Italy Monster of Florence: committed eight murders of couples in a series of 16 between 1968 and 1985.

Giancarlo Lotti and Mario Vanni were convicted of four of the murders, but this conviction has been widely criticized.

Monster of Udine: killed at least 4 victims in the Province of Udine, Italy.

Japan Paraquat murders: series of indiscriminate poisonings carried out in Japan in 1985 where twelve people were killed.

Mexico Female homicides in Ciudad Juárez: also known as "The dead women of Juárez"; the violent deaths of hundreds of women since 1993 in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez Namibia B1 Butcher: murdered at least five women between 2005 and 2007, with all murders related to the National Road B1.

Portugal Lisbon Ripper: murdered three women in Lisbon between 1992 and 1993 South Korea Hwaseong serial murders: series of murders between 1986 and 1991 in Hwaseong; ten women were found raped, bound, and murdered United Kingdom Bible John: thought to be responsible for the deaths of three women in Glasgow, Scotland in the late 1960s Jack the Ripper: murdered prostitutes in the East End of London in 1888 Jack the Stripper: responsible for the London "Hammersmith nude murders" between 1964 and 1965 United States Main article: List of serial killers in the United States Abdullah Shah (1965-20 April 2004) was an Afghan man found guilty in Kabul of killing more than 20 people, including his wife.[1] His sanctioned execution was the first in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001.[1] Shah served under Zardad Khan—even earning the nickname Zardad's dog— who served under Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in the civil war in Afghanistan (1992–1996).[1] Shah and Zardad robbed travelers on the road from Kabul to Jalalabad.

Shah was first convicted in special court proceedings in October 2002. Nine people testified against him at the trial, including another wife he tried to set on fire. The bodies of many of Shah's victims were found in a well in Paghman District.

The execution took place in the Pul-e-Charkhi jail. Interim president Hamid Karzai signed the death warrant.[1] At the execution, Shah was shot in the back of the head. Witnesses present included representatives of the Afghan police, the Attorney General's office and doctors.

Amnesty International protested against the execution claiming Afghanistan avoided basic standards of fairness. The organization added that Shah was probably silenced so he could not testify against commanders allied to the government.[1] It said he was not provided a defense attorney, the trial was secret, a confession was obtained under torture and the first judge in his case was dismissed for taking a bribe. The second judge came under pressure from the Supreme Court to impose the sentence.

Cayetano Santos Godino From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Cayetano Santos Godino Petiso4.jpg Cayetano Santos Godino in Ushuaia Born Cayetano Santos Godino October 31, 1896 Buenos Aires, Argentina Died November 15, 1944 (aged 48) Ushuaia, Argentina Cause of death Died under suspicious circumstances Killings Victims 6 murdered 2 assaulted 5 attempted murder Span of killings January 1912–December 1912 Country Argentina Date apprehended December 4, 1912 Cayetano Santos Godino (October 31, 1896 – November 15, 1944), also known as "Petiso Orejudo" ("Macrotous Runt"), was an Argentinian serial killer who terrorized Buenos Aires at the age of 16. In the early 20th century, he was responsible for the murder of four children, the attempted murder of another seven children, and seven counts of arson.

Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Early signs of social mismanagement 3 Crime spree 4 Jail 5 References 6 Bibliography Biography[edit] Godino was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, one of eight boys. His father and mother, Fiore Godino and Lucia Ruffo, were alcoholics and abusive. Godino's father contracted syphilis before Godino was born, causing Godino to experience serious childhood health problems.[1] Early signs of social mismanagement[edit] Starting in childhood, Godino killed cats and birds, and enjoyed playing with fire. His violent behavior and uninterest in education caused him to jump from school to school.[1] When he was seven years old, Godino beat two-year-old Miguel de Paoli and threw him into a ditch.

A nearby official saw this and led the children to the police station, where their mothers picked them up a few hours later.[1] A year later, Godino beat Ana Neri, a child in his neighborhood, with a stone. A police officer intervened, and Godino was released from jail due to his young age.[1]

When he was 10, Godino's parents discovered his compulsive masturbation. Not knowing what to do with him, his mother told the police, resulting in a two-month jail term for him[1] as masturbation was illegal at the time.[citation needed] Crime spree[edit] On January 17, 1912, Godino set fire to a warehouse on Corrientes Street. When he was arrested, he told police, "I like to see firemen working. It's nice to see how they fall into the fire."[1] On January 26, 1912, Arturo Laurona, 13, was found dead in an abandoned house. A few months later, on March 7, 1912, Godino set fire to the dress of Reyna Vainicoff, 5, who did not recover and died some days later.

In late September 1912, he set fire to a railway station, which was extinguished without extensive damage. On November 8, 1912, he tried to choke 8-year-old Roberto Russo. He was arrested and charged with attempted murder but was released until the trial. On November 16, 1912, he hit a three-year-old, Carmen Ghittoni, who suffered minor wounds before a police officer intervened and Godino ran off.[2] On November 20, 1912, he kidnapped two-year-old Carolina Neolener, who cried out and was rescued by a neighbour. Later in the same month, he set fire to two large sheds that were extinguished quickly.

On December 3, 1912, Godino saw 18-month-old Jesualdo Giordano playing outside his house and offered to buy the boy some sweets to convince him to go with him. Providing a few sweets then offering more, Godino took Giordano to a country house. When they were inside, he threw him to floor and unsuccessfully tried to choke him with his belt. Then he cut his belt and tied his hands and legs. He started beating him and considered hammering his head. He left the house looking for a nail and saw Giordano's father, to whom he said he did not know where the child was. He then re-entered the house with the nail. He hammered it into the side of Giordano's skull and hid the corpse. The body was found by the father minutes later. At 8:00 PM, Godino went to the wake and touched the skull where he had fixed the nail. At 5:30 a.m. on December 4, 1912, he was arrested by police, confessing his crimes.

Jail[edit] On January 4, 1913, he entered a reformatory, where he tried to kill some of the inmates. Due to medical reports, which declared him insane, the judge discontinued the case and ordered him to stay in the reformatory. On November 12, 1915, an appeal was approved ordering him to be moved to jail on November 20.

On March 28, 1923, Godino was transferred to Ushuaia Penitentiary. Throughout 1933 he spent some time in the hospital for a beating he suffered from inmates after he killed two of their pet cats. From 1935 onwards, he was always ill and received no visitors until he died on November 15, 1944 under strange circumstances.

Robledo Puch From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Robledo and the second or maternal family name is Puch.

Robledo Puch Carlos Eduardo Robledo Puch.jpg Robledo Puch in 1972 at the age of 20 Born Carlos Eduardo Robledo Puch January 19, 1952 (age 64)[1] Buenos Aires, Argentina Other names The Death Angel

The Black Angel Criminal penalty Life imprisonment Killings Victims 11 Span of killings 1971–1972 Country Argentina Date apprehended February 1972 Carlos Eduardo Robledo Puch (born January 19, 1952), also known as "The Death Angel" and "The Black Angel", is an Argentine serial killer. He was convicted of 11 murders, one attempted murder, 17 robberies, one rape, one attempted rape, one count of sexual abuse, two kidnappings and two thefts.

He killed his victims in a variety of ways, such as stabbing, shooting, strangling, bludgeoning to death with rocks and slitting their throats.

He was sentenced in 1980 to life imprisonment, the maximum sentence in Argentina, to be served in the high-security jail of Sierra Chica, near the city of Olavarria.

His last words before the court were "This was a Roman circus. I was judged and sentenced beforehand."

In July 2000, he became eligible for parole; however, he didn't submit a petition.

On May 27, 2008, Puch asked to be paroled. However, a judge denied his petition considering he is a threat to society.[2] David John Birnie (16 February 1951 – 7 October 2005) and Catherine Margaret Birnie (born 23 May 1951) were an Australian couple from Perth, Australia. They murdered four women ranging in age from 15 to 31 in their home in the 1980s, and attempted to murder a fifth. These crimes were referred to in the press as the Moorhouse murders, after the Birnies' address at 3 Moorhouse Street in Willagee, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.[1] Contents [hide] 1 David Birnie 2 Catherine Birnie 3 Crimes 3.1 Mary Neilson 3.2 Susannah Candy 3.3 Noelene Patterson 3.4 Denise Brown 4 Investigation 4.1 Apprehension, trial and sentencing 5 Notes 6 Further reading 7 External links David Birnie[edit] David Birnie was the eldest of five children. In his formative years, he lived in the semi-rural suburb of Wattle Grove, east of Perth.

School friends and parishioners from the Wattle Grove Baptist Church of the period remember the family as particularly dysfunctional. Rumours abounded about the family's promiscuity, alcoholism and that they engaged in incest.

When Birnie's parents had asked the local priest to conduct their wedding ceremony, he expressed concerns about them as individuals and as a potential couple, broadly stating that he felt theirs was a union that could never lead to any good; an unusual and seemingly unsuited pairing, the father was a man of very small stature and unattractive appearance, while the mother was known for her coarse manner, language and behaviour, often exchanging sexual favours with taxi drivers as payment for fares.[citation needed] David Birnie's school friends also commented on the family home, stating that it was unkempt and filthy, with the family never having regular meals together. Nor were meals prepared for the children by their parents.

One school friend stated that the door of the Birnie fridge was always left wide open, so the children and the family dog could eat at will whenever hungry.

In the early 1960s, Birnie's parents decided to move the family to another Perth suburb, where he had met Catherine through mutual friends. At 15, David left school to become an apprentice jockey for Eric Parnham at a nearby Ascot racecourse. During his time there he often physically harmed the horses and developed the tendencies of an exhibitionist. On one particular night, David broke into the room of an elderly lady where he was boarding, naked with stockings over his head and attempted to commit his first rape.

By the time he was an adolescent, he had been convicted of several crimes and had spent time in and out of jail for misdemeanors and felonies. As an adult, he was a known sex and pornography addict, and paraphiliac. He was married to his first wife during his early 20s and had a baby daughter.

In late 1986, David Birnie was employed at a local car wreckers. For more than a year David and Catherine had practiced how to make their sexual fantasies of rape and murder come true; he was weeks away from committing his first horrific crime.

Catherine Birnie[edit] Catherine Birnie (nee Harrison) was also born in 1951. She was 2 years old when her mother, Doreen, died giving birth to her brother, who died two days later. Unable to cope with her, her father Harold had sent her away to live with her maternal grandparents. At the age of ten, there was a custody dispute which ended in Catherine's father gaining sole custody of Catherine.

At the age of 12, she met David Birnie, and by the age of 14 she was in a relationship with him. Harold had begged Catherine on several occasions to leave David due to the fact that she was often getting in trouble with the local police. But the disapproval of their relationship only strengthened their union.

Her time in prison throughout her adolescent years offered Catherine the chance to break away from David Birnie. Encouraged by a parole officer, Catherine began working for the McLaughlin family as a house keeper. She married Donald McLaughlin on her 21st birthday.

She and McLaughlin had seven children; their firstborn, a son, was struck and killed by a car in infancy.

Four weeks after the birth of her seventh child, she abandoned McLaughlin and began cohabiting with Birnie, who had tracked her down in hospital after she had had a hysterectomy. She had her surname legally changed by deed poll to match his, and reportedly was emotionally dependent on him.

Crimes[edit] David and Catherine Birnie murdered the following women: Mary Neilson, aged 22 Susannah Candy, aged 15 Noelene Patterson, aged 31 Denise Brown, aged 21 Their final abductee survived. [2] Mary Neilson[edit] On 11th of October 1986, 22-year-old student Mary Neilson turned up at the Birnie house to buy some car tires. On arrival, she was gagged, chained to the bed and raped by David while Catherine observed. She was taken to Gleneagles National Park near Albany Highway in Bedfordale and as she begged for her life, she was raped again and strangled with a nylon cord, dropping dead at David's feet. He then stabbed her through the body, knowing that would speed up the decomposition, as he had "read that in a book somewhere". They buried her in a shallow grave. The year after, she would have received her degree for psychology from the University of Western Australia. This murder was apparently unplanned.

Susannah Candy[edit] The second killing took place two weeks later when they abducted 15-year-old Susannah Candy as she hitchhiked along Stirling Highway in Claremont. An outstanding student at the Hollywood High School, Candy lived at home in Nedlands with her parents, two brothers and a sister.

Her father is one of the top ophthalmic surgeons in Western Australia. After she went missing the Birnies forced her to send letters to her family to assure them that she was all right. But the family feared for her life.

The Birnies had been cruising for hours looking for a victim when they spotted Candy. Within seconds of being in the car she had a knife at her throat and her hands were bound. She was taken back to the Willagee house where she was gagged, chained to the bed and raped.

After Birnie had finished raping the girl, Catherine Birnie got into the bed with them. She now knew that this turned her lover on. When they had satiated their lust, Birnie tried to strangle the girl with the nylon cord, but she became hysterical and went berserk. The Birnies forced sleeping pills down her throat to calm her down. Once Candy was asleep, David put the cord around her neck and told Catherine to prove her undying love for him by murdering the girl.

Catherine obliged willingly. She tightened the cord slowly around the young girl's neck until she stopped breathing. David Birnie stood beside the bed watching. Asked later why she had done it, Catherine Birnie said: "Because I wanted to see how strong I was within my inner self. I didn't feel a thing. It was like I expected. I was prepared to follow him to the end of the earth and do anything to see that his desires were satisfied. She was a female. Females hurt and destroy males."

They buried Candy near the grave of Mary Neilson in the State Forest. [3] Noelene Patterson[edit] On 1 November, they saw 31-year-old Noelene Patterson standing beside her car on the Canning Highway; she had run out of petrol while on her way home from her job as bar manager at the Nedlands Golf Club. Once inside the car, she had a knife held to her throat, was tied up and told not to move. She was taken back to Moorhouse Street where David Birnie repeatedly raped her after she

was gagged and chained to the bed. They had originally decided to murder her that same night but David Birnie kept her prisoner in the house for three days and there were signs that he had developed emotional feelings for Patterson. Quick to notice, a jealous Catherine made an ultimatum: David would have to kill Patterson or she would kill her herself. He immediately forced an overdose of sleeping pills down her throat and strangled her while she slept. They took her body to the forest but buried it away from the others. Catherine Birnie reportedly got great pleasure in throwing sand in Patterson's face. [2] Denise Brown[edit] On 5 November, they abducted 21-year-old Denise Brown as she was waiting for a bus on Stirling Highway. She accepted a lift from the Birnies; at knife point, Brown was taken to the house in Willagee, chained to the bed and raped. The following afternoon she was taken to the Wanneroo pine plantation. Safely in the seclusion of the forest, David Birnie raped Brown in the car while the couple waited for darkness. As they dragged the woman from the car, David Birnie assaulted her again and plunged a knife into Brown's neck while he was raping her. Convinced that the girl was dead, they dug a shallow grave and lay her body in it, but Brown sat up in the grave; David Birnie then grabbed an axe and struck her twice at full force on the skull with it before burying her body in the grave.

Investigation[edit] Their final abductee and the only girl to survive their attacks was a seventeen-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons. She ran semi-clothed and hysterical into a vacuum cleaner shop on 10 November 1986 and insisted on seeing the police. When the police arrived, she stated that she had been abducted at knife point by a couple who had taken her back to their house and raped her.

Apprehension, trial and sentencing[edit] The Birnies were detained by police, who tried to trick them into confessing to the crimes by intense interrogation. Around dusk, Detective Sergeant Vince Katich said in a joking manner to David Birnie, "It's getting dark. Best we take the shovel and dig them up." Birnie replied, "Okay. There are four of them."

When sent to trial, David Birnie pleaded guilty to four counts of murder and one count each of abduction and rape. When asked why he pleaded guilty, he gestured toward the victims' families and said, "It's the least I could do." He was sentenced to four sentences of life imprisonment. After being found sane enough to stand trial, Catherine Birnie was also sentenced to four sentences of life imprisonment by the Supreme Court of Western Australia; under law at the time, both were required to serve 20 years before being eligible for parole.

Initially David Birnie was held at the maximum security Fremantle Prison, but he was soon moved to solitary confinement to keep him from coming to harm from other prisoners. The original death row cells were converted for him and he stayed there until the prison was closed in 1990. The cell can now be viewed on the Great Escape Tour held daily at Fremantle Prison. While incarcerated, the Birnies exchanged more than 2,600 letters but were not allowed any other form of contact.

David Birnie was found dead in his cell at Casuarina Prison on 7 October 2005 at 1.33am. He had committed suicide by hanging; he was due to appear in court for the rape of a fellow prisoner the next day.

Catherine Birnie is imprisoned in Bandyup Women's Prison, where she was formerly the head librarian. She was barred from attending David's funeral; an application for parole in 2007 was rejected, and the then Attorney-General of Western Australia, Jim McGinty, said that her release was unlikely while he remained in office.[4]

Her case was to be reviewed again in January 2010; however, on 14 March 2009, new Western Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter, following requests from the victims' families, determined she would stay in jail for life. This decision makes her the third Australian woman (after Katherine Knight and Patricia Byers) to have her papers marked "never to be released" .[5] Her appeal of this decision was turned down in March 2010 by Porter.[6] Gregory Brazel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gregory John Brazel Born 17 November 1954 (age 61) Blacktown, New South Wales Criminal charge Contempt of court Armed robbery Murder x 3 Arson Bribery Criminal penalty Life imprisonment x 3, non-parole period of 30 years Gregory John 'Bluey' Brazel (born 17 November 1954) is a convicted Australian serial killer, arsonist, and armed robber currently serving three consecutive life sentences for the murders of prostitutes Sharon Taylor and Roslyn Hayward in 1990, and the murder of Mordialloc hardware store owner Mildred Hanmer during an armed robbery in 1982 for which he confessed some eighteen years later.

Brazel is often described as one of the most manipulative and violent prisoners in Victoria's prison system,[1][2] and was estimated to be worth more than A$500,000 in 2000. He will be eligible for parole in 2020.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Murder of Sharon Taylor 3 Murder of Roslyn Hayward 4 Murder of Mildred Hanmer 5 Prison life 6 Summary of criminal convictions 7 References Early life[edit] Enlisted in Australian Army 1974. Trained at 1RTB (Kapooka) 14Platoon B Company. Posted September 1974 to Aust Army medical training school Healsville Victoria.

In 1976, Brazel took five privates hostage during an army medical corps exercise in Healesville. Shots were fired before Brazel was persuaded to release the hostages. He was later dishonorably discharged.

Murder of Sharon Taylor[edit] On 28 May 1990, while on early release from prison, Brazel murdered prostitute Sharon Taylor. Her body was found in a shallow grave at Barongarook, Victoria, south of Colac on 23 September 1990.[3] Murder of Roslyn Hayward[edit] On 13 September 1990, Brazel murdered prostitute Roslyn Hayward at Sorrento. Her body was not discovered until 1 October 1990.

Murder of Mildred Hanmer[edit]

Mildred Teresa Hanmer was shot in the chest on 20 September 1982 during an armed robbery on her Mordialloc hardware and gift store. She later died in the Alfred Hospital from her injuries. Her murder remained unsolved until August 2000.

On 18 August 2000, Brazel voluntarily confessed to the 1982 murder, seeking to make a deal with police officers that no life term would be imposed before agreeing to make a statement.[3] Prison life[edit] Brazel has continued to regularly offend while imprisoned and is often described as being manipulative and violent. In November 1991, Brazel took a staff member hostage while imprisoned at the HM Melbourne Assessment Prison when he learned of his impending transfer to HM Prison Pentridge.

In 2003, Brazel conned an elderly woman into depositing more than A$30,000 into a TAB telephone betting account for his own personal use.[1] In 2006, Brazel was awarded A$12,000 in damages in an out of court settlement after suffering a violent attack with a broken bottle while imprisoned at Melbourne's privately operated Port Phillip Correctional Centre in Laverton in May 2001.[1] In October 2006, Brazel was caught collecting personal information relating to senior prison staff.[2] Summary of criminal convictions[edit] During the period of March 1983 until August 2000 Brazel was convicted of 37 offences from fifteen court appearances. Offences since 1992 occurred while Brazel was in prison custody apart from the 2005 conviction for murder which occurred in 1982.

Date Conviction Sentence June 1983 Contempt of court Sentenced to 2 years imprisonment[3] November 1987 Armed robbery Sentenced to 6 years imprisonment[3] August 1992 Murder Sentenced to 20 years imprisonment Reduced to 17 years on appeal[3] May 1993 Murder Sentenced to 20 years imprisonment[3] October 1994 False imprisonment Threatening to kill Sentenced to 7 years imprisonment[3] June 1997 Arson Sentenced to 2 years imprisonment[3] December 1998 Bribery Sentenced to 2 years imprisonment[3] 22 March 2005 Murder Sentenced to life imprisonment[3] Snowtown murders From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from John Bunting (serial killer)) For the film based on the murders, see Snowtown (film).

Snowtown murders Cause of death Homicide Other names The bodies-In-the barrels murders Killings Victims 12 Span of killings August 1992–May 1999 Country Australia State(s) South Australia Date apprehended 21 May 1999

The Snowtown murders (also known as the bodies-in-barrels murders[1]) were a series of homicides committed by John Bunting, Robert Wagner, and James Vlassakis between August 1992 and May 1999 in South Australia.[2] A fourth person, Mark Haydon, was convicted for helping to dispose of the bodies. The trial was one of the longest and most publicised in Australian legal history.

Only one of the victims was killed in Snowtown, which is approximately 140 kilometres (87 miles) north of Adelaide, and none of the eleven victims nor the perpetrators were from the town. Though motivation for the murders is unclear, the killers were led by Bunting to believe that the victims were paedophiles, homosexuals or "weak". In at least some instances, the murders were preceded by torture, and efforts were made to appropriate victims' Centrelink social security payments and bank funds.

Although initially the notoriety of the murders led to a short-term economic boost from tourists visiting Snowtown,[2] it created a lasting stigma, with authorities considering a change of the town's name and identity.[3] Contents [hide] 1 Perpetrators 2 Investigation 3 Trials and verdicts 4 Community impact 5 In media 5.1 Films 5.2 Books 6 See also 7 Notes 8 External links Perpetrators[edit] Several individuals were involved in the murders: John Bunting, Robert Wagner, and James Vlassakis were all charged with the killings; additionally, Mark Haydon pleaded guilty and provided testimony in exchange for a lesser sentence.

John Justin Bunting (born 4 September 1966 in Inala, Queensland) was found to be the leader of the perpetrators. When Bunting was 8 years old, he was beaten and sexually assaulted by a friend's older brother. As a teenager, he is reported to have "enjoyed weaponry, photography and anatomy". As a young adult, he developed a strong hatred of paedophiles and homosexuals. At age 22, he worked at an abattoir and reportedly "bragged about slaughtering the animals, saying that's what he enjoyed the most".[4]:1 Bunting moved to a house in Salisbury North, South Australia in 1991, and there he befriended his neighbours Mark Haydon, Robert Wagner and his girlfriend Vanessa Laney.[5] Robert Joe Wagner (born 28 November 1971 in Parramatta, New South Wales) was befriended by Bunting in 1991. Bunting encouraged Wagner to assist in the various murders.[5] James Spyridon Vlassakis, along with his mother and half-brother, lived with Bunting and was gradually drawn into helping with the murders and torture. Vlassakis, 23, helped torture and kill his own half-brother, Troy Youde, and his stepbrother David Johnson. Vlassakis, 23, confessed in 2001 to four murders including that of his stepbrother, David Johnson. Johnson came to Bunting's attention because his former stepmother, who was also the mother of Vlassakis, had moved in with Bunting.

Vlassakis became a key witness for the Crown and the detail he provided, supported by other evidence, helped convict Bunting and Wagner. Vlassakis was sentenced in 2002 to a minimum of 26 years and is held in isolation in an unidentified SA prison.[5]

Mark Ray Haydon, an associate of Bunting, was initially the subject of "suppression orders or statutory provisions prohibiting publication" and could not therefore be identified as anything other than an alleged perpetrator.[6] In January 1999, he reportedly rented the abandoned State Bank building at Snowtown.[1][2]:242 A jury deadlocked on charges that Haydon murdered his wife, Elizabeth Haydon, and the murder of Troy Youde.[1] The murder charges were not retried when Haydon pleaded guilty to helping the serial killers dispose of the bodies of his wife Elizabeth and Youde.[6] Investigation[edit] Initially, the body of Clinton Trezise was found at Lower Light near Adelaide in 1995,[2] although no connection to Bunting was made at this time. Similarly the death of Thomas Trevilyan in 1997 was initially treated as a suicide. It was police inquiries into Elizabeth Haydon's disappearance which eventually led them to Snowtown, and on 20 May 1999, the remains of eight victims were found by the South Australian Police in six plastic barrels in an unused bank vault.[7] It is believed that the bodies had been held in several locations in South Australia before being moved to Snowtown in early 1999. Prosecutors believe that the killers moved the bodies after they became aware of the ongoing police investigation. Two more bodies were found buried in the backyard of Bunting's house in Adelaide.[7] Police later arrested and charged Bunting, Wagner, Vlassakis, and Elizabeth's husband, Mark Haydon on 21 May 1999 for the murders. At the time of the arrest, James Vlassakis lived in Bunting's home.[2] Trials and verdicts[edit] The trial of Bunting and Wagner lasted almost twelve months, the longest in the history of South Australia. In December 2003,[8] Bunting was convicted of committing eleven murders,[7] and Wagner of ten murders, of which he had confessed to only three.[7] Vlassakis pleaded guilty to four of the murders.[7] In 2004, Haydon was convicted on five counts of assisting with the murders (of which he admitted to two).[1][6] The jury did not come to a decision on two murder charges against Haydon, and another charge of assisting murder, at which the senior prosecutor, Wendy Abraham, indicated that she would seek a retrial on those charges.[6] The final count against Bunting and Wagner—that of murdering Suzanne Allen—was dropped on 7 May 2007, when a jury had been unable to reach a verdict.[9] Justice Martin[10] determined that Bunting was the ringleader, and sentenced him to 11 consecutive terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of release on parole. Wagner was sentenced to 10 consecutive terms under the same conditions, and at his sentencing, he stated from the dock: "Paedophiles were doing terrible things to children. The authorities didn't do anything about it. I decided to take action. I took that action. Thank you."[11] Vlassakis was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences with a non-parole period of 26 years and Haydon was sentenced to 25 years with no possibility of parole for 18 years.

More than 250 suppression orders prevented publication of the details of this case. In early 2011, a judge lifted the remaining orders in response to a request by the producers of the film Snowtown, a dramatisation depicting the murders and the events leading up to them.[12] Community impact[edit] The notoriety of the murders led to a short-term economic boost from tourists visiting Snowtown,[2] but created a lasting stigma.[3] The Age reported in 2011 that the town of Snowtown would be "forever stigmatised" due to its relationship to the murders.[3] Shortly after the discovery of the bodies in Snowtown, the community discussed changing the town's name to "Rosetown", but no further actions were taken.[3] As of 2012, one shop in Snowtown was selling souvenirs of the murders "cashing in on Snowtown's unfortunate notoriety".[13]

The house in Salisbury North where Bunting lived and buried two bodies was demolished by its owner, the South Australian Housing Trust.[5] The bank, with a four-bedroom attached house, was placed on auction in February 2012 but only reached half its reserve price of $200,000.[14] After holding an open house which raised $700 for charity through charging an entrance fee, the property sold later that year on 27 September for just over $185,000 with the new owners intending to live in the house while running a business from the bank. A plaque will be installed to commemorate the victims.[15][16] In media[edit] Films[edit] Snowtown, a feature film based upon the life of John Bunting, was released in Australia on 19 May 2011.[17] Books[edit] Books detailing the crimes include: Marshall, Debi: Killing For Pleasure: The Definitive Story of the Snowtown Serial Murders, ISBN 17405-1248-0 Mitchell, Susan: All Things Bright And Beautiful: Murder In The City Of Light, ISBN 1-4050-3610-9 McGarry, Andrew: Snowtown Murders: The Real Story Behind the Bodies in the Barrels Killings, ISBN 0-7333-1482-1 Pudney, Jeremy: Snowtown: The Bodies In Barrels Murders: The Grisly Story of Australia's Worst Serial Killings, ISBN 0-7322-6716-1 Eric Edgar Cooke From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Eric Edgar Cooke EricEdgarCooke.jpg Born Eric Edgar Cooke 25 February 1931 Perth, Western Australia Died 26 October 1964 (aged 33) Fremantle Prison in Fremantle, Western Australia Cause of death Hanging Other names The Night Caller Criminal penalty Death Killings Victims 8 murders and 14 attempted murders Span of killings 1959–1963 Country Australia State(s) Western Australia Date apprehended 1 September 1963 Eric Edgar Cooke (25 February 1931 – 26 October 1964), nicknamed the "Night Caller", was an Australian serial killer. From 1959 to 1963, he terrorised the city of Perth, Western Australia, by committing 22 violent crimes, eight of which resulted in deaths.[1]

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 1.1 Childhood 1.2 Adulthood 2 Murder spree 3 Conviction and execution 4 People wrongly convicted of Cooke's crimes 5 Media 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Early life[edit] Childhood[edit] Eric Cooke was born on 25 February 1931 in Victoria Park, a suburb of Perth, and was the eldest of three children.[2] Cooke was born into an unhappy, violent family; his parents married solely because his mother, Christine, was pregnant with him, and his alcoholic father, Vivian, beat him frequently, especially when the boy tried to protect his mother from the elder Cooke's drunken rages.[3] Christine Cooke would sleep in the staff room at her job in the Como Hotel to avoid beatings. Much like his mother, Cooke would hide underneath the house or roam neighbouring streets just to escape a night of his father's violence. Cooke was also placed in orphanages or foster homes on occasion.

Cooke was frequently hospitalised for head injuries and had suspected brain damage because of his accident-proneness. Later it was questioned whether this was due to repressed suicidal tendencies.

He also suffered from recurrent headaches and was once admitted to an asylum. His reported blackouts later stopped after an operation in 1949.[2] Cooke was born with a hare lip and a cleft palate, for which he had one operation when he was three months old and another when he was 3½. Surgical operations to repair the deformities were not totally successful, and left him with a slight facial deformity, and he spoke in a mumble; these handicaps made him the target of bullying at school.[4] In Estelle Blackburn's (journalist and author of 'Broken Lives') telling of the murders, he is described as "a short, slight man with dark, wavy hair and a twisted mouth..." Cooke's disfigurements made the murderer ashamed, shy, and emotionally unstable at a young age due to the beatings and bullying that came with it.

Though very good at subjects that required retentive memory and manual dexterity, Cooke was expelled from Subiaco State School for stealing money from a teacher's purse at the age of six. Once he was transferred to Newcastle Street Infants' School, Cooke was again the butt of many jokes with his mumble and scar. He continued to be made fun of at every school he attended, including Highgate Primary School, Forrest Street Primary School, and Newcastle Street Junior Technical School. He left school at 14 to work as a delivery boy for Central Provision Stores to work in order to support the family. He would give his weekly wages to his mother who could not fully support the family with the money she earned from cooking and cleaning. Many of Cooke's jobs put him in the hospital due to his accident-proneness. At a job in the factory of Harris, Scarfe and Sandover, Cooke landed in the hospital due to effects of being struck on the nose by a winch. At the age of 16, he worked as a hammer boy in the blacksmith section of the workshop at Midland Junction, where he always signed his lunch bag "Al Capone," and ended up burning his face with steam and suffering second-degree burns. At the same job he jarred his right hand and also injured the thumb of his other hand.[5] As a teenager, starting at 17, Cooke spent his nights involved in petty crimes and vandalism; he would later serve 18 months in jail for burning down a church after he was rejected in a choir audition.

During his later teenage years, Cooke would sneak into houses and steal whatever he found valuable.

These crimes escalated to damaging clothing and furniture in acts of vengeance. He would cut out newspaper accounts of his crimes and show them to his acquaintances in an attempt to gain friendships.

Adulthood[edit] At Cooke's grandmother's house on 12 March 1949, police finally caught up with the young vandal, finding evidence at his house. His fingerprints were then matched to those found in other open cases.

At the age of 18, on 24 May 1949, Cooke was sentenced to three years in prison after being arrested for arson and vandalism by a Detective Burrows who considered the boy one of "life's unfortunates."

He was convicted on two charges of stealing, seven of breaking and entering and four of arson. He left many fingerprints and easy clues for detectives which would teach him to be more careful in his future crimes.[3] At the age of 21, Cooke joined the regular Australian Army, but was discharged three months later after it was discovered that before enlistment he had had a juvenile record for theft, breaking and entering, and arson. During his training, he was quickly promoted to lance corporal and was taught to handle firearms.[2] On 14 October 1953, Cooke, then aged 22, married Sarah (Sally) Lavin, a 19-year-old waitress, at the Methodist Church in Cannington.[2] They ultimately had a large family of seven children, four boys and three girls.

After marriage, Cooke was arrested several times as a "peeping tom" and for other minor offences. In 1955 he was arrested for stealing a car and sentenced to two years hard labour. After his release, he took to wearing women's gloves while committing crimes in order to avoid leaving fingerprints.[3] Murder spree[edit] Cooke's victims included Jillian Macpherson Brewer, 22; Brian Weir, 29; John Sturkey, 19; George Walmsley, 54; Shirley Martha McLeod, 18; Constance Lucy Madrill, 24; Patricia Vinico Berkman, 33; and Rosemary Anderson, 17. As his crimes were opportunistic and used varying methods, and his victims shared no obvious common traits, predicting where he would strike and catching him was difficult.

Cooke's killing spree involved a series of seemingly unrelated hit-and-runs, stabbings, stranglings, and shootings. Victims were shot with different rifles, stabbed with knives and scissors, and hit with an axe. Several were killed after waking up as Cooke was robbing their homes, two were shot while sleeping without their homes being disturbed, and one was shot dead after answering a knock on the door. After stabbing one victim, Cooke got lemonade from the refrigerator and sat on the veranda drinking it. One victim was strangled to death with the cord from a bedside lamp, after which Cooke raped the corpse, dragged it to a neighbor's lawn, then sexually penetrated it with an empty whiskey bottle, which he left cradled in the victim's arms.

Two of Cooke's murders resulted in false convictions. One of them, for which a man named John Button was wrongly convicted, involved Rosemary Anderson. Another was the murder of Jillian Macpherson Brewer, a Melbourne heiress who was stabbed with a hatchet and scissors, which led to the false conviction of Darryl Beamish.

During the 1960s, people in Australia frequently left cars unlocked and/or with the keys in the ignition, which enabled Cooke to steal a car almost every night. He sometimes returned stolen vehicles without the owners becoming aware of the theft, including several cars that were involved in hit-and-runs. Cooke's first hit-and-run was on Nel Schneider, 29, a mother of four who came to

Australia from Amsterdam in September 1955. After being thrown from her bike, Schneider was left with a fractured skull and permanent brain damage.

The police investigation included fingerprinting more than 30,000 males over the age of 12, as well as locating and test-firing more than 60,000 .22 rifles.[6] After a rifle was found hidden in a Geraldton Wax bush on Rookwood Avenue, Mount Pleasant, in August 1963, ballistic tests proved the gun to have been used in the murder of Shirley McLeod. Police returned to the location and tied a similar rifle, rendered inoperable, to the bush with fishing line and constructed a hide in which they waited in case someone returned for it. Cooke was apprehended when he returned to collect the weapon seventeen days later.

Cooke confessed to many crimes, including eight murders and fourteen attempted murders.[5] He was convicted on a charge of murdering John Lindsay Sturkey, one of Cooke's five Australia Day shooting victims.[7] In his confessions, Cooke demonstrated an exceptionally good memory for the details of his crimes irrespective of how long ago he had committed the offences. For example, he confessed to more than 250 burglaries and was able to detail exactly what he took, including the number and denominations of the coins he had stolen from each location.

Conviction and execution[edit] Cooke's grave in plot 409, Fremantle Cemetery Cooke pleaded not guilty on the grounds of insanity. At trial, Cooke's lawyers claimed that he suffered from schizophrenia, but this claim was dismissed after the director of the state mental health services testified that he was sane. The state would not allow independent psychiatric specialists to examine Cooke.[2] Cooke was convicted of willful murder on 28 November 1963 after a three-day trial by jury in the Supreme Court of Western Australia before Justice Virtue.

He was sentenced to death by hanging and, despite having grounds to appeal, he ordered his lawyers not to apply, claiming that he deserved to pay for what he had done. After 13 months in New Division, Cooke was hanged at 8 a.m. on 26 October 1964 in Fremantle Prison. Ten minutes before the sentence was carried out, Cooke swore on the Bible that he had killed Jillian Brewer and Rosemary Anderson, claims which had been previously rejected as others had already been convicted of those murders.

Cooke was the last person to be hanged in the state of Western Australia. He was buried in Fremantle Cemetery, above the remains of child killer Martha Rendell, who was hanged in Fremantle Prison in 1909.

People wrongly convicted of Cooke's crimes[edit] Darryl Beamish, Estelle Blackburn and John Button at the Supreme Court following Beamish's exoneration on 1 April 2005 (44 years after his conviction). Button was exonerated on 25 February 2002, 39 years after his conviction.

Cooke's confessions appeared to exculpate two men who had already been tried separately, convicted and imprisoned for the killing of Jillian Macpherson Brewer (1959) and Rosemary Anderson (1963) respectively: Darryl Beamish, a deaf mute, was convicted in December 1961 of murdering Brewer.

John Button was convicted of manslaughter, following the death of Rosemary Anderson, his girlfriend.

Anderson was one of Cooke's first hit and run victims though, after intense questioning, Button confessed to the murder.

Despite Cooke's 1963 confession, Beamish served 15 years, while Button was sentenced to ten years and served five as prisoner No. 29050.

The appeal court dismissed Button's initial appeal, even though Cooke had provided details that only the culprit could have known; in particular, the judges did not believe Cooke's claim that Anderson's body was thrown "over the roof" of an EJ Holden without damaging its sun visor, as Cooke had claimed. Over subsequent decades, Button and his supporters – including journalist Estelle Blackburn – continued to press for a retrial, a campaign that included a well-publicized 1998 simulated reenactment of Anderson's death, conducted by crash test experts, with both a Holden matching one believed to have been used by Cooke on the night in question, and a 1963 Simca Aronde like the car owned by Button, which were both driven at a crash test dummy. The dummy was thrown over the roof of the Holden, as Cooke had claimed, and the damage sustained matched the records of a panelbeating business that had, in 1963, repaired the vehicle driven by Cooke. The experts found that the sun visor flexed when hit by a body and returned to its original shape, without even cracking the paint.

Beamish's initial appeal was also dismissed because the court did not believe Cooke's evidence. The prosecution claimed that his confessions were an attempt to prolong his own trial and the then-Chief Justice of Western Australia, Sir Albert Wolff, called Cooke a "villainous unscrupulous liar".[2] In 2002, the Court of Criminal Appeal quashed Button's conviction.[8] Button's success opened the way for an appeal by Darryl Beamish, who was acquitted in 2005. In both cases, the appeal judges found that the murders had probably been committed by Cooke.[9] On 2 June 2011, Beamish was granted a A$425,000 ex gratia payment by the Western Australian government.[9] Media[edit] Walkley Award-winning journalist Estelle Blackburn spent six years writing the biographical story Broken Lives, about Cooke's life and criminal career, focusing particularly on the devastation left on his victims and their families. New information on Cooke and fresh evidence published in the book led to the exonerations of Button and Beamish.

In Randolph Stow's final novel, of 1984, The Suburbs of Hell, he acknowledged that there was a delayed response to the horror of Cooke's murders, which he transposed for fictional purposes from his WA origins to a town resembling the English town he then inhabited, Harwich. Suzanne Falkiner's biography of Stow revealed that it piqued his sense of humour that Perth denizens at the time of the murders would knock on doors and say 'It's the Nedlands Monster'.

A 2000 memoir by Robert Drewe, The Shark Net[10] – later made into a three-part television series – provided one author's impressions of the effect the murders had on the Perth of that era. According to Drewe, more people bought dogs for security, and locked back doors and garages that had never been secured before.

Eric Edgar Cooke, as "The Nedlands Monster", features in Tim Winton's 1991 novel Cloudstreet and the subsequent 2011 television adaptation.

Cooke is referenced in Craig Silvey's 2009 novel Jasper Jones.

In March 2009, the second season of Crime Investigation Australia featured an episode about Eric Edgar Cooke.[11]

Bandali Debs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bandali Michael Debs Born 18 July 1953 (age 63) Occupation Roof Tiler Criminal penalty 4 x Life imprisonment without parole Children 5 Conviction(s) Murder x 4[1] Bandali Michael Debs (born 18 July 1953[2]) is an Australian serial killer, currently serving four consecutive terms of life imprisonment for the murder of two Victoria Police officers in August, 1998, and also the 1997 murder of teenager Kristy Harty.[3] Debs was detained at HM Prison Barwon in Victoria. On 12 December 2011 he was convicted of the April 1995 shooting murder of New South Wales prostitute Donna Ann Hicks.[1][4] He is portrayed by Australian actor Greg Stone in the telemovie Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer was Here.

Contents [hide] 1 Personal life 2 Silk-Miller police murders 3 Murder of Kristy Harty 4 Murder of Donna Anne Hicks 5 Prison life 6 References Personal life[edit] Debs, from Narre Warren, a south eastern suburb of Melbourne was employed as a tiler. He had fathered five children. His youngest son Joseph was found dead due to a suspected drug overdose at a house in Greensborough in December, 2003.[5] Silk-Miller police murders[edit] Main article: Silk-Miller police murders In February, 2003, Debs was convicted and sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment with no minimum term for the murders of two Victoria Police officers, Sergeant Gary Silk and Senior Constable Rodney Miller at Moorabbin, Victoria on 16 August 1998.[3] Accomplice Jason Joseph Roberts, who was 22 at the time of sentencing, was also convicted of the police murders and sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment with a minimum term of 35 years.

Murder of Kristy Harty[edit] Kristy Harty On 20 June 2005, police charged Debs with the murder of troubled teenager Kristy Mary Harty,[6] who was murdered at Upper Beaconsfield on 17 June 1997.

Harty was soliciting for sex along the Princes Highway when she met with Debs. The pair drove to a secluded bush track in Upper Beaconsfield where they had unprotected sex. Harty was later murdered. Her semi-naked body was found lying face down by bushwalkers. A single gunshot wound was discovered at the rear of her head.[7] DNA tests revealed semen located on the body of Harty was linked to Debs.

In May 2007, Debs was convicted of the murder of Harty and sentenced to a third consecutive term of life imprisonment.[3]

In sentencing Debs, Justice Kaye remarked: Your murder of Ms Harty was entirely senseless, needless and wanton. The evidence discloses beyond any doubt that this was not a case of a sexual encounter in which, in the heat of the moment, feelings or passions may have led to a spontaneous and irrational act of violence. Rather, and quite to the contrary, this was, most clearly, a callous, craven and senseless murder in cold blood of an entirely innocent, defenceless and vulnerable young woman. The evidence leads to the inevitable conclusion that you murdered Kristy Harty for no other reason than for the sheer sake of it.[3] Murder of Donna Anne Hicks[edit] Donna Anne Hicks was shot dead in April 1995 in western Sydney.

Debs was subsequently linked to the case through DNA analysis. Debs had been entered into a DNA database of criminals. On 30 September 2008, Melbourne detectives interviewed Debs and raided his previous address in Sydney.[8] On 12 December 2011 he was found guilty of Hicks' murder in the New South Wales Supreme Court.[1] He was sentenced to a fourth consecutive life term for the murder.

Prison life[edit] Whilst imprisoned, Debs has undertaken psychology, life skills and computer training and is employed as a prison carpet cleaner.[7] Paul Denyer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (August 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Paul Denyer Pauldenyer.jpg Born Paul Charles Denyer 14 April 1972 (age 44) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Other names The Frankston Killer Criminal penalty three terms of life imprisonment with a 30-year non-parole period Killings Victims 3 Span of killings 11 June 1993–30 July 1993 Country Australia State(s) Victoria Date apprehended 31 July 1993 Paul Charles Denyer (born 14 April 1972) is an Australian serial killer, currently serving three consecutive sentences of life imprisonment with a non-parole period 30 years at HM Prison Barwon for the murders of Elizabeth Stevens, 18, Debbie Fream, 22, and Natalie Russell, 17, in Frankston, Victoria, in 1993.[1] Denyer is known as the "Frankston Killer" as his crimes occurred in Frankston and neighbouring suburbs. Denyer was featured in the pilot episode of Seven Network crime series Forensic Investigators.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Murders 3 Victims 4 Sex reassignment requests 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links Early life[edit] This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: The following sections are poorly worded and written from a first person point of view. Please help improve this article if you can. (June 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Denyer was born to British immigrant parents, Anthony and Maureen Denyer in Campbelltown, New South Wales, an outer suburb of Sydney. His parents had immigrated to Australia in 1965. In 1981, the family relocated to Victoria.

Denyer reportedly had difficulty fitting in amongst his peers in his new town which led to problems with his self-confidence that was worsened by significant weight gain during his teen years. The abuse Paul suffered at the hands of his father did not help either, or the fact that he would witness many times his own mother being beaten up by his father.

Murders[edit] Denyer stalked and murdered three women in and around the Melbourne suburb of Frankston during a seven-week period in 1993.[1] Denyer was 21 at the time of his crimes. During a police interview Denyer said the motivation for his crimes was a hatred of women in general.[2] POLICE: Can you explain why we have women victims?

DENYER: I just hate them.

POLICE: I beg your pardon.

DENYER: I hate them all.

POLICE: Those particular girls or women in general?

DENYER: General.

Victims[edit] The first victim was 18-year-old Elizabeth Stevens. She had just alighted from a bus to Langwarrin when she was dragged to nearby Lloyd Park. Her throat was slashed and a criss-cross pattern was carved into her chest.

A month later, the second victim, Deborah Fream, was abducted in the early evening. She had left her car unlocked to run into a store to buy milk. Denyer climbed into the back seat, and hijacked the car after Fream drove from the store. She was taken to Taylor's Road and, like Stevens, her throat was slashed savagely. She had left her 12-day-old baby at home with a friend when she left to buy the milk.

Rosza Toth was attacked by Denyer while walking home from Seaford railway station on the evening of Deborah Fream's abduction. Toth was dragged towards the toilet block. She managed to break free of Denyer's grasp and notified police.

The third and final victim, 17-year-old Natalie Russell, was attacked while walking home early from school. She had taken a short cut home along a bicycle track through a park. She was dragged from

the path through a large hole in a wire fence, but put up a huge fight. This made Denyer angry, and he slashed at her head and neck. Russell's death was the most brutal.

Connections with the 1990 disappearance of Sarah MacDiarmid from nearby Kananook railway station were made. MacDiarmid's body has never been found. The only evidence suggesting a crime was a pool of blood next to her car, parked at the station. Denyer denied involvement in MacDiarmid's disappearance.

Similar connections to the murder of Michelle Brown have also been discussed.[who?] She was found naked, and her body was too decomposed to examine the injuries.

Sex reassignment requests[edit] Denyer began dressing as a female while imprisoned Whilst imprisoned, Denyer requested to be allowed to purchase and wear women's cosmetics, which was denied.

Denyer also filed freedom of information requests to learn of the Victorian government's policy on gender reassignment surgery for prisoners and has sought evaluation to determine his suitability for such surgery, which was also rejected by medical specialists.[2] Peter Dupas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article contains too many or too-lengthy quotations for an encyclopedic entry. Please help improve the article by editing it to take facts from excessively quoted material and rewrite them as sourced original prose. Consider transferring direct quotations to Wikiquote. (September 2008) Peter Dupas Peternorrisdupas.jpg Born Peter Norris Dupas 6 July 1953 (age 63) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Criminal penalty 3 x Life imprisonment without parole Killings Victims 3-6 Span of killings 1985;1997–1999 Country Australia State(s) Victoria Date apprehended 22 April 1999 Peter Norris Dupas (born 6 July 1953) is an Australian serial killer, currently serving three consecutive life sentences for murder. His violent criminal history spans more than three decades, and with every release from prison has been known to commit further crimes against women with increasing levels of violence.[1] His criminal signature is to remove the breasts of his female victims.[2] As of 2007, Dupas has been convicted of three murders and is a prime suspect in at least three other murders committed in the vicinity of the Melbourne area during the 1980s and 1990s.[3] Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Sex offences

3 Murder of Nicole Patterson 3.1 Arrest 3.2 Trial and appeal 4 Murder of Margaret Maher 4.1 Trial 4.2 Appeal 5 Murder of Mersina Halvagis 5.1 Inquest 5.2 Arrest 5.3 Direct presentment to trial 5.4 Trial 6 Additional murders of which Dupas is suspected 6.1 Murder of Helen McMahon 6.2 Murder of Renita Brunton 6.3 Murder of Kathleen Downes 7 Marriage 8 Prison life 9 Summary of criminal convictions 10 Chronology 11 References Early life[edit] Dupas was the youngest of three children, born into what has been described as "a fairly normal family". Born in Sydney, New South Wales, his family moved to Melbourne while he was still a toddler. With both siblings considerably older, his elderly parents treated him much like an only child.

[3][4] Dupas left high school upon completing Form 5, and later obtained his Higher School Certificate.[4] On 3 October 1968, at the age of 15, Dupas, still attending school in Waverley High in the southeastern Melbourne suburb of Mount Waverley, visited his next-door neighbour, requesting to borrow a knife for the purpose of peeling vegetables.[5] Dupas was apprehended after he stabbed the woman in the face, neck, and hand as she attempted to fight off his attack. He later told police he could not help himself and did not know why he began to attack the woman.[5] He was placed on 18 months probation and admitted to the Larundel Psychiatric Hospital for evaluation; he was released after two weeks and treated as an outpatient.[6] In October 1969, a mortuary located at the Austin Hospital was broken into. The bodies of two elderly women were mutilated using a pathologist's knife. One body contained a strange wound inflicted with a knife to the area of the thigh. Police believe Dupas was involved in the break-in as the wounds inflicted matched that of a later murder victim, Nicole Patterson.[3] Senior Detective Ian Armstrong, who interviewed Dupas on 30 November 1973, at the Nunawading Police Station, described Dupas as "weak and compliant" when confronted by authority. “ He stood out. To me the guy was just pure evil … His attacks were all carefully planned and he showed no remorse. We could see where he was going. I remember thinking, 'This guy could go all the way'.

He is an unmitigated liar … he is a very dangerous young person who will continue to offend where females are concerned and will possibly cause the death of one of his victims if he is not straightened out.[3] ”

After Dupas received a term of nine years imprisonment for rape in 1974, prison psychiatrist Dr. Allen Bartholomew noted Dupas was in constant denial of his criminal activity, noting at the time: "I am reasonably certain that this youth has a serious psychosexual problem, that he is using the technique of denial as a coping device and that he is to be seen as potentially dangerous. The denial technique makes for huge difficulty in treatment."[3] Sex offences[edit] On 25 July 1974, Dupas was sentenced to nine years imprisonment with a minimum period of five years for an attack on a married woman in her own home. Dupas broke into the victim's house and threatened her with a knife before tying her up with cord and raping her. He threatened to harm her baby when she resisted his attack. The sentencing judge described the offence as "one of the worst rapes that could be imagined".[7] In 1979, approximately two months after his release from prison, Dupas again molested women in four separate attacks over a ten-day period. On 28 February 1980, Dupas received a five-year minimum prison sentence for three charges of assault with intent to rape, malicious wounding, assault with intent to rob, and indecent assault.[7] A 1980 report on Dupas stated "There is little that can be said in Dupas' favour. He remains an extremely disturbed, immature, and dangerous man. His release on parole was a mistake."[5] Dupas was again released from prison in February 1985. Approximately one month later, he raped a 21-year-old woman on a beach at Blairgowrie. After alighting from his car, Dupas followed the woman and attacked her, holding her to the ground at knifepoint before raping her. He later told police: "I'm sorry for what happened. Everyone was telling me I'm OK now. I never thought it was going to happen again. I only wanted to live a normal life."

On 28 June 1985, Dupas was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for the Blairgowrie rape,[7] and released in 1992 after serving seven years of his sentence.[5] Less than two years after his release from prison, Dupas was arrested on charges of false imprisonment over an incident at Lake Eppalock in January 1994. Wearing a hood and armed with a knife, insulation tape, and handcuffs, Dupas followed a woman who was picnicking and held her at knifepoint in a toilet block but was chased off by her friends. As he was leaving the scene he crashed his car and was apprehended. On 18 August 1994, after entering a guilty plea to one count of false imprisonment in the County Court in Bendigo, Dupas was sentenced to three years and nine months imprisonment, with a minimum period of two years and nine months.[8] In September 1996, Dupas was again released from prison and moved into a house in the Melbourne suburb of Pascoe Vale.[7] Murder of Nicole Patterson[edit] Nicole Patterson Nicole Amanda Patterson was a 28-year-old psychotherapist and youth counsellor employed with the Ardoch Youth Foundation, an organisation formed to assist young drug users. Patterson had desired to operate her own private practice and was using her Northcote home as an office. She placed several classified ads in a local newspaper, the Northcote Leader, in an effort to expand her client base.[4] Two neighbours reported hearing the screams of a young woman coming from Patterson's house between 9.00a.m. and 9.30a.m. on the day of her murder. Attempts by Patterson's boyfriend to contact her in the afternoon failed, raising suspicions.[4]

On 19 April 1999 the body of Nicole Amanda Patterson was discovered by a friend in the front room of her Harper Street, Northcote residence. Patterson's friend had visited to attend a dinner engagement. Upon hearing music from a radio and discovering the front door unlocked, she entered the house and found the body of Patterson severely mutilated.[4] Patterson died from 27 stab wounds to her chest and back.[4] Her body was discovered naked from the waist down, with her skirt found in a nearby bedroom and her underwear around her ankles.

Small pieces of yellow PVC tape were attached to her body and both of her breasts had been removed using a sharp knife. Her handbag and driver's licence were stolen during the attack. The murder weapon and Patterson's breasts have never been recovered.[4] Arrest[edit] Police investigations of the crime scene revealed Patterson had a 9.00a.m. appointment with a new client by the name of "Malcolm", as noted in her personal diary, alongside a mobile telephone number. The number was traced to an Indian student studying at La Trobe University named "Harry".

Police learned Dupas had approached Harry with an offer of labouring work. On 22 April 1999, police arrested Dupas at midday at the Excelsior Hotel in Thomastown and charged him with the murder of Patterson later the same day.[4] Telephone records revealed Dupas had made three prior telephone calls to Patterson to arrange a counselling session to treat depression and a gambling addiction, the first from a public telephone booth approximately six weeks before her murder. Over the course of the next six weeks, Dupas made calls to Patterson in an attempt to establish her vulnerability. Dupas later told police he cancelled his appointment with Patterson after being told by her his problem was something he was able to work through of his own accord.[4] Police also noticed scratches on Dupas' face and hand, consistent with a recent struggle. Dupas claimed the scratches had occurred when he was working in his backyard shed and a piece of wood hit him while using a lathe; Dupas did not own a lathe, however. He later changed his story to the effect that the injuries were sustained while working in the shed and walking by a protruding piece of wood.[4] A police search of Dupas' home revealed blood-stained clothing, PVC tape similar to that located at the crime scene, a ski mask, newspaper clippings detailing Patterson's murder, and also a paper containing her advertisement for psychotherapy services.[4] Trial and appeal[edit] After retiring for less than three hours, the jury returned to deliver a guilty verdict. On 22 August 2000, while sentencing Dupas to life imprisonment without the opportunity for release on parole, Judge Frank Vincent remarked "...the prospects of your eventual rehabilitation must be regarded as so close to hopeless that they can be effectively discounted. There is no indication whatsoever that you have experienced any sense of remorse for what you have done, and I doubt that you are capable of any such human response. At a fundamental level, as human beings, you present for us the awful, threatening and unanswerable question: How did you come to be as you are?"[4] Dupas appeared in the Supreme Court of Victoria Court of Appeal in August 2001 to appeal his conviction for the murder of Patterson. His appeal was dismissed.[9] Murder of Margaret Maher[edit] Margaret Maher

Margaret Josephine Maher, 40, was a prostitute working in the Melbourne area who was last seen alive at the Safeway supermarket at 12.20a.m. in Broadmeadows on 4 October 1997.[7] Her body was discovered under a cardboard box containing computer parts at 13.45 hrs. on 4 October 1997 by Ronald Frank McDonald, who made the discovery while he was collecting aluminium cans beside Cliffords Road, Somerton with his wife, Eva and their children.[5][10] A black woollen glove was found near Maher's body which police later confirmed contained DNA matching that of Dupas.[11] A post-mortem examination revealed Maher had suffered a stab wound to her left wrist, bruising to her neck, blunt force trauma with a cinder block to the area of her right eyebrow, and lacerations to her right arm.[12] Maher's left breast had been removed and placed into her mouth. At the time of Maher's murder, Dupas had been out of prison for just over a year after serving time for rape offences and was no longer under the supervision of the government corrections agency, Corrections Victoria.[5] Dupas was already serving a life sentence without parole for the murder of Nicole Patterson at the time of his arrest for the murder of Margaret Maher. With Dupas in custody, police were able to obtain a DNA sample, linking him to the 1997 murder of Maher.

Trial[edit] During a trial lasting three weeks, evidence was presented to the jury that the removal of Patterson's and Maher's breasts were so "strikingly similar" as to be a signature or trademark stamp common to both crimes, thereby identifying Dupas as the killer of both women.[2] The jury, who was not told Dupas was already serving a life term of imprisonment for the murder of Patterson, took less than a day to convict him of his second murder conviction. Upon hearing the jury deliver the guilty verdict, Dupas claimed "it's a kangaroo court" before being led away by court staff to begin his sentence.[11] After the guilty verdict, Kylie Nicholas, Nicole Patterson's sister, described Dupas as "...the most evil predator, a psychopath, a true evil predatory, cunning repulsive person. It's such a rare evil that comes into this world that's destroyed these women and our lives. We're just praying that this man is held accountable for everything he has done."[11] On 16 August 2004, Dupas was convicted of the 4 October 1997, murder of Maher and sentenced to a second term of life imprisonment.

Ian Joblin, a Melbourne-based forensic psychologist, released a report to the court attempting to explain Dupas’ sexual reoffending behaviour: "Dupas attacked women to fulfil fantasies of conquest and control…For Dupas, the actual assault has not lived up to the fantasy which preceded the assault, and is seen at times as disappointing…He does not feel reassured by either his performance or his victim’s response and must find another victim, this time ‘the right one’. Thus, his offences become quite repetitive."[2][13] During sentencing, Kaye remarked he would have sentenced Dupas for a life term for Maher's murder even if he had not killed Patterson, saying: "In view of your appalling criminal history, and in view of the particularly serious nature of the crime for which you have been convicted, it is only appropriate that you be sentenced to life imprisonment.

Even if the murder of Nicole Patterson had never occurred, I would have no hesitation in imposing a term of life imprisonment upon you.

"It is clear, both in the present case and from your previous convictions for rape and like offences, that your offending is connected with a need by you to vindicate a perverted and sadistic hatred of women and a contempt for them and their right to live. As such the present offence must be characterised as being in one of the most serious categories of murders which come before this Court.

"You intentionally killed a harmless, defenceless woman who, like all your other victims, had no prospect of protecting herself against you. At the time you committed that offence, you had, over almost three decades, terrorised women in this State. You have repeatedly violated a central norm of a decent civilised society. Your conduct in the present case is without mitigation or palliation. There has been no recognition by you of your wrongdoing. Rather, you repeated the same offence, with even more brutality, 18 months after murdering Margaret Maher.

"Based on your repeated violent offences, and on the gravity of this offence, there is no prospect of your rehabilitation. Nothing was advanced on your behalf to reflect that there is even the faintest glimmer of hope for you. Even if there were, any considerations of rehabilitation must, in this case, be subordinated to the gravity of your offending, the need for the imposition of a just punishment, and the principle of general deterrence. All those circumstances combine, in my view, not only to justify, but also to require that I do not fix a minimum term."[7] After Dupas received his second murder conviction, Victorian Attorney General Rob Hulls stated judges needed discretionary powers to tailor punishments for criminals such as Dupas and that more training may be needed to assist them in making their judgments. Hulls was quoted as saying, "There's no question that a formalised judicial education and training needs to be introduced in Victoria. I intend to investigate how that can best be done".[14] Felicity Hampel SC, president of civil liberties group Liberty Victoria, replied in response to Hulls, "Neither imprisonment in itself nor parole in itself is going to stop everybody from committing offences. What's important to bear in mind is that a person has to be sentenced for the offence they've committed, and that might mean that somebody gets a sentence that is proportionate for the crime, but it doesn't cure them of the dangerousness or the characteristic that makes them continue to offend".[14] Appeal[edit] On 25 July 2005, Dupas appeared in the Supreme Court of Victoria Court of Appeal to appeal his conviction for the murder of Maher on the grounds of; "whether the judge erred in ruling that the facts of the mutilation of Patterson’s body should have been admitted at trial".[9] "whether the directions of the judge aimed at keeping the evidence of the Patterson murder discrete were sufficient".[9] "whether the judge incorrectly directed the jury regarding the compression applied to the deceased’s neck as one of three possible causes of death".[9] "if the matters relied upon in the other grounds listed above did not result in a miscarriage of justice, their "aggregate effect" did".[9] His appeal was dismissed.[9] Murder of Mersina Halvagis[edit] Mersina Halvagis Mersina Halvagis was a 25-year-old Melbourne woman murdered in an attack on 1 November 1997, while visiting her grandmother's grave in the Greek Orthodox section of Fawkner Cemetery in

Fawkner, a northern suburb of Melbourne.[15] The alarm was raised by Halvagis' fiancĂŠ when she failed to meet with him later that day as the couple had planned.[3] Halvagis' body was discovered at 4.35 a.m. on 5 November 1997, by Halvagis' fiancĂŠ in an empty plot, three graves from where her grandmother was buried. Mersina herself would later be laid to rest in the Cheltenham Memorial Park, Melbourne where her grieving parents regularly attend her grave.

Police believe Halvagis was attacked from behind while kneeling to attend to a flower arrangement, and that she died from massive injuries, including 87 stab wounds about her knees, neck, with most wounds concentrated around her breasts. Her upper clothing had been pulled over her head towards her chest.[3] Dupas' home in Coane Street, Pascoe Vale was near the cemetery.[10] Halvagis' murder had remained unsolved since 1997, with the Victorian state government, together with police offering a A$1 million reward for information leading to an arrest. The large reward was the fourth such reward of A$1 million in Victoria's history.[16][17] Frank Cole, an elderly resident of Pascoe Vale, claims he saw Dupas leaving the Fawkner Cemetery on the day of the murder. Cole had earlier claimed he shot a dingo he suspected had killed two-monthold Azaria Chamberlain who went missing at an Ayers Rock camping ground on 17 August 1980.[18] An anonymous female who was visiting her parents' grave on the day of the murder had seen Dupas wearing sunglasses casually jogging throughout the cemetery.

Inquest[edit] An inquest into Halvagis's death before coroner Graeme Johnstone heard circumstantial evidence in the case against Dupas in relation to the murder; Nine witnesses identified Dupas as a man they saw at Fawkner Cemetery on the day Halvagis was attacked.

Dupas' grandfather's gravesite is located 128 metres from the crime scene.

Dupas frequented the 'First and Last Hotel', located opposite Fawkner Cemetery.

Dupas lied to police about a facial injury received about the time of the attack on Halvagis.

Dupas attempted to alter his appearance after Halvagis' murder.

Dupas was identified by a woman from police photographs, who said she saw him minutes before the attack 20 metres from where Halvagis' murder occurred.

Senior Detective Scarlett told the inquest a car known to be used by Dupas at the time of the murder was sold to a work associate in the month following the murder of Halvagis. The car has since been crushed for scrap metal and was never examined by detectives.[19] Forensic pathologist Professor David Ransom, who compared wounds suffered by Halvagis to the wounds suffered by Patterson and Maher, told the inquest there was insufficient evidence to suggest the wounds suffered by Halvagis were inflicted using the same knife or by the same person who had murdered Dupas' other victims.[20] Dupas' lawyer, David Drake, advised the inquest that the only evidence linking Dupas to the murder of Halvagis was the fact that Dupas had lived nearby to the Fawkner Cemetery, and his reputation based on prior convictions for similar offences. He further said police had relied upon their beliefs that Dupas had a propensity to attack women using knives, thereby linking him to the crime.[19] On 1 August 2006, the inquest was adjourned indefinitely following charges laid by police on Dupas for the murder of Halvagis.[21][22]

Arrest[edit] After obtaining a court order granting permission to interview Dupas in relation to Halvagis' murder, police collected Dupas from HM Prison Barwon on 2 September 2006, taking him to the St Kilda Road Police Headquarters in Melbourne for questioning.[17] On 11 September 2006, police charged Dupas with the murder of Mersina Halvagis,[23] after disgraced Melbourne lawyer, Andrew Fraser, revealed Dupas confessed to the killing of Halvagis while gardening weeds in Port Phillip Prison during 2002.

[24] Fraser told police he once found a homemade knife concealed among weeds at Port Phillip Prison and he called Dupas over to inspect it, which is when the confession occurred: "We regularly used to find stuff hidden in the garden, drugs, weapons and other stuff. I once found a homemade knife and called Dupas over to show it to him. He took it off me and started handling it, almost caressing it in a sexual way. Dupas then started saying 'Mersina, Mersina' over and over with this strange look on his face. I was certainly left in no doubt that Dupas murdered Mersina.

"This wasn't some sort of jailhouse confession where somebody has gone in and sat in a cell one night and had a brew with another prisoner and somebody has allegedly said something. It's a lot stronger than that. Dupas and I spoke regularly, just the two of us. This was over months and months that he was talking to me and confiding in me.

"There was one occasion when another prisoner came up to us when we were gardening and started abusing Dupas. This prisoner was yelling at Dupas saying, 'You killed Mersina, you killed Mersina'.

"After he had gone, Dupas turned to me and said 'How does that cunt know I did it?'[24] After agreeing to give evidence against Dupas, Fraser was released from Fulham Correctional Centre in Sale on 11 September 2006,[25] two months early of his five-year sentence for drug trafficking.[22] The Victorian government has said Fraser is now eligible to apply for a share of the A$1 million reward offered for information leading to an arrest on Halvagis' murder.[25] Direct presentment to trial[edit] The Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions withdrew the charge of murder in the Melbourne Magistrates Court and requested the case against Dupas be sent directly to trial, bypassing the committal hearing process.[26] On 26 September 2006, Dupas appeared via video link in the Supreme Court of Victoria, charged with Halvagis' murder, entering a plea of not guilty. Dupas' barrister David Drake told the Supreme Court his client was being unfairly dealt with by skipping the usual process of a committal hearing in the Magistrates' Court.[25] The Supreme Court of Victoria ruled on whether Dupas would face a committal hearing in November 2006.[27] On 14 November 2006, Dupas appeared in the Supreme Court of Victoria before Justice John Coldrey, where he requested an opportunity to be able to cross-examine witness Andrew Fraser before a criminal trial takes place.[28] On 12 December 2006, the Supreme Court of Victoria ordered Dupas be presented directly to trial for the murder of Mersina Halvagis, bypassing the usual committal hearing process.[29] Trial[edit] The trial for the murder of Mersina Halvagis ran for 22 days.[30] On 9 July 2007, the jury selected for the trial was discharged on a "legal technicality"[31] when prosecutor Colin Hillman, SC, advised Justice Philip Cummins that a failure to comply with the Jury Act had occurred when potential jurors were not advised of the possible duration of the trial.[32] Prosecution witness and disgraced lawyer Andrew Fraser described to the jury how Dupas attacked Halvagis. Fraser has now submitted a claim to the $1 million reward.[33]

Dupas was found guilty of the murder of Mersina Halvagis on 9 August 2007 and appeared for a presentencing hearing eight days later.[34] Dupas was sentenced to his third life sentence with no minimum term.[35] The sentencing judge allowed permission for one television camera to record the sentencing of Dupas, the only televised sentencing in Australia since the 1995 sentencing of child killer Nathan John Avent.[36] Upon sentencing Dupas, the judge said "life means life".

On 10 September 2007, lawyers for Dupas submitted an appeal on the basis the verdict of guilty for the murder of Halvagis was unsafe and unsatisfactory.[37] On 17 September 2009, Dupas' appeal against the conviction was upheld in Victoria's Court of Appeal by a two to one majority. The Court ruled that the directions of the judge in the original trial were inadequate.[38] On 14 October 2009, lawyers for Dupas argued that the proceedings against him should be stayed permanently based on the publicity surrounding the case. Victorian Supreme Court Justice Paul Coghlan disagreed and set the trial date for 7 April 2010.[39] On 26 October 2010, a new trial for the murder of Mersina Halvagis commenced in the Victorian Supreme Court.

On 19 November 2010, Dupas was again convicted of the murder of Mersina Halvagis after three and half days of deliberations by the jury.[40] On 26 November 2010, Dupas was sentenced to life in prison, without the possibility of parole.[41] Additional murders of which Dupas is suspected[edit] Murder of Helen McMahon[edit] Helen McMahon was a 47-year-old woman found bashed to death on a Rye beach on 13 February 1985. Although Dupas was imprisoned at the time of McMahon's murder and was not released until two weeks later, investigators learned Dupas was on pre-release leave from prison and living in the Rye area when McMahon was killed.[3] McMahon was sunbathing topless on the beach when attacked. Her body was discovered naked, covered by her beach towel. The location of the murder of McMahon was nearby to the location where Dupas had earlier raped a 21-year-old woman at a beach in Blairgowrie, for which he was convicted and served a term of imprisonment. Police believe McMahon may have been Dupas' first murder victim, although her murder officially remains unsolved.[3] Murder of Renita Brunton[edit] Dupas is a suspect in the murder of 31-year-old Renita Brunton at Sunbury, Victoria in 1993.[42] Murder of Kathleen Downes[edit] Dupas is a suspect in the murder of 95-year-old Kathleen Downes at the Brunswick Lodge nursing home in Brunswick. Downes was stabbed to death at 6:30 a.m. on 31 December 1997,[3][43] a month after Halvagis' murder. Police investigations revealed Dupas had telephoned the nursing home some time before the murder. No charges have been laid regarding Downes' murder. Her murder is being considered for referral to the State Coroner.[2] Marriage[edit] While imprisoned at Melbourne's Pentridge Prison, Dupas formed a relationship with mental health nurse Grace McConnell, who was 16 years his senior. The pair married in 1987 inside Castlemaine Gaol.[3]

McConnell described her marriage to Dupas during the inquest into the murder of Mersina Halvagis: "He insisted that he was in love with me .... and that with my help he could come out of himself and become a normal person. I agreed (to marry Dupas), not out of particular love for this man but from a sense of responsibility to helping him become a useful member of the community. In my mind, our relationship was mother and son.[44] "Our sex life was very basic, almost non-existent. I would go along with it out of a sense of responsibility ‌ It got to the stage where I could not bear him touching me.[3] His new wife found him to be self-obsessed, lazy, needy, and a snob, and they divorced during the mid-1990s.[3][44] Prison life[edit] As of 2006, Dupas is serving his sentences between the maximum security protection unit of Port Phillip Correctional Centre, at Laverton[23] and HM Prison Barwon in Lara, a northern suburb of Geelong. He has attempted suicide several times while imprisoned. Prison staff describe him as a model prisoner while in custody and "a monster" whenever released.[3] Summary of criminal convictions[edit] Before his first conviction for murder, Dupas had 16 prior convictions involving acts of sexual violence from six court appearances between 27 March 1972 and 11 November 1994.[4] Date Conviction Comments 25 July 1974 Rape Sentenced to 9 years imprisonment.

28 February 1980 Rape Committed two months after his release from prison. Sentenced to 5 years imprisonment.

28 June 1985 Rape Committed 4 days after his release from prison. Sentenced to 12 years imprisonment.

18 August 1994 False imprisonment Sentenced to 3 years imprisonment.

22 August 2000 Murder Nicole Patterson. Sentenced to life imprisonment with no minimum period.

16 August 2004 Murder Margaret Maher. Sentenced to life imprisonment with no minimum period.

9 August 2007 Murder Mersina Halvagis. Sentenced to life imprisonment with no minimum period on 27 August 2007. Conviction set aside after successful appeal by Dupas 19 November 2010 Murder Mersina Halvagis (retrial). Sentenced to life imprisonment with no minimum period on 26 November 2010.

Chronology[edit] 6 July 1953 born 3 October 1968 at age fifteen he stabbed his female neighbour and received eighteen months probation 25 July 1974 sentenced to 5 to 9 years imprisonment for rape aged 21 1979 approximately two months after his release from prison, Dupas again molested women in four separate attacks over a ten-day period.

28 February 1980 Dupas received a five-year minimum prison sentence for three charges of assault with intent to rape, malicious wounding, assault with intent to rob, and indecent assault.

1985 February released from prison 28 June 1985 Dupas was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment for rape that was committed four days after his release from prison.

Less than two years after his release from prison, Dupas was arrested on charges of false imprisonment over an incident at Lake Eppalock during January 1994 18 August 1994 after entering a guilty plea to one count of false imprisonment, Dupas was sentenced to three years and nine months imprisonment, with a minimum period of two years and nine months.

1996 September Dupas released from prison 4 October 1997 The murdered body of Margaret Josephine Maher was discovered.

1 November 1997 Mersina Halvagis murdered. Body discovered the next day.

19 April 1999 The murdered body of Nicole Amanda Patterson was discovered.

22 April 1999 police arrested Dupas 22 August 2000 Sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Nicole Patterson with no minimum period.

16 August 2004 Dupas was convicted of the murder of Maher and sentenced to a second term of life imprisonment.

11 September 2006 police charged Dupas with the murder of Mersina Halvagis 9 August 2007 Dupas was convicted of the murder of Mersina Halvagis.

27 August 2007 Dupas sentenced to serve life imprisonment for the murder of Mersina Halvagis.

17 September 2009 Dupas' appeal upheld against conviction for the murder of Mersina Halvagis, verdict set aside.

25 October 2010 second trial for the murder of Mersina Halvagis begins.

19 November 2010 Dupas is convicted for a second time of the Halvagis murder.

26 November 2010 sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Mersina Halvagis, with no minimum term.

26 November 2010 Earlier testimony and the extra submitted by Mr. Andrew Fraser only plunged the accused person . However, it seems that it was Mr. Andrew Fraser is the one you were looking for, and everything he said in the testimony of Mr. Peter Dupas It was learned texts in a cell when staying together.

Kathleen Folbigg From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kathleen Folbigg Born Kathleen Megan Donovan 14 June 1967 (age 49) Criminal penalty 30 years imprisonment Killings Victims 4 Span of killings 1991–1999 Country Australia State(s) New South Wales Kathleen Megan Folbigg (nÊe Donovan) (born 14 June 1967) is an Australian serial child killer. Folbigg was convicted of murdering her three infant children, eight-month-old Patrick Allen, 10-month-old Sarah Kathleen and 19-month-old Laura Elizabeth. Folbigg was also convicted of the manslaughter of a fourth child, Caleb Gibson, aged 19 days. The murders took place between 1991 and 1999,[1] coming to an end only when her husband discovered her personal diary, which detailed the killings.

[1] Folbigg was originally sentenced to 40 years' jail, with a non-parole period of 30 years, but on appeal this was reduced to 30 years, with a non-parole period of 25 years. Folbigg maintains her innocence, claiming the four children died from natural causes.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Deaths 2.1 Caleb Gibson 2.2 Patrick Allen 2.3 Sarah Kathleen

2.4 Laura Elizabeth 3 Justice system 3.1 Trial 3.2 Verdict 3.3 Appeal 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External links Early life[edit] On 8 January 1969, Folbigg's biological father, Thomas John Britton, murdered her mother, also named Kathleen, by stabbing her 24 times. Following her father's arrest on the day after the murder, Folbigg was made a ward of the state and placed into foster care with a couple.

On 18 July 1970, Folbigg was removed from the care of the foster couple and placed into Bidura Children's Home.[2] In September 1970, Folbigg moved into a permanent foster care placement. This arrangement lasted until she was a young adult. She left school at the age of 15. In 1987 she married Craig Gibson Folbigg.

Deaths[edit] Caleb Gibson[edit] Caleb Gibson Folbigg was born a healthy baby on 1 February 1989. Caleb was known to breathe noisily and was diagnosed by a paediatrician to be suffering from a mild case of laryngomalacia, something he would eventually outgrow. On 20 February 1989, Folbigg put Caleb to sleep in a room adjoining the room she shared with her husband.[3] During the night, Caleb stirred from midnight until 2 a.m. Found by Folbigg, the death was attributed to Cot Death.

Patrick Allen[edit] Patrick Allen Folbigg was born on 3 June 1990. Craig Folbigg remained at home to help care for his wife and baby for three months after the birth. On 18 October 1990, Folbigg put Patrick to bed. Craig Folbigg was awakened by the sounds of his wife screaming and found her standing at the baby's cot.

He noticed the child wasn't breathing and attempted to revive him by cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

An ambulance was called and Patrick was taken to hospital. Patrick would later be diagnosed to be suffering from epilepsy and cortical blindness.[3] On 18 February 1991, Folbigg telephoned her husband at work, saying "It's happened again!"[2] Sarah Kathleen[edit] The couple moved to Thornton in the City of Maitland.[when?] Sarah Kathleen Folbigg was born on 14 October 1992, and died on 29 August 1993.[2] Laura Elizabeth[edit] In 1996, the couple moved to Singleton. On 7 August 1997, Laura Elizabeth Folbigg was born. On 27 February 1999, Laura died.[2] Justice system[edit] Trial[edit]

Folbigg's trial lasted seven weeks. The prosecution alleged Folbigg murdered her four children by smothering them in periods of frustration. During a jury replay of Folbigg's police interview, she attempted to run from the courtroom.[4] The defence made the case that Kathleen did not kill or harm her children and that Kathleen did not think that Craig was responsible either. Although prosecution witnesses were concerned about the lack of prodromal (early warning) symptoms in any of the children, the defence posed natural explanations for the events such as Cot Death and, in the case of Laura's death, myocarditis. The defence highlighted that Folbigg was a caring mother, pointing to journal entries that showed the care and concern that she gave her children. Some of Laura's acquaintances gave statements to investigators about her caring nature.

The defence pointed out that there were no direct admissions to the killings in Folbigg's journal entries, and that any entries indirectly suggesting her responsibility could be chalked up to a typical grieving mother's guilt. Folbigg appeared genuinely distraught to ambulance and police responders to the scene. They pointed out that no physical evidence could link Folbigg to murder; it was an entirely circumstantial case with very little consensus among the scientific experts who testified at trial.

Verdict[edit] On 21 May 2003, Folbigg was found guilty by the Supreme Court of New South Wales jury of the following crimes: three counts of murder, one count of manslaughter and one count of maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. On 24 October 2003, Folbigg was sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment with a non-parole period of 30 years.[2] Appeal[edit] On 17 February 2005, the court reduced her sentence to 30 years' imprisonment with a non-parole period of 25 years on appeal. Due to the nature of her crimes, Folbigg resides in protective custody to prevent possible violence by other inmates.[3] Eddie Leonski From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eddie Leonski Leonski.jpg Born Edward Joseph Leonski December 12, 1917 New Jersey, United States Died November 9, 1942 (aged 24) Victoria, Australia Cause of death Execution Other names The Brownout Strangler The Singing Strangler Criminal penalty Death Killings Victims 3 Span of killings May 3, 1942–May 18, 1942 Country Australia State(s) Victoria This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Edward Joseph Leonski (December 12, 1917 – November 9, 1942) was a United States Army soldier during World War II. He was also a serial killer responsible for the strangling murders of three women in Melbourne, Australia. Leonski was known as both the "Brownout Strangler", given Melbourne's wartime status of keeping low lighting (not as stringent as a wartime blackout) and also as the "Singing Strangler" due to his self-confessed motive for the killings being a twisted fascination with female voices, especially when they were singing, and his claim that he killed the women to "get at their voices."[1] Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Murders 3 Trial and execution 4 Fictional portrayals 5 Notes 6 External links Early life[edit] Born into a Polish-American family in New Jersey, Leonski grew up in an abusive, alcoholic family, and one of his brothers was committed to a mental institution. According to a psychologist who interviewed Leonski during his trial, his mother had been overprotective and controlling. Leonski had been bullied by other neighborhood kids and called a mama's boy. Accordingly, the psychologist ruled that Leonski's crimes were born of his resentment and hatred of his mother and thus constituted "symbolic matricide."

He was called up for the U.S. Army in February 1941 and arrived in Melbourne on February 2, 1942.

Murders[edit] On May 3, 1942, Ivy Violet McLeod, 40, was found dead in Albert Park, Melbourne. She had been beaten and strangled, and because she was found to be in possession of her purse it was evident that robbery was not the motive.

Just six days later, 31-year-old Pauline Thompson was strangled after a night out. She was last seen in the company of a young man who was described as having an American accent.

Gladys Hosking, 40, was the next victim, murdered on May 18 while walking home from work at the Chemistry Library at Melbourne University. A witness said that, on the night of the killing, a disheveled American man had approached her asking for directions, seemingly out of breath and covered with mud. This description matched the individual Pauline Thompson was seen with on the night of her murder, as well as the descriptions given by several women who had survived recent attacks.

Joan Robb, whom he had previously told had the voice of an angel, was due to have a date with him the night he was captured.

These survivors and other witnesses were able to pick 24-year-old Edward Leonski out of a line-up of American servicemen who were stationed in the city during World War II. A private in the 52nd Signal Battalion, Leonski was arrested and charged with three murders.

Trial and execution[edit] Although Leonski's crimes were committed on Australian soil, the trial was conducted under American military law. Leonski confessed to the crimes and was convicted and sentenced to death at a United States Army general court-martial on July 17, 1942. Gen. Douglas MacArthur confirmed the sentence on October 14, 1942, and a Board of Review upheld the findings and sentence on October

28, 1942. General Court-Martial Order 1 promulgated Leonski's death sentence on November 1, 1942. In a departure from normal procedure, on November 4, 1942, MacArthur personally signed the order of execution (in subsequent executions, this administrative task was entrusted to MacArthur's Chief of Staff, Richard Sutherland). Leonski was hanged at Pentridge Prison on November 9, 1942.

Leonski's defense attorney, Ira C. Rothgerber,[2] attempted to win an external review, even from the U.S. Supreme Court, but was unable to do so. Rothgerber kept the issue alive after the war, and Leonski's case contributed to the development of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).

Leonski was temporarily interred at several cemeteries in Australia. His remains were eventually permanently interred in Section 9, Row B, Site 8 at Schofield Barracks Post Cemetery (located between Wahiawa and Kunia) on the island of O'ahu, Hawaii. His grave is located in a section of the facility reserved for prisoners who died in military custody.

Fictional portrayals[edit] The 1986 film Death of a Soldier is based on Leonski.

Leonard Fraser From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leonard Fraser Leonardjohnfraser.jpg Born Leonard John Fraser 27 June 1951 Ingham, Queensland, Australia Died 1 January 2007 (aged 55) Princess Alexandra Hospital in Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia Cause of death Heart attack Other names The Rockhampton Rapist Criminal penalty 5 x Life imprisonment + 25 years Killings Victims 4-7+ Span of killings 28 December 1998–22 April 1999 Country Australia State(s) Queensland Date apprehended 1999 Leonard John Fraser (27 June 1951 – 1 January 2007), also known as "The Rockhampton Rapist", was an Australian convicted serial killer.

Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Crimes 3 Death 4 Media 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links Biography[edit] Fraser was born in Ingham, Queensland.

Crimes[edit]

Before a life sentence on 7 September 2000 for the abduction, rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl, Rockhampton, Queensland, Leonard Fraser had spent almost 20 of the preceding 22 years behind bars for the rape of other women. He was subsequently charged with four murders. Police found many trophies of his victims in his flat and ponytails from three different women, which could not be traced to any of his known victims.[1] Fraser originally confessed to five murders in an apparent deal with police to avoid general population in prison, but one of those victims was a 14-year-old, Natasha Ryan, who was found to be alive and living secretly with her boyfriend in a nearby town after having been listed as a missing person for five years.[2] Although there was an obvious problem in his confessions to crimes where no corroborating evidence existed and there was therefore reason for a mistrial, his defence did not file for one. Nor did his defence object to the prosecution using the same confession made in custody, which included the Ryan confession, for three other victims whose remains were found. The Ryan 'murder' was also based on testimony from a fellow prisoner who alleged that Fraser drew detailed maps showing where Ms. Ryan's remains could be located.[3] Even so, the judge in the case, Justice Brian Ambrose, heavily criticised the media for commenting on the value of confessions to crimes made to police under duress or to other prisoners while in custody, where no or little corroborating evidence exists.

In 2003 Fraser was sentenced to three indefinite prison terms for the murders of Beverley Leggo and Sylvia Benedetti, and the manslaughter of Julie Turner in the Rockhampton area in 1998 and 1999.[4] [5] At his trial, the judge described him as a sexual predator who was a danger to the community and his fellow inmates.[6] Death[edit] Fraser was being held at the Wolston Correctional Centre and, after complaining of chest pains, he was taken to a secure section of the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Woolloongabba, on 26 December 2006,[7] where he subsequently died of a heart attack on 1 January 2007.[6] Media[edit] Fraser's murders are the focus of the Crime Investigation Australia series 2 episode "The Predator: Leonard John Fraser"[8] and Crime Stories episode "Leonard Fraser: the Rockhampton Rapist".[9] John Wayne Glover From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Not to be confused with John Wayne Gacy This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) John Wayne Glover Johnwayneglover.jpg Born 26 November 1932 Midlands, England, United Kingdom Died 9 September 2005 (aged 72) Cause of death Suicide Other names The Granny Killer The Monster of Mosman Criminal penalty 6 x Life imprisonment without parole Killings Victims 6–13

Span of killings 1989–1990 Country Australia State(s) New South Wales Date apprehended 20 March 1990 John Wayne Glover (26 November 1932 – 9 September 2005) was an English-born Australian serial killer convicted for the murders of six elderly women on Sydney's North Shore. Over a fourteenmonth period in 1989/90, Glover killed six elderly women, for which he was dubbed the "Granny Killer".[1][2][3] Following arrest in 1990, he admitted to the murders and was sentenced to consecutive terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He committed suicide by hanging himself in prison on 9 September 2005.

Contents [hide] 1 Background 1.1 Prior offences (1960s) 2 Murders 2.1 Pre-murder offence 2.2 Gwendoline Mitchelhill 2.3 Lady (Winfreda) Ashton 2.4 Further offences 2.5 Margaret Pahud 2.6 Olive Cleveland 2.7 Muriel Falconer 2.8 Police investigation 2.9 Joan Sinclair 3 Trial 4 "Confession" sketch 5 Media 6 References 7 External links Background[edit] Originally from a working-class family in Wolverhampton, England,[citation needed] Glover was convicted of many petty crimes dating back to 1947 for stealing clothing and handbags.[citation needed] He left school at 14.[4] He was later thrown out of the British army when these crimes were discovered.[citation needed] Later, he emigrated to Australia in 1956[5] or 1957 with no qualifications[4] where he first lived in Melbourne. He had a troubled relationship with older women in his life, especially his mother Freda (who had had several husbands and many boyfriends), and after 1968, his mother-in law when he married Gay Rolls[4] and moved into his parents-in-law's house in Mosman, Sydney.

Before John Glover began his killings in the late 1980s, he was a volunteer at the Senior Citizens Society, and was considered among his friends a friendly and trustworthy man. He was married with two daughters,[4] and lived a contented lifestyle[1] in Mosman. Glover worked as a sales representative for the Four'N Twenty meat pie company.[6] Glover's mother moved to Australia in 1976; she died of breast cancer in 1989.[4] Later that year, Glover was diagnosed with breast cancer. Glover separated from his wife, who took their daughters to New Zealand.[4] Prior offences (1960s)[edit]

Shortly after emigrating from England to Australia, Glover was convicted on two counts of larceny in Victoria, and a stealing charge in New South Wales.

In 1962, he was convicted on two counts of assaulting women in Melbourne, two counts of indecent assault, one of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and another four counts of larceny. He was sentenced to a three-year good behaviour bond.[7] Murders[edit] There is no proof of Glover killing before 1989, when he was 56. At this stage, he had been married for 20 years with children, and his wife had no knowledge of his previous offences.[8] Glover admitted to the killings when confronted with the police evidence. He denied responsibility for other crimes in which he was a prime suspect, including the bashing murder of Florence Broadhurst in her Paddington studio in 1977. A number of years after his conviction, Glover admitted that he never worried about who his victims were, or why he killed them. He said he wanted to stop killing, but couldn't. After each murder, he apparently went about his normal life.[citation needed] Pre-murder offence[edit] On 11 January 1989, 84-year-old Margaret Todhunter was walking down Hale Road, Mosman, where she was seen by Glover. After parking his car, he walked up to the victim. He punched Todhunter in the face, and stole the contents of her purse including $209. Glover then went to the Mosman RSL club where he spent Mrs Todhunter's money. Investigating police concluded the crime was a mugging and held little hope of finding the perpetrator.[citation needed] Gwendoline Mitchelhill[edit] On 1 March 1989, as Glover left the Mosman RSL in Military Rd, he saw 82-year-old Gwendoline Mitchelhill walking down the street. Glover returned to his car and put a hammer under his belt. He followed Mitchelhill to the entry foyer of her Military Road apartment building. As she went to open the front door, he hit her with the hammer on the back of her head. He then continued to strike her about the head and body; several of her ribs were broken. Glover fled the scene, taking her purse containing $100. Mitchelhill was still alive when she was found by two schoolboys, but died shortly after the police and ambulance arrived. The police had no eyewitnesses or leads and there was nothing concrete to link this attack with the previous attack on Margaret Todhunter. There was no forensic evidence either, as good-intentioned neighbours, believing she had merely fallen, had washed the crime scene. The police assumed that it was another mugging gone wrong.[citation needed] Lady (Winfreda) Ashton[edit] On 9 May 1989, Glover was walking along Military Road when he saw 84-year-old Lady Ashton, widow of artist Will Ashton, walking towards him. She was on her way home to nearby Raglan Street.

Glover put on a pair of gloves and followed her into the foyer of her apartment, where he attacked her with his hammer. He then threw her to the ground and dragged her into a rubbish bin alcove where he repeatedly hit her head on the pavement. Glover recalled that she had almost overpowered him, until he fell on top of her and started to hit her head on the pavement. After she was knocked unconscious, John Glover removed her pantyhose and strangled her. He placed Lady Ashton's walking stick and shoes at her feet. He then left with her purse containing $100. Glover headed for the Mosman RSL, where he commented to staff that he hoped the sirens outside weren't because of another mugging gone wrong.[citation needed] The police found Lady Ashton lying face down diagonally across the concrete floor of the small bin alcove. There was a pool of blood around her head. The pantyhose were strung so tightly around her neck that it cut through the skin. Her bare legs were crossed and her arms were placed by her sides.

She had a thin trickle of blood running out of her mouth. At this point, the police concluded they

were facing a serial killer. To date all three victims were wealthy elderly women, from the same suburb, and were all assaulted or killed in the same manner before being robbed of their handbags.

[9] A post-mortem was carried out and no sign of semen was found. The ligature mark around her neck measured nine centimetres. She had bruises on her nose and temple, on her neck, and both her eyelids. At some stage during the struggle, she bit her lips, causing damage to the inner lining of her mouth. There was a wound on her cheek, which was an open cut that had a small, semi-circular abrasion which was a few centimetres away from it. The examiner noted the victim's diamond ring was still present, suggesting that she had not been killed for money.[citation needed] Further offences[edit] On 6 June 1989, Glover molested 77-year-old Marjorie Moseley at the Wesley Gardens Retirement Home in Belrose. The victim reported to hospital staff and police that a man had put his hand under her night gown, but that she could not remember what the man looked like.[citation needed] On 24 June 1989, Glover visited the Caroline Chisholm Nursing Home in Lane Cove where he lifted the dress of an elderly patient and fondled her buttocks. In a neighbouring room, he slid his hand down the front of another patient's nightdress and stroked her breasts. The woman cried out for help and Glover was briefly questioned by staff at the hospital before leaving.[10] On 8 August 1989, Glover assaulted the elderly Effie Carnie in a back street of Lindfield, on Sydney's upper North Shore.[1] On 6 October, Glover pretended to be a doctor and ran his hand up the dress of Phyllis McNeil, a patient at the Wybenia Nursing Home in the lower North Shore suburb of Neutral Bay. Glover left when the blind McNeil called for help. At the time, Glover was apparently never suspected of, or identified as being responsible for the molestations.[citation needed] On 18 October 1989, Glover followed 86-year-old widow Doris Cox along Spit Road, Mosman to her retirement village. In the secluded stairwell at the front of the house, he attacked her, ramming her face into a brick wall where she fell. Although she survived the assault, she was not able to provide a clear description or recollection of events – probably due to her dementia.[11] According to her, the attacker was a young man, possibly a teenager or skateboarder. She provided police with an identikit drawing, but again, the scene was washed down by neighbours before investigators arrived.[citation needed] Margaret Pahud[edit] On 2 November 1989, Glover approached 78-year-old Lane Cove resident Dorothy Beencke while she was walking home in a quiet backstreet, just off Longueville Road, Lane Cove (about 10 kilometres from Mosman). Glover then engaged her in conversation, and offered to carry her groceries home for her. Beencke invited him inside her house for a cup of tea.[11] Glover declined the tea, but on the return down the laneway to the main street, he passed another old woman and then assaulted her from behind.

The victim this time was 85-year-old widow Margaret Pahud (also on her way home from grocery shopping),[9] and the police were certain this was the work of the "granny killer". She was hit on the back of the head with a blunt instrument, and when she collapsed, he struck her again on the side of the head. Glover rearranged her clothing, shoes, and walking stick, took her handbag and left. Again, nobody saw the attack but within a few minutes, her body was found by a young schoolgirl who at first thought the body was a pile of clothing dumped in the laneway. Neighbours yet again washed down the crime scene. As the police and ambulance were on their way, Glover rummaged through

the contents of Pahud's purse on the grounds of a nearby golf club. He then headed off to the Mosman RSL Club to again spend $300 he had stolen from Pahud.[citation needed] Olive Cleveland[edit] Within 24 hours of the Pahud murder, on 3 November 81-year-old Olive Cleveland became the fourth woman killed by the now so-called "granny killer". Glover struck up a conversation with Cleveland while she was sitting on a bench just outside the Wesley Gardens Retirement Village where she lived in the suburb of Belrose. When Olive became uncomfortable, she got up and proceeded to walk to the main building, Glover seized her from behind and forced her down a ramp into a secluded side lane. Here, he hit her and repeatedly pushed her head into the concrete before he removed her pantyhose and tied them tightly around her neck. Once again, Glover rearranged her clothing, shoes, and walking stick, then left taking money ($60) from her handbag. Once again, the old woman's injuries were initially attributed to a heavy fall and the crime scene was yet again washed down.

There were no eyewitnesses. Shortly afterwards, the state government doubled the reward to $200,000.[citation needed] Muriel Falconer[edit] On 23 November 1989, Glover was sitting in the Buena Vista Hotel in Middle Head Road, Mosman when he saw 93-year-old widow Muriel Falconer walking opposite the hotel (returning home with her shopping). Glover returned to his car (parked opposite the police station), to retrieve his hammer and gloves. He followed Falconer to the exterior of her home in Muston Street. He quietly moved up behind her while the partially deaf and blind Falconer opened her front door. He put his hand around her mouth to silence her, before repeatedly hitting her around the head and neck with his hammer.

When she fell to the floor, Glover began to remove Falconer's pantyhose. As he did this, she began to regain consciousness and cried for help. This prompted Glover to hit her multiple times with the hammer until she finally passed out. He removed her undergarments and used them to strangle her.

He searched her purse and the rest of her house for valuables before leaving with $100, again after rearranging her shoes. The following afternoon, the body was discovered by a neighbour, who entered using a spare key. The crime scene was left undisturbed and investigators were able to collect forensic evidence, including bloody shoeprints. A neighbour described a suspect as middle-aged, portly, and grey-haired. The reward was increased to $250,000 by Christmas.[citation needed] Police investigation[edit] On 11 January 1990, Glover visited the Greenwich Hospital in River Road, Greenwich, on his pie sales round. He was in his work uniform and carried a clipboard, and entered the hospital's palliative care ward where there were four elderly and ill women, including 82-year-old advanced cancer patient Daisy Roberts. Glover asked if she was losing any body heat, he then pulled up her night gown and touched her in an indecent manner. Roberts panicked and called for help, upon which a nurse found Glover in the ward. When confronted, Glover ran from the ward and the nurse was able to record his car's registration number, and notified police.[citation needed] The hospital staff were able to identify and name Glover, as he was known from doing his pie rounds.

A week later, the police returned with a photograph of Glover, which both the nurse and Roberts positively identified. Although this was a significant break through, the hospital assaults were not linked to the murders, nor reported to the murder task force for three weeks. Detectives from Chatswood police station contacted and confirmed Glover's name via his employers. Detectives contacted Glover and requested he attend an interview at the station the following day. When Glover failed to appear, the police rang his home and were informed by his wife that he had attempted suicide by overdose and was recovering at the Royal North Shore Hospital. Police went to the hospital to see Glover but he declined to be interviewed – although, he did permit them to take a photograph.

Staff at the hospital handed police a suicide note that was written by Glover, in the middle of the

page on Four 'n' Twenty Pies business paper, that contained the words "no more grannies ... grannies" and "Essie [Glover's mother-in-law] started it".[citation needed] It was two weeks before the suicide note and photo were passed onto the task force (now numbering some 70 members), whereupon detectives believed immediately that Glover was the killer, although they had no evidence. The head of the detective task force said, “ If he had said to us, "I don't want to talk," we couldn't have proved a thing. Still, the photo matched the descriptions of the gray-haired suspect and in his job as a pie salesman, Glover could have been at any of the murder scenes.[citation needed] �

Glover was interviewed over the nursing home assaults and denied all accusations. Police had limited evidence and decided not to question him over the murders, which would have let Glover know of the police suspicions. Glover was put under constant police surveillance including, at one stage, with an automatic tracking device. To make sure that he wasn't being followed, Glover would drive around the block more than once, or drive the wrong way up one-way streets.[citation needed] Joan Sinclair[edit] On 19 March 1990, Glover killed his sixth and final victim in Mosman.[9] She was 60-year-old divorcee Joan Sinclair from Beauty Point, with whom Glover had a platonic relationship. By this stage, police had Glover under constant surveillance and watched as Sinclair let Glover into her home at approximately 10 a.m. By 1 p.m. there was no sign of Glover or movement within the house. Police and the surveillance team, became concerned at about 5 p.m. and got permission to enter the house at 6pm. Two uniformed police knocked on the front door (ostensibly to check on barking dogs) to no answer, and, when looking through the rear glass door, saw a hammer lying in a pool of dry blood on a mat. Four detectives searched the house and found Sinclair's battered head wrapped in a bundle of blood-soaked towels. She was naked from the waist down and her pantyhose were tied around her neck. Her genitals were damaged but Glover would later deny raping her. After finding Sinclair's body, they then searched the house for Glover who was found unconscious in the filled bathtub.[citation needed] Glover later told police he murdered Joan Sinclair and explained they had been having a relationship for some time. He said that he beat her about the head with his hammer, removed her pantyhose, and strangled her with them. Glover rolled the body onto a mat; wrapped four towels around her extensive head wounds to stem the flow of blood, then dragged her body across the room, leaving a trail of blood. He then ran the bath, swallowed a handful of Valium with a bottle of Vat 69, slashed his left wrist and lay in the tub to die.[citation needed] Trial[edit] At the trial, commencing 28 March 1990, Glover pleaded not guilty to his crimes on the grounds of diminished responsibility. A psychiatrist said Glover had built up hostility and aggression since his childhood against his mother and then against his mother-in-law, who was said to "trigger" him.

When she died, he had to take out his aggression on someone else. The psychiatrist who studied the case also added that this was a very unusual case because there are very few serial killers, and most of them are mentally ill, and/or have an organic disease of the brain; Glover was sane at the time of the murders, but a psychiatrist at the trial, John Shand, said Glover had a severe personality disorder.

[4] The Crown prosecutor maintained that Glover was well aware of his actions. When he killed, he was also planning what to do with the victim's money, and also took time to clean the hammer with acid.

Glover was impotent and had no interest in sex. So tying the pantyhose so tightly around his victim's neck was to make sure they were dead, at the same time trying to trick the police into thinking that this was the work of a sexually-motivated killer.[citation needed]

Glover was addicted to poker machines, and the easiest way for him to get more money was to steal.

After the guilty verdict was delivered, Justice Wood stated that he was dealing with an extremely dangerous prisoner: “ He is able to choose when to attack and when to stay his hand. He is cunning and able to cover his tracks. It is plain that he has chosen his moments carefully. Although the crimes have been opportunistic, he has not gone in where the risks were overwhelming.

The period since January 1989 has been one of intense and serious crime involving extreme violence inflicted on elderly women, accompanied by theft or robbery of their property. On any view, the prisoner has shown himself to be an exceedingly dangerous person and that view was mirrored by the opinions of the psychiatrists who gave evidence at his trial.

I have no alternative other than to impose the maximum available sentence, which means that the prisoner will be required to spend the remainder of his natural life in jail.

It is inappropriate to impose any minimum term to be served before release on parole. Having regard to those life sentences, this is not a case where the prisoner may ever be released pursuant to any order of this court.

He is never to be released.[citation needed] �

"Confession" sketch[edit] [12] Days before Glover finally committed suicide, he handed his last outside visitor a sketch of a park. Glover pointed out two pine trees. In the middle of the right pine tree, the number "nine" could be seen between leaves and branches. The number nine is said[by whom?] to either represent the total number of murders or the number of unsolved murders committed by Glover.

Unsolved murders that may have been committed by Glover include:[11] Emmie May Anderson, 78, East Melbourne (19 October 1961) Irene Kiddle, 61, St Kilda (22 March 1963) Elsie Boyes, 63, Prahran (3 June 1967) Christina Yankos, 63, Albert Park (9 April 1968) Florence Broadhurst, 78, Paddington (16 October 1977) Josephine McDonald, 72, Ettalong (29 August 1984) Wanda Amundsen, 83, Umina (21 November 1986) Media[edit] Glover's serial murders was the focus of the Crime Investigation Australia series 1 episode "No More Grannies / The Granny Killer".[11] Glover's serial murders were dramatised in the final vignette of the 2000 film Terror Tract.[13] Caroline Grills From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Caroline Grills Born Caroline Mickelson 1890[1] New South Wales, Australia[1] Died 6 October 1960 (aged 69–70)[1] Cause of death Peritonitis from ruptured gastric ulcer

Other names Aunt Thally Criminal penalty Life imprisonment Killings Victims 4 Span of killings 1947–1953 Country Australia State(s) New South Wales[1][2] Date apprehended April 1953 Caroline Grills, born Caroline Mickelson (1890 – October 1960), was an Australian serial killer.

Grills became a suspect in 1947 after the deaths of four family members: her 87-year-old stepmother Christine Mickelson; relatives by marriage Angelina Thomas and John Lundberg; and sister in law Mary Anne Mickelson. Authorities tested tea she had given to two additional family members (Christine Downey and John Downey) on 13 April 1953, and detected the poison thallium.

Grills appeared in court charged with four murders and three attempted murders (the third being Eveline Lundberg, Christine Downey's mother) in October 1953. She was convicted on 15 October 1953 and sentenced to death, but her sentence was later changed to life in prison. She became affectionately known as "Aunt Thally" to other inmates of Sydney's Long Bay prison. In October 1960, she was rushed to the hospital where she died from peritonitis[1] from a ruptured gastric ulcer.

Paul Steven Haigh From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Steven Haigh Born 5 September 1957 (age 59) Criminal penalty 6 x life imprisonment Killings Victims 7 Span of killings 1978–1991 Country Australia State(s) Victoria Date apprehended 1979 Paul Steven Haigh is an Australian serial killer currently serving six sentences of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the murder of seven people in the late 1970s.[1] Contents [hide] 1 The Crimes 1.1 1978 1.2 1979 1.3 1991 1.4 Won right to appeal 2 References The Crimes[edit] 1978[edit] In 1978 (within weeks of being paroled for a string of armed robberies) in separate armed robberies, Haigh shot dead TattsLotto agency worker Evelyn Adams, aged 58, and 45-year-old pizza shop operator and father of two, Bruno Cingolani.

1979[edit] In 1979, Haigh began killing people he believed knew too much about his crimes. Haigh shot dead his associate Wayne Keith Smith, aged 27, and his associate’s former girlfriend Sheryle Gardner, 31. Haigh also shot dead Gardner's son Danny Mitchell, 10, who was sitting beside his mother in their car, to stop him identifying his mother's killer.[2] Haigh's most brutal attack was committed against his girlfriend, Lisa Brearley, aged 19, whom Haigh stabbed 157 times after allowing another man to rape her at knifepoint.

1991[edit] Haigh's last victim was sex offender Donald George Hatherley whom Haigh murdered in a jail cell at Pentridge Prison in 1991. Haigh claimed he "assisted" Hatherley to commit suicide by placing a noose around his neck, kicking a cupboard out from under him then pushing down on Hatherley's shoulders. A jury found Haigh guilty of Hatherley's murder.

Won right to appeal[edit] On 19 April 2011, at a hearing before Victorian Court of Appeal justices Peter Buchanan, Geoffrey Nettle and Emilios Kyrou, Haigh won the right to have his sentence reviewed to determine whether he should be entitled to parole, after he appealed a 2009 Victorian Supreme Court (Trial Division) decision to deny his request to be given a minimum term. Haigh argued that the 2009 decision by Justice Betty King was flawed because it had been based on a 2005 pre-sentence report that was later withdrawn by the Victorian Parole Board and replaced in 2007.[3] The appeal was rejected on 13 December 2012.[4] Lindsay Robert Rose From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lindsay Robert Rose Occupation Paramedic Criminal charge Murder x 5 Criminal penalty 5 x life imprisonment without parole Lindsay Robert Rose is an Australian serial killer and contract killer from New South Wales, currently serving five consecutive sentences of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole[1] for the murder of 5 people between 1984 and 1994.[2] Contents [hide] 1 The Murders of Kerrie Pang & Fatma Ozanal 2 Guilty Plea and Sentencing 3 Prison Life 4 References The Murders of Kerrie Pang & Fatma Ozanal[edit] On 14 February 1994 Rose shot and killed Fatma Ozonal and then shot and stabbed his former girlfriend Kerrie Pang to death at Pang's massage parlour, "Kerrie's Oasis" in Gladesville. Ronald Waters was offered payment of $500 to assist Rose by knocking on the door and gain access to the premises, as Pang would have recognised Rose. Ron Waters never received this payment.

The murder of Pang had been arranged by her de facto partner Mark Lewis. He was later found guilty of both murders and sentenced to life imprisonment plus 18 years without the possibility of parole for the murder of Pang and the manslaughter of Ozonal. Waters pleaded guilty to being an accessory to murder and was sentenced to 18 months periodic detention.

Evidence led at Lewis' trial indicated that the motive for Pang's murder was difficulties in Lewis and Pang's relationship and Lewis' dissatisfaction with Pang's line of work as well as Rose's reported

hatred of Pang. Ozonal was not part of the murder plan and was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The double murder was featured on Series 3 of the television series Forensic Investigators.

Guilty Plea and Sentencing[edit] On 18 June 1998 Rose pleaded guilty to five murders, including those of Pang and Ozonal, in the Supreme Court of New South Wales.[3] On 3 September 1998[4] Rose was sentenced to five consecutive terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Prison Life[edit] Rose was one of the first six inmates of Goulburn Jail's High Risk Management Unit upon its creation in 2001.[5] On 19 November 2005 The Daily Telegraph reported that Rose was unhappy with the fact that a number of inmates had converted to Islam.[6] On 23 September 2007 The Daily Telegraph reported that Rose had written a letter to prison management indicating he would help to stop inmates converting to Islam.[7] On 7 October 2007 The Daily Telegraph reported that Rose was one of several inmates who had smuggled out "letters of complaint" against a range of conditions at the jail. It said that education was "virtually non existent in the HRMU [High Risk Management Unit]...Many inmates do not complete courses as they are thwarted by perfunctory teachers or ridiculous decisions ...Example: An inmate in another part of the prison is caught with contraband on a computer, the department of corrective services ban all computers, effectively putting inmates back to the Stone Age."[8] Matthew James Harris From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Matthew James Harris Born 30 June 1968 (age 48) Australia Criminal penalty 2 x life imprisonment + 40 years Conviction(s) Murder x3 Killings Victims 3 Span of killings 1 October 1998–3 November 1998 Country Australia State(s) New South Wales Date apprehended 1 December 1998 Matthew James Harris (born 30 June 1968[1]) is an Australian serial killer from Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, currently serving two sentences of life imprisonment plus 40 years imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the murder of three people in and around Wagga Wagga in October and November 1998.

Contents [hide] 1 The crimes 1.1 Robbery of Trang Nguyen: 20 June 1998

1.2 Murder of Peter Wennerbom: 1 October 1998 1.3 Murder of Yvonne Ford: 17 October 1998 1.4 Murder of Ronald Galvin: 3 November 1998 2 Suicide attempts 3 Sentencing 4 References The crimes[edit] Robbery of Trang Nguyen: 20 June 1998[edit] Harris, along with Kenneth Scott Frazier, forced their way into Trang Nguyen's house, threatening her with a knife in front of her three children. They robbed her of $58 which they used to buy alcohol.

Murder of Peter Wennerbom: 1 October 1998[edit] Harris was friends with Elaine de Jong, who was the sister of 62-year-old Peter Wennerbom. On 1 October 1998 Harris forced his way into Wennerbom's house. He strangled Wennerbom to death. He later told police "He was an old man, there was no, no resistance at all. I had total, you know, control over the situation, he, he couldn't do anything".

Murder of Yvonne Ford: 17 October 1998[edit] On 17 October 1998 Harris went to the house of 33-year-old Yvonne Ford, who had a mild intellectual handicap. Harris would later say he "just went there. I was probably out on one of me walks and I probably had a few drinks, in the area so I just went went to the house ended up there". Ford let him in, and after some time he made a sexual advance towards her. He later said "We struck up a bit of a friendship, as, just, just driving her around, and I obviously could tell she was lonely, she was slightly handicapped. I didn't come, I didn't come around here for sex, I didn't come around here for anything, I just came around to say Hello, I live nearby, but then these thoughts started entering my head that I wanted to kill her." As they sat in the bath together, Harris strangled her and held her under the water for 3 or 4 minutes. "It could have been her, it could've been anybody. She was just unlucky...I just thought she would be easy, to target, she wouldn't put up a fight or ... she would be relatively easy to kill". Asked how he felt after the murder he said "powerful, angry, just anger, pure anger. Not, not that she, there was no sex or anything, I was angry at the world. This is why this whole thing has happened, has started, and it was just my total anger building up from, I don't know, from the day I was adopted, it's just all built and built and, and something has set, set me off and I, I killed her".

Murder of Ronald Galvin: 3 November 1998[edit] On 3 November 1998 Harris strangled his neighbour, Ronald Galvin.[2] The following evening he borrowed Elaine de Jong's car and drove Galvin's body to nearby Uranquinty. His only explanation of this murder was "... I think it was just a lot of anger I was getting rid of and it was being projected on him".

Suicide attempts[edit] Harris overdosed twice on heroin a few days after Galvin's murder and in the early hours of 1 December 1998, the day of his arrest.[2] Sentencing[edit] On 3 December 1999 Harris pleaded guilty to the murders and the robbery of Trang Nguyen. On 7 April 2000 NSW Supreme Court Justice Virginia Bell sentenced Harris to 3 concurrent terms of 40 years imprisonment with non-parole periods of 25 years in relation to the murders and 3 years imprisonment in relation to the robbery, making him eligible for parole on 30 November 2023.[2] On 2 May 2000 the matter was mentioned in the New South Wales Parliament where it was noted that "Harris in a police record of interview said "‌ to murder and to keep murdering and to get away

with it was an achievement ‌I'd still be going if I hadn't been caught."" and that the sentences were "far too lenient".[3] The Director of Public Prosecutions appealed against the murder sentences on the basis that they were inadequate. On 20 December 2000 the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal upheld the appeal and quashed Harris' sentences in relation to the murders of Ford and Galvin, substituting them with life sentences without parole. Chief Justice Wood noted that "I am of the view that the criminality of the respondent, and the level of his dangerousness, are such that, notwithstanding the principles there discussed, it is necessary for the Court to intervene".[4] Thomas Jeffries From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Thomas Jeffries Died 4 May 1826 Cause of death Execution Other names Mark Jeffries Criminal penalty Death Killings Victims 4+ Country Australia State(s) Tasmania Date apprehended 1825 Thomas Jeffries (Jefferies), also known as Mark Jeffries, was a bushranger, serial killer and cannibal in the early 19th century in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, Australia). Jeffries was transported for life from Scotland on the Albion, arriving in Van Diemen's Land on 21 October 1823. He was sentenced to 12 months in Macquarie Harbour, the penal settlement on the colony's west coast in June 1824 for threatening to stab Constable Lawson.[1] By August 1825 he had been appointed a watch house keeper and flagellator (flogger) at Launceston Gaol.

Contents [hide] 1 Crimes 2 Capture and death 3 References 4 External links Crimes[edit] Jeffries was a violent sexual offender, and on 25 August 1825 was fined half of his salary for falsely imprisoning and assaulting Mrs Jessop. In October he was fined 20 shillings for taking a female prisoner out of the watch house. On 31 December 1825, Jeffries and three convicts, Perry, Russell and Hopkins, escaped from the Launceston Watch House. They robbed the hut of a Mr Barnard, then broke into the house of a settler called Tibbs, about five miles from Launceston. Tibbs's wife and fivemonth-old child and a neighbour called Basham were at the house. When they tried to tie the men up, they resisted. Basham was shot and killed, and Tibbs wounded. The bushrangers left, taking Mrs Tibbs and the baby. When Mrs Tibbs could not keep up, Jeffries grabbed the baby and bashed its head against a tree, killing it.[2](2) The baby's remains, which had been partly eaten by animals, were discovered about a week afterwards in the bush. Mrs Tibbs returned home on Sunday afternoon. The newspapers were coy about her state, but it is likely she had been raped. According to Mrs Tibbs,

Jeffries was calling himself "Captain", and was dressed in a long black coat, a red waistcoat, and a kangaroo skin cap.[3] During their escape from Launceston, the four convicts ran out of food, whereupon they turned on Russell, killed him and ate part of his body. According to the Hobart Town Gazette of 27 January 1826, when asked what he then did with the remainder of Russell's corpse, Jeffries said it was cut into steaks and fried up with the mutton from a sheep they stole.

On 11 January 1826, Jeffries shot Magnus Bakie or Baker, a constable from George Town, through the head.[4] For a brief period Jeffries ran with Matthew Brady's gang, but Brady, who was unfailingly chivalrous to women, could not tolerate Jeffries' sexual crimes, and expelled him, calling him "a dehumanised monster".

Capture and death[edit] Jeffries was captured on 23 January 1826 at South Esk without a fight. When he was brought to Launceston the population turned out to lynch him. Safely in jail, he willingly told the authorities all he knew of the locations, movements and habits of other bushrangers. When Matthew Brady heard about this he had to be argued out of leading his gang in a frontal assault on the Launceston lockup, freeing all the prisoners, dragging Jeffries out and flogging him to death. Jeffries was hanged on 4 May 1826 at the old Hobart Jail alongside Brady on the infamous six-man scaffold. Brady complained about being executed in such poor company.

He ranks alongside Alexander Pearce and Mad Dog Morgan as one of the most infamous criminals in Australia's colonial history.

References[edit] Jump up ^ Thomas Jeffries convict No. 3634, conduct record, State Archives of Tasmania.

Jump up ^ Colonial Times, 6 January 1826 Jump up ^ Hobart Town Gazette, 29 April 1826 Jump up ^ Jeffries, conduct record John Lynch (serial killer) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Lynch Born 1813 Cavan, Ireland Died 22 April 1842 (aged 28) Berrima, New South Wales, Australia Cause of death Hanged Other names The Berrima Axe Murderer Criminal penalty Death Killings Victims 10 Span of killings 1835–1841 Country Australia State(s) New South Wales Date apprehended 21 February 1841 John Lynch (1813 – 22 April 1842) was an Irish-born Australian serial killer, convicted for the murder of Kearns Landregan, but is believed to have killed 10 people in the Berrima area of New South Wales

from 1835 to 1841. Possibly the worst serial killer in Australian history, Lynch was a bushranger who murdered and robbed cattle herders and laborers in the trails around Berima.

Lynch was sentenced to death, and was executed in 1842.

Contents [hide] 1 Background 2 Murders 3 Arrest and conviction 4 References 5 External links Background[edit] John Lynch was born in 1813 in Cavan, Ireland. In 1830, he was convicted of false pretences in Cavan, and two years later he was sentenced to penal transportation to Australia. Lynch, at 19-years-old, left Ireland on the ship Dunvegan Castle II, on 1 July 1832 sailing from Dublin to New South Wales. On 16 October 1832, the ship docked at Port Jackson and Lynch was billeted out to Berrima, a village founded that year and located in the southern highlands of New South Wales, roughly 130 kilometres from Sydney.

Lynch was a small but solidly-built man at just 5’3” in height, and worked as a convict labourer on various farms before joining a gang of bushrangers. An 1835 incident saw him and two others convicted for the killing of Tom Smythe, after Smythe had given evidence against Lynch's gang.

Despite his admission to the crime the jury did not believe him and set him free, while the other two were hanged.[1] Murders[edit] Lynch's murder spree started after he went to the farm of T.B. Humphrey, where he had previously worked, and stole eight cattle before setting out for Sydney, where his intention was to sell them. At Razorback Mountain, he met a man called Ireland along with an Aboriginal boy who were driving a full cattle herd loaded with wheat, bacon and other produce. The cargo was meant to be delivered to Thomas Cowper, who was a stranger to Lynch, and decided it would be more profitable to take Ireland’s load and sell it rather than his initial intention. Early one morning, Ireland asked the boy to help round up the cattle, and once they were away from the camp Lynch crept up behind him and smashed the back of his head with a tomahawk, killing him. Returning to camp while Ireland was making breakfast, Lynch distracted him before crashing the tomahawk into the back of his head, killing him too. Lynch hid both corpses and continued to Sydney to execute his plan with his stolen merchandise.

On his way back from Sydney, close to Razorback Mountain, he met a father and son called Frazer, who were driving a cattle herd owned by a Mr Bawten. Lynch fancied this herd and decided he would have to kill the Frazers to get it, accompanying them on their journey. That night, they camped near Cordeaux Flat, and the next morning Lynch killed both men and then buried their bodies.

After killing the Frazers, Lynch decided to deal with the Mulligans, who had owed him £30 for stolen goods they had purchased off him. He visited the Mulligan farm and killed the four members of the family before gathering the bodies, built a pyre and set them alight. Lynch claimed to be the new owner of the property, and he bought it off the surviving Mulligans as the family left town without a word to anybody.

Arrest and conviction[edit] On the morning of 19 February 1841, Hugh Tinney was on his way to Sydney with a herd of cattle.

After stopping near the Ironstone bridge, which crosses the Wingcarribee River on the edge of

Berrima, Tinney noticed a dingo rummaging in the undergrowth trying to get at whatever was hidden there. Tinney chased off the dingo, and a closer inspection revealed the body of a man. The man had received a various severe blows to the back of his head by a large blunt instrument, and items on the dead man's body identified him as a local farmhand named Kearns Landregan. Landregan was last seen just two nights previously, having dinner in the company of a farmer calling himself John Dunleavy at the Woolpack Inn in Nattai, close to Berrima and not far from where the body was discovered. The police then called on to a farm which had been home to a family called Mulligan but was now owned by Dunleavy, who maintained that he had bought the farm from the Mulligans for £700. Dunleavy also said that all of the Mulligans had apparently packed up and left town without telling a soul. The barmaid from the Woolpack later identified Dunleavy and Lynch as the same person. With that information and other strong evidence gathered by police on 21 February 1841, Lynch was charged with the murder of Landregan.

Lynch's trial began in Berrima courthouse on 21 March 1842 before the chief justice of New South Wales, Sir James Dowling. Despite the evidence presented to the court, Lynch maintained his plea of innocence, but the jury found him guilty in less than an hour. He stuck steadfastly to his story of being innocent, as he went through the appeals process, and it was only after this procedure was exhausted that he confessed to his crimes.[2] Lynch was executed by hanging in Berrima Gaol on 22 April 1842.

William MacDonald (serial killer) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) William MacDonald Born 17 June 1924 Liverpool, England, United Kingdom Died 12 May 2015 (aged 90) Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia Cause of death Abdominal perforation Other names The (Sydney) Mutilator Criminal penalty Life imprisonment Killings Victims 5 Span of killings 1961–1962 Country Australia State(s) New South Wales Date apprehended May 1963 William MacDonald, (17 June 1924 – 12 May 2015), known as "the (Sydney) Mutilator", was classed as Australia's first true serial killer. MacDonald was born in Liverpool, England in 1924.[1] Between 1961 and 1962 MacDonald terrorised Sydney with a string of gruesome murders before being apprehended while working as a porter at Melbourne's Spencer Street railway station on 13 May 1963.[2] His modus operandi was to select his male victims at random (mostly derelicts), lure them into a dark place, violently stab them dozens of times about the head and neck with a long bladed knife, and finally sever their penis and testicles.

Contents [hide]

1 Early life 2 Crimes 2.1 Amos Hurst (Victim 1) 2.2 Alfred Reginald Greenfield (Victim 2) 2.3 William Cobbin (Victim 3) 2.4 Frank Gladstone McLean (Victim 4) 2.5 Residence in Burwood Road, Concord 2.6 Patrick James Hackett (Victim 5) 2.7 The case of the walking corpse 3 Capture, trial and sentencing 4 Imprisonment 5 Death 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links Early life[edit] In 1943 at the age of 19, MacDonald was enlisted in the army and transferred to the Lancashire Fusiliers. One night, MacDonald was raped in an air-raid shelter by one of his corporals. At first he felt traumatised, but later came to the conclusion that he enjoyed the experience which, however, preyed on his mind for the rest of his life. Discharged from the army in 1947, he was diagnosed as having schizophrenia and committed for several months to a mental asylum where daily he was treated with electroconvulsive therapy.[1] MacDonald emigrated from England to Canada in 1949 and then to Australia in 1955. Shortly after his arrival, he was arrested and charged for touching a detective's penis in a public toilet. For this he was placed on a two-year good behaviour bond. In 1961, MacDonald moved to Sydney. He found accommodation in East Sydney, where he became well known in the parks and public toilets that were, due to the oppression of "mainstream" society, surreptitious meeting places for homosexual men.[3] Crimes[edit] Amos Hurst (Victim 1)[edit] The murders began in Brisbane in 1961. MacDonald befriended a 55-year-old man named Amos Hurst outside the Roma Street Railway Station. After a long drinking session at one of the local pubs, they went back to Hurst's apartment where they consumed more alcohol. When Hurst became intoxicated MacDonald began to strangle him. Hurst was so intoxicated that he did not realise what was happening and eventually began to haemorrhage. Blood poured from his mouth and on to MacDonald's hands. MacDonald then punched Hurst in the face, killing him.

Five days later he found Hurst's name in a newspaper obituary column. It said Amos Hurst had died accidentally. MacDonald had been in terror of the police arresting him for murder, even though he was certain that no one had seen him leave Hurst's room.

Alfred Reginald Greenfield (Victim 2)[edit] On 4 June 1961, police were summoned to the Sydney Domain Baths. A man's nude corpse had been found, savagely stabbed over 30 times, and with the genitalia completely severed from his body.

Alfred Greenfield became the second victim claimed by the killer soon to be dubbed "the Mutilator".

[4] Alfred Reginald Greenfield had been sitting on a park bench in Green Park, just across the road from St Vincent's Hospital in Darlinghurst. MacDonald offered Greenfield a drink and lured him to the

nearby Domain Baths on the pretext of providing more alcohol. Once at the Domain the need to kill had become overwhelming. MacDonald waited until Greenfield fell asleep, then removed his knife from its sheath and stabbed Greenfield approximately thirty times. The ferocity of the first blow severed the arteries in Greenfield's neck. MacDonald then pulled down Greenfield's trousers and underwear, severed his genitals and threw them into Sydney Harbour.

William Cobbin (Victim 3)[edit] Similarly to the second victim, William Cobbin was stabbed repeatedly and mutilated. His body was found in a public toilet at Moore Park.[5] On this night MacDonald was walking down South Dowling Street where he met 55-year-old William Cobbin. MacDonald lured his victim to Moore Park and drank beer with him in a public toilet. Just before the attack, MacDonald put on his plastic raincoat. Cobbin was sitting on the toilet seat when MacDonald, using an uppercut motion, struck Cobbin in the neck with a knife, severing his jugular vein. Blood splattered all over MacDonald's arms, face and his plastic raincoat. Cobbin tried to defend himself by raising his arms. MacDonald continued to stab his victim multiple times, covering the toilet cubicle with blood. MacDonald then severed the victim's genitals, placed them into a plastic bag along with his knife, and departed the scene. On the way home MacDonald washed the blood off his hands and face.

Frank Gladstone McLean (Victim 4)[edit] On 31 March 1962, in suburban Darlinghurst, New South Wales, the mortally wounded Frank McLean was found by a man walking with his wife and child. He was the victim of an unfinished assault committed by MacDonald. The man found McLean still breathing, but bleeding heavily, and went to get police.

On this day MacDonald bought a knife from a sports store in Sydney. That night MacDonald left the Oxford Hotel in Darlinghurst and followed McLean down Bourke Street past the local police station.

MacDonald initiated conversation with McLean and suggested they have a drinking session around the corner in Bourke Lane. As they entered Bourke Lane, MacDonald plunged his knife into McLean's throat. McLean tried to fight off the attack but he was too intoxicated to do so. He was then stabbed again in the face and punched—forcing him off balance. The assault was interrupted by a young family approaching. MacDonald hid himself on hearing the voices and the sound of a baby's cry. Once the man and his family had left to summon police, MacDonald returned to the barely-alive McLean, pulled him further into the lane and stabbed him again. A total of six stab wounds were inflicted.[6] He then pulled down McLean's trousers, sliced off his genitals and put them into a plastic bag which he took home and disposed of the next day.

The police at one stage thought that the killer could have been a deranged surgeon. The manner in which McLean's genitals were removed seemed to be done by someone with years of surgical experience. Doctors at one stage found themselves under investigation.[citation needed] Residence in Burwood Road, Concord[edit] After being dismissed from his job at the local post office, where he had been hired as a letter sorter under the assumed name of Alan Edward Brennan, MacDonald went into business for himself. He purchased a mixed business store in Concord, again under the assumed name of Alan Edward Brennan. Here, he intended to sell sandwiches and smallgoods, living in rooms above the store. He actually lived there for only about a week after paying the purchase deposit.[2] Patrick James Hackett (Victim 5)[edit] On the night of Saturday 6 June 1962, MacDonald went to a wine saloon in Pitt Street, Sydney, where he met 42-year-old James Hackett, a thief and derelict who had just recently been released from

prison. They went back to MacDonald's new residence where they continued to drink alcohol. After a short period, Hackett fell asleep on the floor. MacDonald then got out a boning knife that he used in his delicatessen. He stabbed Hackett in the neck, the blow passing straight through. After the first blow, Hackett woke up and tried to shield himself, pushing the knife back into MacDonald's other hand and cutting it severely. MacDonald then unleashed a renewed attack, eventually striking the knife into Hackett's heart, killing him instantly. He continued to stab his victim until he had to stop for breath. Hackett's blood was splattered all over the walls and floor.

The knife having become blunted, MacDonald was unable to sever his victim's genitals and fell asleep. when he awoke the following morning he found himself lying next to the victim's body covered in sticky, drying blood. The pools of blood had soaked through the floorboards and almost on to the counter in his shop downstairs. He cleaned himself and went to a hospital to have the wound in his hand stitched. He told the doctor that he had cut himself in his shop. After cleaning up the blood, MacDonald dragged Hackett's corpse underneath his shop. Believing the police would soon come looking for his victim, he fled to Brisbane.

Three weeks later, neighbours noticed a putrid smell coming from the shop and called the health department, which in turn called the police. On 20 November 1962[6] police discovered the rotting corpse, which was too badly decomposed to be identified. An autopsy determined that the body was of someone in their forties, which tallied with records of the missing shop owner, Alan Edward Brennan (MacDonald's alias). In late July, the police had still made no connection between the case and the three previous Mutilator killings,[7] and had profiled the killer as operating in Sydney's inner eastern suburbs, which were many miles distant from Concord.

The case of the walking corpse[edit] After investigations, the victim was incorrectly identified as Alan Edward Brennan and a notice published in a newspaper obituary column. This was read by his former workmates at the local post office, who attended a small memorial service conducted by a local funeral director. At this time, MacDonald was living in Brisbane and then moved to New Zealand, believing that the police would still be looking for him. He felt the need to kill again, but for some reason he had to return to Sydney to do it. Returning to Sydney, he met former workmate John McCarthy, who said, "I believed you had died," at which MacDonald replied, "Leave me alone," and ran away,[6] travelling to Melbourne soon after.

McCarthy went straight to the police. At first they did not believe him. They accused him of having had too much to drink and he was told to go home and sleep it off. They even said that he was crazy.

He went back again the next day and tried to explain what had happened, but they still didn't believe him. This persuaded McCarthy to go to the Daily Mirror newspaper where he spoke to crime reporter Joe Morris. McCarthy explained how he bumped into the "supposed to be dead" MacDonald, a.k.a.

Alan Brennan. The reporter saw the account as credible and filed a story under the headline "Case of the walking corpse". Publication forced the police to exhume the corpse. The fingerprints identified the body as belonging to James Hackett and not William MacDonald. Closer examination found that the body had several stab wounds and mutilation of the penis and testicles, potentially linking the crime to the notorious Mutilator.

Capture, trial and sentencing[edit] The Sydney police obtained an identikit picture of MacDonald, which was circulated to every newspaper in the nation. MacDonald had taken a job on the Melbourne railways, being hired as "David Allan".[5] Even though he tried to disguise himself by dyeing his hair and growing a moustache, he was instantly recognised by his workmates. Melbourne police arrested him as he collected his pay for that week.

Under questioning, MacDonald readily admitted to the killings, blaming them on an irresistible urge to kill. He claimed he was the victim of rape as a teenager, and was inflicting his revenge on victims chosen at random. A man with schizophrenia, MacDonald said that he heard voices in his head telling him that his victims were the corporal who raped him as a teenager.[8] He was charged with four counts of murder and committed for trial on 15 August 1963.[9] The trial began in September 1963 and was one of the nation's most sensational. MacDonald pleaded not guilty on the grounds of insanity and testified in great detail to the gruesome murders. He told the court of how blood had sprayed over his raincoat as he castrated his victims, put their private parts into plastic bags and took them home. He even told the court what he did with the genitals once he got home. Some jurors fainted and had to be taken from the court. The jury chose to ignore overwhelming evidence for insanity in handing down a 'guilty' verdict, which amazed expert psychiatrists.[10] Before passing sentence, Mr Justice McLennan said that this was the most barbaric case of murder and total disregard for human life that had come before him in his many years on the bench. MacDonald showed no signs of remorse and made it quite clear that, if he were free, he would go on killing. He was sentenced to five consecutive life sentences with the strong recommendation that he never be released.

Imprisonment[edit] MacDonald was imprisoned at Long Bay Hospital, a division of Long Bay Correctional Centre, but was soon certified as insane and transferred to a secure mental hospital.[11] In the prison system, MacDonald was known simply as Bill; he had been in prison for so long that he became institutionalised, the longest continuous serving inmate in the New South Wales prison system.[12] He stated in 2003 "I have no desire to go and live on the outside. I wouldn't last five minutes."[13] Death[edit] MacDonald died May 12, 2015, aged 90, while still imprisoned, at the time of his death McDonald had been the oldest and longest served prisoner in custody in NSW.[14] See also[edit] Cycle of violence List of serial killers by country John and Sarah Makin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John and Sarah Makin John Makin 1890s.jpgSarah Jane Makin 1890s.jpg Blank.png John and Sarah Makin in the 1890s.

Born 14 February 1845 (John) 20 December 1845 (Sarah) New South Wales, Australia Died 15 August 1893 (aged 48) (John) 13 September 1918 (aged 72) (Sarah) New South Wales, Australia Occupation Drayman (John) Midwife (Sarah) Criminal penalty Capital punishment Criminal status Hanged on 15 August 1893 (John) Paroled on 29 April 1911 (Sarah) Children 5 sons, 5 daughters Parent(s) William Samuel and Ellen Selena Bolton Makin (John) Emanuel and Ellen Murphy Sutcliffe (Sarah)

Conviction(s) Murder — March 1893 John Makin (14 February 1845 – 15 August 1893) and Sarah Jane Makin (20 December 1845 – 13 September 1918) were Australian baby farmers who were convicted in New South Wales (NSW) for the murder of infant Horace Murray. Both were tried and found guilty in March 1893 and were sentenced to death. John was hanged on 15 August 1893 but Sarah's sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. On 29 April 1911, Sarah was paroled from the State Reformatory for Women at Long Bay in response to the petition of her daughters.[1] Contents [hide] 1 Background 2 Case of Horace Murray 3 Discovery of bodies 4 Trial 5 Sentencing 6 Effect on legislation 7 In media 8 See also 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External links Background[edit] Sarah Jane Sutcliffe was born on 20 December 1845 to Ellen Murphy and Emanuel Sutcliffe; her father was a miller and former convict. Sarah's first marriage was to sailor Charles Edwards on 29 April 1865 in Sydney. She later married brewery drayman John Makin of Dapto, New South Wales, on 27 August 1871. John was the son of farmer William Samuel Makin and his wife Ellen Selena. John and Sarah produced five sons and five daughters. The couple turned to baby farming—the practice of caring for illegitimate babies in exchange for payment—as a source of income after John was injured in an accident.[1] Case of Horace Murray[edit] In 1892, eighteen-year-old Amber Murray placed an advertisement in the Sydney Morning Herald in search of a mother to adopt a baby boy.[2] Murray was unable to care for her illegitimate son Horace, born on 30 May of that year, and offered to cover child support expenses.[1] The Makins replied that they were willing to take care of Horace for ten shillings per week.[2] Daughter Blanche Makin accepted an initial payment of three pounds and collected the child.[1] John Makin continued to collect child support payments from Amber Murray while responding to her requests to see Horace with excuses. When Murray visited an address near Sydney the Makins had provided, the family had moved to Macdonaldtown, NSW, and could not be found.[3] Murray never saw her baby alive again.

[2] Discovery of bodies[edit] The Makins came to police attention on 11 October 1892 when worker James Hanoney was clearing a clogged underground drain in the backyard of a home in Burren Street, Macdonaldtown, and found it blocked with the remains of two infants.[2] Investigators examined records to trace the Makins, who had moved again to Chippendale. The Makins and four of their daughters were arrested, though only John and Sarah were charged.[2] Police exhumed remains from the backyards of eleven homes that the Makins had occupied since 1890.[1] The bodies of twelve infants were recovered,[2] though some sources say thirteen.[1] Prosecutors believed the Makins sought to profit by taking in babies for childcare payments, and found it easier to kill the children and deceive the parents to continue receiving money.[2] One of their victims was Horace Murray, whose clothing was identified by his mother Amber.[3]

Trial[edit] In March 1893, the Makins' daughters testified against them in court. Sixteen-year-old Clarice said she recognised clothing recovered from one of the dead babies that was previously in the custody of her mother. Eleven-year-old Daisy recalled that two young girls—but not Horace—had followed them to Macdonaldtown.[clarification needed] Another couple testified that they had been paying the Makins ten shillings per week for the temporary care of their illegitimate baby. The child died within days and the couple paid the Makins two pounds to cover funeral costs. The Makins did not attend the funeral.[3] Sentencing[edit] Both Sarah and John Makin were sentenced to death by hanging by the Supreme Court of New South Wales at Sydney for the murder of Horace Murray, with a recommendation by the jury that Sarah Makin be spared the death penalty.[1] Before sentencing the Makins, the judge in the case said: You took money from the mother of this child. You beguiled her with promises which you never meant to perform and which you never did perform having determined on the death of the child. You deceived her as to your address and you endeavoured to make it utterly fruitless that any search should be made and finally, in order to make detection impossible, as you thought, having bereft it of life, you buried this child in your yard as you would the carcase of a dog... No one who has heard the case but must believe that you were engaged in baby farming in its worst aspect. Three yards of houses in which you lived testify, with that ghastly evidence of these bodies, that you were carrying on this nefarious, this hellish business, of destroying the lives of these infants for the sake of gain.

— Justice Matthew Henry Stephen[3][dead link] After two appeals and a plea for clemency were denied,[1] John Makin was hanged on the gallows at Darlinghurst Gaol on 15 August 1893.[4] Sarah's sentence was commuted to life imprisonment with hard labour at the State Reformatory for Women at Long Bay.[1] After her daughters campaigned for her release, Sarah was paroled in 1911, having served nineteen years in prison. According to court records, the Makins were not charged with any further criminal activity.[3] On 13 September 1918, Sarah Makin died in Marrickville, NSW; she was buried in Rookwood Cemetery.[1] Effect on legislation[edit] The case of John and Sarah Makin raised awareness of the institution of baby farming and led the New South Wales Legislative Assembly to initiate the Children’s Protection Act of 1892 to bring the care of orphaned and destitute children under state control.[5] In media[edit] The story of Amber Murray and the Makin family inspired the 2008 Australian theatre production The Hatpin, which played in Sydney and in New York City. In 2009, it was nominated for three Sydney Theatre Awards and won one for best actress.[6] In August 2009, the Makin story was televised in the Discovery Channel's documentary series Deadly Women. The third season episode "Blood for Money" featured a re-enactment in which Pip Moore played Amber Murray.[7] See also[edit] Criminal justice portal icon New South Wales portal Frances Lydia Alice Knorr Amelia Dyer Amelia Sach and Annie Walters Capital punishment in Australia

Backpacker murders From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Backpacker Murders) Ivan Milat Ivan Milat.jpg Ivan Milat's 1971 mug shot Born Ivan Robert Marko Milat 27 December 1944 (age 71) Guildford, New South Wales, Australia Other names The Backpacker Killer The Backpacker Murderer Criminal penalty 7 consecutive life sentences plus 18 years without parole Killings Victims 7–12 Span of killings 1989–1993 Country Australia State(s) New South Wales Date apprehended 22 May 1994 The backpacker murders were a spate of serial killings that took place in New South Wales, Australia, during the 1990s, committed by Ivan Milat. He was born on 27 December 1944 at Guildford, New South Wales, Australia, as son of Croatian emigrant Stjepan Marko (Steven) Milat (1902–1981) and his Australian wife Margaret Milat (1920–2001). The bodies of seven missing young people aged 19 to 22 were discovered partly buried in the Belanglo State Forest, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south west of the New South Wales town of Berrima. Five of the victims were foreign backpackers visiting Australia (three German, two British), and two were Australian travellers from Melbourne.

Ivan Milat was convicted of the murders and is serving seven consecutive life sentences as well as 18 years without parole.

Contents [hide] 1 Details 1.1 First and second cases 1.2 Third and fourth discoveries and body identification 1.3 Fifth, sixth and seventh discoveries 1.4 Search for the identity of the serial killer 2 Ivan Milat 2.1 Arrest 2.2 Appeals 3 Self-mutilation in jail 4 Copycat murder by Milat relative 5 Other developments 6 In popular culture 7 References 8 External links Details[edit] First and second cases[edit] On 19 September 1992, two runners discovered a decaying corpse while orienteering in the Belanglo State Forest. The following day, police constables Roger Gough and Suzanne Roberts discovered a second body 30 metres (98 ft) from the first.[1] Early media reports suggested that the bodies were

of missing British backpackers Caroline Clarke and Joanne Walters, who had disappeared from the inner Sydney suburb of Kings Cross in April 1992.[2] However, a German couple, Gabor Neugebauer and Anja Habschied, had also disappeared from the Kings Cross area some time after Christmas 1991, and Simone Schmidl, also from Germany, had been reported missing for more than a year. It was also possible that the bodies were of a young Victorian couple, Deborah Everist and James Gibson, who had been missing since leaving Frankston in 1989.

A sign at the entrance to the Belanglo State Forest Police quickly confirmed, however, that the bodies were those of Clarke and Walters. Walters had been stabbed 35 times, and Clarke had been shot 10 times in the head.[3] Despite a thorough search of the forest over the following five days, no further evidence or bodies were found by police.

Investigators ruled out the possibility of further discoveries within Belanglo State Forest.

Third and fourth discoveries and body identification[edit] In October 1993, a local man, Bruce Pryor, discovered a human skull and thigh bone in a particularly remote section of the forest.[4] He returned with police to the scene and two more bodies were quickly discovered and identified as Deborah Everist and James Gibson.[5] The presence of Gibson's body in Belanglo was a puzzle to investigators as his backpack and camera had previously been discovered by the side of the road at Galston Gorge, in the northern Sydney suburbs over 120 kilometres (75 mi) to the north.[2] Fifth, sixth and seventh discoveries[edit] On 1 November 1993, a skull was found in a clearing in the forest by police sergeant Jeff Trichter.[6] The skull was later identified as that of Simone Schmidl from Regensburg, Germany.[5] She was last seen hitchhiking on 20 January 1991.[2] Clothing found at the scene was not Schmidl's, but matched that of another missing backpacker, Anja Habschied. Schmidl was found to have died from numerous stab wounds to the upper torso.[7] The bodies of Habschied and her boyfriend Gabor Neugebauer were found on 3 November 1993 in shallow graves 50 metres (160 ft) apart.[5] Habschied was decapitated,[8] and despite an extensive search, her head could not be found.[7] Neugebauer had been shot in the head 9 times.[7] Search for the identity of the serial killer[edit] There were similar aspects to all the murders.[9] Each of the bodies had been deliberately posed face-down with their hands behind their backs,[7] covered by a pyramidal frame of sticks and ferns.

[9][10] Forensic study determined that each had suffered multiple stab wounds to the torso. The killer had evidently spent considerable time with the victims both during and after the murders, as campsites were discovered close to the location of each body and shell casings of the same calibre were also identified at each site. Joanne Walters and Simone Schmidl had been stabbed, whereas Caroline Clarke and Gabor Neugebauer had been shot numerous times in the head and stabbed postmortem. Anja Habschied had been decapitated and other victims showed signs of strangulation and severe beatings.[11] Speculation arose that the crimes were the work of several killers,[12] at least two,[13] and later, after the killer was identified, Ivan Milat's sworn statement had suggested anywhere up to seven people were involved.

After developing a profile of the killer, the police faced an enormous volume of data from numerous sources.[14] Investigators therefore applied link analysis technology to Roads and Traffic Authority vehicle records, gym memberships, gun licensing, and internal police records. As a result, the list of suspects was progressively narrowed from an extensive list of individuals to a short list of 230, to an even shorter list of 32, which included the killer.[15]

On 13 November, police received a call from Paul Onions in Britain. Onions had been backpacking in Australia several years before and had accepted a ride south out of Sydney from a man known only as "Bill" on 25 January 1990.[16] South of the town of Mittagong, Bill pulled out some ropes attempting to tie the British tourist by the hands and then pulled a gun on Onions, at which point he managed to escape while Bill shot at him.[17] Onions flagged down Joanne Berry, a passing motorist, and reported the assault to local police.[18] Onions' statement was backed up by Berry, who also contacted the investigation team, along with the girlfriend of a man who worked with Ivan Milat, who thought he should be questioned over the case. On 13 April 1994, Detective Gordon found the note regarding Paul Onions' call to the hotline five months earlier. Superintendent Clive Small immediately called for the original report from Bowral police but it was missing from their files. Fortunately, Constable Janet Nicholson had taken a full report in her notebook, which provided more details than the original statement. Police confirmed Richard Milat (Ivan's brother) had been working on the day of the attack, but Ivan Milat had not.[19] Ivan Milat[edit] Arrest[edit] Ivan Milat quickly became a suspect. Police learned he had served prison time and in 1971 had been charged with the abduction of two women and the rape of one of them, although the charges were later dropped.[20] It was also learned that both he and his brother Richard Milat worked together on road gangs along the highway between Sydney and Melbourne, that he owned a property in the vicinity of Belanglo, and had sold a Nissan Patrol four-wheel drive vehicle shortly after the discovery of the bodies of Clarke and Walters.[21] Acquaintances also told police about Milat's obsession with weapons.[22] When the connection between the Belanglo murders and Onions' experience was made, Onions flew to Australia to help with the investigation.

On 5 May 1994, Onions positively identified Ivan Milat as the man who had picked him up and attempted to tie up and possibly murder him.[4] Milat was arrested on 22 May 1994 at his home at Cinnabar Street, Eagle Vale after 50 police officers surrounded the premises, including heavily armed officers from the Tactical Operations Unit.[6][19] Homes belonging to his brothers Richard, Alex, Boris, Walter and Bill were also searched at the same time by over 300 police.[23] The search of Ivan Milat's home revealed a cache of weapons, including parts of a .22 calibre rifle that matched the type used in the murders, plus clothing, camping equipment and cameras belonging to several of his victims.[24] Milat appeared in court on robbery and weapon charges on 23 May. He did not enter a plea.[7] On 30 May, following continued police investigations, Milat was also charged with the murders of seven backpackers. At the beginning of February 1995, Milat was remanded in custody until June that same year. In March 1996, the trial opened and lasted fifteen weeks.[25] His defence argued that, in spite of the evidence, there was no proof Ivan Milat was guilty and attempted to shift the blame to other members of his family, particularly Richard.[25] On 27 July 1996, a jury found Ivan Milat guilty of the murders.[6][26] He was also convicted of the attempted murder, false imprisonment and robbery of Paul Onions, for which he received six years' jail each.[16] For the murders of Caroline Clarke, Joanne Walters, Simone Schmidl, Anja Habschied, Gabor Neugebauer, James Gibson and Deborah Everist, Milat was given a life sentence on each count, with all sentences running consecutively and without the possibility of parole.

On his first day in Maitland Gaol, Milat was beaten by another inmate.[27] Almost a year later, he made an escape attempt alongside convicted drug dealer and former Sydney councillor, George Savvas.[28] Savvas was found hanged in his cell the next day and Milat was transferred to the maximum-security super prison in Goulburn, New South Wales.

Appeals[edit] Ivan Milat appealed against his convictions on the grounds that the quality of legal representation he received was poor and therefore constituted a breach of his common law right to legal representation, established in the landmark case of Dietrich v The Queen. However, Gleeson CJ, Meagher JA and Newman J of the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal held that the right to legal representation did not depend on any level or quality of representation, unless the quality of representation were so poor that the accused were no better off with it. The Court found that this was not the case, and therefore dismissed the appeal.[9] In 2004, Milat filed an application with the High Court which was heard by Justice David Hunt. The orders sought were that Milat be allowed to either attend to make oral submissions in an impending appeal for special leave to the court and that, alternatively, he be allowed to appear via video link.

The application was dismissed on the grounds that the issues raised could be adequately addressed by written submission.

The grounds of his impending appeal were that the trial judge had erred by allowing the Crown to put a case to the jury unsupported by its own witnesses and had also put forward alternative cases to the jury, one of which had not been argued by the Crown. McHugh J indicated that this appeal may be defeated because it had been brought out of time.[29] Self-mutilation in jail[edit] On 26 January 2009, Milat cut off his little finger with a plastic knife,[30] with the intention of mailing the severed digit to the High Court. He was taken to Goulburn Hospital under high security, however, on 27 January 2009, Milat was returned to prison after doctors decided surgery to reattach the finger was not possible.[31] This was not the first time Milat had injured himself while in prison. In 2001, he swallowed razor blades, staples and other metal objects.[30] In 2011, Milat went on a hunger strike, losing 25 kilograms in an unsuccessful attempt to be given a PlayStation.[32] Copycat murder by Milat relative[edit] In 2012, Ivan Milat's great-nephew Matthew Milat and his friend Cohen Klein (both aged 19 at the time of their sentencing) were sentenced to 43 years and 32 years in prison respectively, for murdering David Auchterlonie on his 17th birthday with an axe at the Belanglo State Forest in 2010.

Matthew Milat struck with the double-headed axe as Klein recorded the attack with a mobile phone.

This was the forest where Ivan Milat had killed and buried his victims.[33][34] Other developments[edit] Police maintain that Milat may have been involved in many more murders than the seven for which he was convicted. In 2001, Milat was ordered to give evidence at an inquest into the disappearances of three other female backpackers,[35] but no case has been brought against him, due to lack of evidence.[36] Similar inquiries were launched in 2003, in relation to the disappearance of two nurses and again in 2005, relating to the disappearance of hitchhiker Anette Briffa, but no charges have resulted.[37][38] On 8 November 2004, Ivan Milat gave a televised interview on Australian Story, in which he denied that any of his family had been implicated in the seven murders.[39]

On 18 July 2005, Milat's former lawyer, John Marsden, who had been fired before the murder trial, made a deathbed statement in which he claimed that Milat had been assisted by his sister in the killings of the two British backpackers.[40] On 7 September 2005, Milat's final appeal was refused,[41] and he is likely to remain in prison for the rest of his life.

In May 2015, Milat's brother Boris told Dr. Steve Aperen, a former homicide detective who serves as a consultant with the LAPD and FBI, among others, that Milat was responsible for another shooting: that of taxi cab driver Neville Knight, in 1962 after Ivan admitted to the crime. After conducting polygraph tests with Boris Milat and Allan Dillon, the man convicted of Knight's shooting, Aperen is convinced that both men are telling the truth and that Ivan Milat did in fact shoot Knight.[42] In May, 2016, it was announced that Milat's former home in Eagle Vale, New South Wales was for sale, and listed on the market for $700,000[43] In popular culture[edit] The 2005 Australian film Wolf Creek is based on the backpacker murders, among others.

A miniseries on the Seven Network, entitled Catching Milat, was screened in 2015, focusing on the members of "Task Force Air" who tracked Milat during the time of the murders.

Martha Needle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Question book-new.svg This article relies too much on references to primary sources. Please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources. (August 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Martha Needle Martha Needle c1880s.jpg Martha Needle c1880s/1890s Born 1863 South Australia Died 1894 Old Melbourne Gaol Other names Black widow of Richmond Criminal status Executed by hanging Spouse(s) Henry Needle (murdered) Children 3 (all murdered) Conviction(s) One count of murder Martha Needle was an Australian woman known for poisoning her husband, three children and future brother-in-law. She was hanged on 22 October 1894 at the age of 30. Martha was convicted for the murder of Louis Juncken, brother of her fiance Otto Juncken, on 15 May 1894. Although Martha collected substantial sums of insurance money, her exact motive for murdering her family has not been determined. Several times she stated her innocence, but she was eventually hanged.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 The killings 3 Arrest, trial and execution 4 Execution of nephew 5 References 6 External links Early life[edit]

Martha was born near Morgan, South Australia in 1863. An attractive woman with a kindly disposition, she grew up in a violent and abusive household, and she showed signs of mental instability from an early age. At 17 she married Henry Needle at North Adelaide and in 1882 gave birth to a daughter, Mabel, followed by Elsie in 1883 and May in September 1886. The family moved to the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885.

The killings[edit] On 23 February 1885, little Mabel Needle died after a short illness. Martha stated that she "seemed to fade". Martha later collected 100 pounds (2010: $40,000) life insurance on Mabel's death. Henry, who was insured for 200 pounds, died of a mysterious illness on October 4, 1889, followed by Elsie in 1890 and May later that year. Doctors were baffled. Martha spent almost all the insurance money on an elaborate family grave which she visited regularly.

Louis Juncken, a friend from Adelaide, operated a saddlery business with his brother Otto at 137 Bridge Road, Richmond and in 1891 Martha sub-let the attached house and took in lodgers. Martha began an affair with Otto in 1893 but Louis and his other brother Herman disapproved and attempted to prevent their engagement. The following year Louis became ill and died of suspected typhoid. In June 1894 Herman travelled to Melbourne from Adelaide to handle his late brother's affairs, he ate a meal prepared by Martha and suddenly became ill. He recovered but became ill again the next day after eating breakfast. Two days later Herman had fully recovered but while eating lunch, prepared by Martha, he was seized by painful violent cramps. Doctor Boyd treated Herman for suspected poisoning and took a sample of Herman's vomit and sent it to the Government laboratory for analysis. The analyst reported that the sample contained arsenic.

Arrest, trial and execution[edit] Doctor Boyd informed the police of his suspicions and a trap was set, the police asked Herman to ask Martha to make lunch. After being served a cup of tea, Herman literally "blew the whistle", summoning detectives who arrived as Martha was struggling with Herman to upset the tea cup, which was found to contain enough arsenic to kill five people.

Martha was charged with attempted murder. The body of Louis Juncken, interred in Lyndoch, South Australia was exhumed and samples sent to Melbourne. The bodies of Henry Needle and the three girls, interred in Kew, were also exhumed. All five bodies were found to contain fatal levels of arsenic and Martha was charged with the murder of Louis Juncken. The trial lasted three days; Martha pleaded not guilty, but was found guilty and sentenced to death.

She was executed at 8.00am on 22 October 1894. When asked for her last words, she replied, "I have nothing to say."

During the Great Depression the Brighton City Council built bluestone walls to protect local beaches from erosion. The stones were taken from the outer walls of the Old Melbourne Gaol and included the headstones, with initials and date of execution, of all those executed and buried on the grounds.

Although most were placed with the engravings facing inwards, Martha's stone was faced outwards, and the initials MN and the date are still clearly visible in the Green Point wall. Over time, sand drifts buried her headstone until its precise location was rediscovered near Wellington Street. [1] Martha was the third of four women hanged at the Old Melbourne Gaol, where her death mask can be seen. The others were Elizabeth Scott (1863), Frances Knorr (1894) and Emma Williams (1895).

Execution of nephew[edit] On 15 July 1920, Alexander Newland Lee, the son of Martha's elder sister Ellen, was hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the April 1 murder of his wife Muriel. Muriel had been poisoned with strychnine.

Martha Rendell From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Martha Rendell MarthaRendellfrompaper.JPG Born 10 August 1871 Died 6 October 1909 (aged 38) Criminal status Executed by hanging Conviction(s) Murder Martha Rendell (10 August 1871 – 6 October 1909) was the only woman to be hanged (legally)[1] in Western Australia. She was convicted of murdering her de facto husband's son, Arthur Morris, in 1908. She was also suspected of killing his two daughters, Annie and Olive, by swabbing their throats with hydrochloric acid. Although the children died slow and agonising deaths, they had been treated by a number of doctors during their illness, only one of whom expressed any doubts about their deaths.

Martha Rendell moved in with Thomas Nicholls Morris after he had separated from his wife, who had moved out and lived elsewhere. Morris had custody of his five children at the time. Rendell, who had known Morris whilst in Adelaide and had followed him west, moved into the house and posed as his wife. The children were told to call her "mother".[2] Rendell brutally abused Morris' children, once beating Annie so brutally that she could not walk.

Arresting officer Inspector Harry Mann said "she delighted in seeing her victims writhe in agony, and from it derived sexual satisfaction".

Contents [hide] 1 Crimes committed 2 Investigation, trial and execution 3 In popular culture 4 References 5 External links Crimes committed[edit] Rendell killed 7-year-old Annie first. Her method was to put something in the child's food that would result in a sore throat. It was alleged that she killed the children by swabbing hydrochloric acid on the backs of their throats, claiming it was medicine. This would inflame the throat until the child could no longer eat, and thus would starve to death. Annie died on 28 July 1907. Dr. Cuthbert issued a certificate stating the cause of death was diphtheria.

After killing Annie, she turned her attention on Olive, aged 5. Olive died on 6 October 1907, and again Cuthbert issued a certificate stating the cause of death was diphtheria.

In the winter of 1908 Rendell tried the same method on Arthur, the third son and youngest child still alive. Arthur, who was 14, took longer to succumb to the treatment, finally dying on 6 October 1908.

Cuthbert asked permission for an autopsy. Rendell said she wanted to be present during the investigation. She stood by as the autopsy was performed, and the doctors found nothing to incriminate her.[2] In April 1909, she turned her attention on the second son, George. It didn't take long for the second son to complain of a sore throat after drinking a cup of tea. Rendell coated his tonsils with the syrup, frightening the boy, who ran to his mother's place some streets away. Neighbours would enquire as to the boy's whereabouts; however, his father Thomas Morris would state that he did not know.[2]

Investigation, trial and execution[edit] Rendell's grave in plot 409, Fremantle Cemetery Neighbours went to the police, and inspector Harry Mann conducted inquiries. Mann heard repeated references to the children's having their throats painted, and Rendell's apparent indifference to their pain. One neighbour claimed he often peeked in the windows to see Rendell standing in front of the screaming victim, rocking back and forth as if in ecstasy. Some also claimed to have witnessed her masturbating.[citation needed] Mann located George Morris, who had claimed to have run away because his stepmother had killed his siblings and was trying to poison him with spirits of salts (i.e. hydrochloric acid).[2] The inquiry was hampered by the period of time that had elapsed since the deaths, and because doctors could not say what effect swabbing with spirits of salts would have. Suspicions were further aroused when it was shown that Rendell had purchased large quantities of spirits of salts during the period of the children's illnesses, but none since the last death. Armed with this information the detectives obtained permission to exhume the bodies and this was done on 3 July 1909. Police exhumed the bodies of the three children; diluted hydrochloric acid was found on the throat tissue.

[2] Rendell and Thomas Morris were both charged with murder, the former being sentenced to death by hanging. Rendell protested her innocence, maintaining that she was treating the children for diphtheria. Although Thomas Morris was also charged with the murders, he was acquitted; it was believed that, although he had purchased spirits of salts, he had not been aware of the crimes until after the children's deaths. The jury wanted to find him guilty of being an accessory after the fact, but this was not allowed.[2] The window with "Rendell's" image Rendell's crimes aroused considerable public outrage at the time; the press portrayed her as a "scarlet woman" and "wicked stepmother". She was hanged at Fremantle Prison on 6 October 1909.

She is buried at Fremantle Cemetery, in the same grave where serial killer Eric Edgar Cooke was interred more than half a century afterwards. Martha Rendell was the last woman executed in the state of Western Australia.

An illusion appears on one of the prison windows which can only be seen on the outside of the window; when inside the church looking out the glass is smooth and even, with no unusual shape or texture. An example of pareidolia, urban legend has it that this illusion is the portrait of Rendell, who watches over the prison.

In popular culture[edit] The crimes of Martha Rendell were featured in an episode of the true crime TV series Deadly Women entitled "Pleasure From Pain" Season 5, Episode 13.

References[edit] Jump up ^ "Capital Punishment - The Modern Era". Fremantle Prison. Retrieved 13 December 2012. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Skehan, Peter. "Martha Rendell Child Murders - 1909". Western Australia Police Historical Society. Retrieved 13 December 2012.

Fremantle Prison a brief history, Cyril Ayris ISBN 0-9581882-1-1 Daily News 05/10/1909 West Australian 30/09/1909 Murdering Stepmothers: The trial and Execution of Martha Rendell, Anna Haebich 1997 South Australian Births 1842 - 1906, SAGHS 1998

Arnold Sodeman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Arnold Karl Sodeman Born 12 December 1899 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia Died 1 June 1936 (aged 36) HM Prison Pentridge, Coburg, Victoria Other names The School-Girl Strangler Criminal charge Murder Criminal penalty Death Criminal status Executed by hanging Spouse(s) Bernice (née Pope) Children Joan Parent(s) Karl and Violet (née Wood) Conviction(s) Murder Arnold Karl Sodeman (12 December 1899 – 1 June 1936), also known as the School-girl Strangler, was a serial killer who targeted children. He confessed to four killings before being executed at Pentridge Prison, Victoria in 1936. Sodeman was the second of eleven people to be hanged at Pentridge Prison after the closure of Melbourne Gaol in 1929.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 The murders 3 June Rushmer inquest 4 Trial and sentencing 4.1 The defence 5 Appeals 6 Execution eve 7 Execution 8 75 years later 9 Fictional representations 10 References Early life[edit] Arnold Karl Sodeman was born in Victoria in 1899. His mother suffered from bouts of amnesia and both his father and grandfather died in mental institutions.[citation needed] At 18, Sodeman was sent to a reformatory prison for larceny.[1] Shortly after his release from the reformatory, he was charged with armed robbery and wounding the station master at Surrey Hills railway station. Sodeman was sent to prison to serve three years hard labour. Sodeman escaped from prison and was sentenced to a further 12 months imprisonment with hard-labour.[citation needed] Upon his release, Sodeman settled down to various labouring jobs, first in Melbourne and later in Gippsland. He married Bernice Pope at Collingwood and their daughter was born in 1928. The marriage was considered a happy one; although Sodeman seemed to suffer from occasional bouts of depression and frequent drunkenness, he was never violent towards his family. He was reported[by whom?] to be hard-working, mild and amiable, with a generous disposition. He led a normal, lawabiding existence until 1930.[citation needed]

The murders[edit] On November 9, 1930, Arnold Sodeman abducted a 12-year-old schoolgirl, Mena Griffiths. He came upon his victim at the local playground playing with a group of friends. He gave the other girls some money, and told them to go to the shop to get some ice-creams; meanwhile, he told his victim that he had a different errand for her to run. By the time the little girl's friends returned to the playground, there was no sign of the man or their friend. Griffith’s body was discovered two days later at Ormond, in an abandoned building. She had been gagged, bound and strangled to death.

On January 10, 1931, he abducted a 16-year-old Hazel Wilson and strangled her to death. Her body was also found in the suburb of Ormond. He had gagged both girls and tied their hands behind their backs with portions of their clothing.[2] Sodeman struck for the third time on January 1, 1935. His victim, Ethel Belshaw, was a 12-year-old girl whom he strangled at the sea-side town of Inverloch. Belshaw was intending to buy an ice cream when she disappeared.

On December 1, 1935, Sodeman killed his fourth victim, a 6-year-old girl named June Rushmer. He met her while she was walking home from a local park. Her body was found the following day less than 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from her Leongatha home. She had also been bound, gagged and strangled. Witnesses stated that they had seen the child with a man on a bicycle shortly before her disappearance.

Sodeman at the time was on a work crew repairing roadways. During a morning tea break a fellow worker jokingly stated he had seen Sodeman on his bike near the crime scene. Sodeman replied angrily that he wasn't there. He had answered with such anger and rage, which was very out of character for him, that the workers told police.

Police rushed to Sodeman's worksite and took him away for questioning. As soon as police had him in their custody, Sodeman confessed to the crimes. Police were initially skeptical of the confession, but Sodeman gave details of the crimes that only someone present could have known. Whilst confessing to the crimes, Sodeman told police how he would link his thumbs together to simplify the choking of his victims.

June Rushmer inquest[edit] The little court house at Leongatha was crowded when the inquest on June Rushmer, aged 6, whose bound and gagged body was found in the scrub on December 2, was resumed. Arnold Sodeman, 36, of Leongatha who has been charged with murder, was present in court. The Government Pathologist, Dr. Mollison, said that the dead girl's hands were tied behind her back with a piece of cloth, and a bloodstained garment was pushed into her mouth. A piece of torn sock was tied around her neck.

The body bore bruises. Death, he thought was due to suffocation.

Nancy Viola Smith, aged 12, said that she played with June Rushmer on the Leongatha reserve on December 1. June Rushmer left the park at 7.15 p.m.

William Henry Money, of Leongatha said that at 7.15 p.m. on December 1 he saw Sodeman riding his bicycle in the direction of the reserve. Sodeman had a strange look on his face and the witness thought it peculiar. Sodeman did not speak to him.

Vincent Desmond Ryan of Leongatha, said that between 7.15 and 7.30 p.m. on December 1 he saw a man with a little girl on the front of his cycle. The child was similar in build to June Rushmer, but witness was 90 yards away and could not see him properly.

Senior Detective O'Keefe said that Detective Delminico said to Sodeman : "If you care to tell us what you had to do with the death of the girl, I will leave the room. " Sodeman replied, "No you can stay."

He continued, "there is not only this one." He then made a statement.

The statement set out "I saw June Rushmer on the footpath walking towards her home near the tennis court and she said, 'Give us a ride.' I knew her and she knew me. I agreed, and rode down the stock route and turned down the road leading to the sanitary depot. About 100 yards from the corner, she said, 'This is far enough.' I got off the bike and said 'You can walk home.' I made a run towards her and she ran into the bush. I ran after her, and caught her round the neck, and she started to scream. I held her by the neck and she went limp all of a sudden. I then took off her bloomers and jammed them into her mouth. I got a belt from her frock and tied it over her mouth and round the back of her neck." Sodeman was committed for trial by the Coroner.[3] Trial and sentencing[edit] At the conclusion of the two-day trial, in February 1936 the jury found him guilty of murder. The judge sentenced him to death for the murder of Rushmer.

Judge Charles Gavan Duffy advised the jury to distinguish between opinions given by expert medical witnesses on matters relating to the physical body, which could be proved by surgery, and those concerning the mind. The jury rejected Sodeman's defence of insanity.

The defence[edit] The government medical officer Dr A. J. W. Philpott, his assistant Dr R. T. Allan, and a psychiatrist Dr Reginald Ellery all gave evidence that Sodeman was suffering from a disorder of the mind which created an 'obsessional impulse' of such power that—under the influence of alcohol—he was no longer responsible for his behaviour. Since Sodeman was intoxicated on all four occasions, the doctors concluded that he was insane at the times of the murders. Their conclusion was reinforced not only

by Sodeman's repetitive behaviour, but also by his family's medical history: both his father and grandfather had died insane.

Appeals[edit] An extract from the Argus, Friday 24 April 1936, read, "An English King's Counsel has now been engaged to plead the case before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of Arnold Sodeman, who has been condemned to death for the murder of June Rushmer at Leongatha. Sodeman's solicitor (Mr. C H. Auty) said yesterday that he had arranged by cable message for Mr D. N Pritt, K C, a leading Kings Counsel, and a member of the House of Commons, to appear for Sodeman in the proposed application by him for special leave to appeal against the refusal of the High Court of Australia to grant him special leave to appeal against his conviction. Mr Auty said that his agents in London would instruct Mr. Pritt and another barrister, who would act as Mr Pritt's Junior, regarding the details of the application Meanwhile, Mr. Auty has addressed a written request to the Premier Mr. Dunstan) that the Government should grant a further reprieve to Sodeman until such time as the condemned man's application to the Privy Council has been determined Mr Auty said yesterday that he was now 'preparing the petition for special leave to appeal and other necessary documents. He expected that those documents would be ready in time to be despatched to England next week'. One of the documents which must shortly go forward to London is an affidavit in support of the application. This must be signed by Sodeman, whose present reprieve expires on May 4, for which day the execution has been fixed. It is expected that the Executive Council will grant the reprieve now asked for by Mr. Auty It is expected that a report will be received from the Crown Law Department next week, and if the Cabinet decides that the request should be granted the necessary action will be taken immediately by the Executive Council. Sodeman's appeal against his conviction was unsuccessful. The grounds of the appeal were:-(1) That the learned trial Judge wrongly admitted evidence, namely, the evidence of the deaths of Mena Griffiths, Hazel Wilson, and Ethel Belshaw; (2)

that the learned trial judge misdirected the jury (a) as to the onus of proof in a case of insanity, (b) as to the requirements of the law in relation to insanity, and (c) as to the law relating to drink, insanity, and manslaughter; and (3) that the prosecution and the learned trial Judge made comments on the failure of the accused to give evidence.[4] Execution eve[edit] Sodeman had not wanted a reprieve because of the fear that if he lived he may have committed more murders. Sodeman spent a good deal of his time playing draughts with Edward Cornelius, who was under sentence of death for the murder of the Rev. Cecil in Fitzroy in November of last year.[5] His last words to the Governor of the Gaol last night were: "I am glad it is nearly over." [5] Execution[edit] Arnold Karl Sodeman was hanged and buried at Pentridge Prison, Coburg, on 1 June 1936. Asked by the Sheriff whether he had anything to say, Sodeman replied: "Nothing, sir." He walked to the scaffold, apparently unmoved.[5] An autopsy disclosed that he was suffering from leptomeningitis, a degenerative disease which could cause serious congestion of the brain when aggravated by alcohol. [6] 75 years later[edit] On the seventh-fifth anniversary of the murder of Ethel Belshaw, Leongatha newspaper ‘’’The Great Southern Star’’’ published an interview with Maureen Lewis (née Keighery) who was the Soderman's neighbour in 1935. Maureen was with the Sodeman family on the same day Arnold brutally murdered 12-year-old Ethel Belshaw in Inverloch. She counts herself lucky Sodeman’s wife, Bernice, did not allow him to buy her an ice cream on New Year’s Day 1935. Ethel was last seen buying an ice cream from a Beach Road milk bar in the town. Maureen had travelled with the Sodemans from Leongatha, for a fun day in the sun. She was friends with the Sodemans’ child, Joan, a girl of similar age. “On the day Ethel was murdered he wanted to take me for an ice cream. It could have been me that day,” she said. “I went down there with them to Inverloch on that day with the Sodemans. They lived next door. He wanted to take me for an ice cream and Mrs Sodeman wouldn’t let him take me unless he also took Joan, his daughter.”

But Maureen, like many others in Leongatha, always suspected there was something not quite right about the man. “We were always frightened of him. In those days you didn’t call anyone ‘Old Sodeman,’ because your dad would pull you up and insist you call him Mr. Sodeman. But to us kids he was always Old Sodeman,” she said. “He wore sandshoes and he was sort of creepy.”[7] Fictional representations[edit] In 1965 the popular Australian television series Homicide based episode 39, "A Lonely Place", on the case. The episode first went to air in November 1965, and was introduced by actor John Fegan warning of the importance of protecting children. Unlike many episodes, "A Lonely Place" ended without a voiceover stating what the legal results of the case had been (for example, whether the offender was sentenced to death but later reprieved).

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Jump up ^ [1][dead link] Truro murders From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Christopher Robin Worrell James William Miller Christopher Worrell.jpg Christopher Worrell Born Worrell: 1954 Miller: 2 February 1940 Died Worrell: 19 February 1977 Miller: 21 October 2008 Cause of death Worrell: Car accident Miller: Cancer Other names The Truro Murderers Criminal penalty 6 x Life imprisonment; non-parole period of 35 years (Miller) Killings Victims 7 Span of killings 23 December 1976–12 February 1977 Country Australia State(s) South Australia Date apprehended 23 May 1979 (Miller) The Truro murders is the name given to a series of murders uncovered with the discovery in 1978 and 1979 of the remains of two young women in bushland east of the town of Truro in South Australia.

After police searches, the remains of seven women were discovered in total: five at Truro, one at Wingfield, and one at Port Gawler. The women had been murdered over a two-month period in 1976–1977.

Contents [hide] 1 Discovery 2 Arrest 2.1 Victims 3 Accused 4 Death 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading Discovery[edit] On 25 April 1978, William "Bill" Thomas and Valda Thomas found what they thought was the bone from the leg of a cow whilst mushrooming in bushland beside Swamp Road near the South Australian town of Truro located about 70 km northeast of Adelaide.[1] Valda had concerns about the find and two days later convinced her husband to have another look. Upon closer inspection, they noted that the bone had a shoe attached; inside the shoe was human skin and painted toenails. Clothes, blood stains, and more bones were found nearby. The remains were later identified as those of Veronica

Knight, an 18-year-old girl who had vanished from an Adelaide street around Christmas of 1976. The lack of an obvious cause of death along with the location led to a belief that Knight may have gotten lost and died of thirst so the death was not considered suspicious. Almost one year later, on 15 April 1979, police discovered the skeletal remains of 16-year-old Sylvia Pittman, about 1 km from where Veronica's remains had been located. Pittman had disappeared around the same time as Knight.[1] Serial killing was a new phenomenon in Australia at the time, and police faced a difficult task of piecing together evidence. There was the strong suggestion of a link between the two dead women found in the Truro bushland and five other young women reported missing in Adelaide at the time.

Eleven days later a huge search party discovered two more skeletons in a paddock on the opposite side of Swamp Road.[1] They were the remains of Connie Iordanides and Vicki Howell, two of the five missing girls.

Arrest[edit] Christopher Worrell aged 23, described as young, charismatic and sociopathic, and James Miller, a 40year-old labourer, described as a drifter and homosexual partner of Worrell,[2] are believed to have committed the murders.

Miller and Worrell met when they were in prison together, Miller for breaking and entering, Worrell for rape and breaching a two-year suspended sentence for armed robbery. After release they formed a dominant/submissive relationship and both lived and worked together. Miller was infatuated with him and Worrell would allow Miller to perform sexual acts on him while he read pornographic, and predominantly BDSM, magazines. As Worrell preferred women this later ceased and they became more like brothers.

Worrell and a female friend were killed in a car accident on 19 February 1977, thus ending the murders. Miller survived the car accident.

Miller suffered depression and became homeless after Worrell's death. Miller's state of mind and a chance comment were to eventually give police a breakthrough when at Worrell's funeral, his former girlfriend, Amelia, told Miller that Worrell had had a suspected blood clot on the brain. This announcement prompted Miller to tell her about Worrell's fascination with thrill killing, suggesting that the clot might possibly have been responsible for the moods that led Worrell to kill.

In May 1979, she collected a A$30,000 reward[3] after providing the information to police leading to Miller's arrest and capture. Amelia said that she had not come forward earlier because she had no proof the admission was true and that there was not much point in going to the police as Worrell was dead. It was only after reading of the murders in the newspaper that she came forward. It is highly likely that the murders would have gone unsolved if Amelia had not come forward.

Miller was brought in for questioning on 23 May 1979. Initially he denied knowing anything, but eventually stated that Amelia had "done what I should have" and told detectives that there were three more bodies. Miller was driven under guard to Truro, Port Gawler and the Wingfield dump where he pointed out their locations.

Victims[edit] Veronica Knight (23 December 1976; aged 18) Veronica had become separated from her friend while shopping and accepted a ride home. Miller claims they talked her into going for a drive in the Adelaide foothills. Worrell parked while Miller went for a walk. Returning to the car he found Veronica dead; Miller alleged that he angrily confronted

Worrell, who pulled a knife and threatened him. Worrell was in a black mood and wouldn't talk; Miller helped him dump the body at Truro. They both returned to work the next morning.

Tania Kenny (2 January 1977; aged 15) Miller and Worrell picked up Tania after she had just arrived in the city after hitchhiking from Victor Harbor. They drove to Miller's sister's home and Miller sat in the car while Worrell and Tania went inside. Worrell later returned and asked for help. Allegedly an argument occurred and Worrell threatened to kill Miller if he did not help. That night they buried Tania at Wingfield.

Juliet Mykyta (21 January 1977; aged 16) Julie was waiting at a bus stop after finishing a part-time job in the city when Worrell offered her a lift home. Instead he drove her to Port Wakefield. This time Miller sat in the car while Worrell tied her up. This behaviour was not unusual—"it was Worrell's kink"—so Miller thought nothing of it. Miller alleges he then went to take a walk but turned around after hearing a disturbance. Julie was out of the car and falling to the ground. Worrell turned her over and began strangling her. Miller claims that he tried to pull Worrell off, but was not strong enough, and that again Worrell threatened to kill him.

Julie's remains were also found at Truro.

Sylvia Pittman (6 February 1977; aged 16) Picked up as she waited for a train at the Adelaide railway station. They drove to the Wingfield area where Miller went for a walk and later helped dispose of the body at Truro.

Vickie Howell (7 February 1977; aged 26) Worrell rang Miller to pick him up from the Adelaide Post Office. When he arrived, Vickie was already with Worrell. She had recently separated from her husband and was happy to go with them to Nuriootpa. Stopping the car, Miller went for a walk; soon after returning, but finding nothing untoward, he then took a longer walk. When he returned, Vickie was dead and Worrell was in a rage.

Miller claims that he cursed and abused Worrell, expecting to be killed himself, but Worrell said nothing. Vickie's body was then taken to Truro.

Connie Iordanides (also known as Connie Jordan; 9 February 1977; aged 16) Picked up in the city centre and offered a lift home, Connie became frightened when they drove in the wrong direction. Miller stopped at Wingfield and Worrell forced the screaming girl into the back seat while Miller did nothing. He left the car for a while; after returning, they drove to Truro.

Deborah Lamb (12 February 1977; aged 20) Deborah was hitchhiking on West Terrace when picked up. They drove to Port Gawler where Miller went for his walk. When he returned to the car, Deborah was absent and Worrell was pushing sand into a hole with his foot. Deborah was later found buried at the spot.

Deborah Skuse (19 February 1977; killed in the motor accident that claimed Worrell's life) Deborah was the ex-girlfriend of a friend of the pair. After her break-up, Miller and Worrell took her to Mount Gambier for the weekend, but after Worrell got into one of his black moods they decided to return to Adelaide on the Saturday afternoon. Worrell was driving when the car blew a tyre and rolled several times, throwing all three onto the road. Worrell and Deborah died; Miller broke his shoulder blade.

James Miller continued to visit Debbie Skuse and Christopher Worrell in the cemeteries. He could never forget them. One year to the day after their death, James Miller placed a few paragraphs in the "In Memoriam" notices in the Adelaide 'Advertiser' which read: "Worrell, Christopher Robin.

Memories of a very close friend who died 12 months ago this week, Your friendship and thoughtfulness and kindness, Chris, will always be remembered by me, mate.

What comes after death I can Hope, as I pray we meet again"

All the murder victims had been strangled, although there was a strong suspicion that the last of them, Deborah Lamb, had been alive when buried.

Criminologist Professor Paul Wilson has suggested that had Worrell not been killed, the Truro murders may have become a much more devastating killing spree, as Worrell was following the "established behaviour of some serial killers" with the time between murders getting shorter. Miller himself told Worrell's girlfriend before his arrest that, "It was getting worse lately. It was happening more often. It was perhaps a good thing that Chris died".[4] Accused[edit] Miller stood trial for the murders, and was found guilty of six of the seven murders (with the exception of the first murder, Veronica Knight) on 12 March 1980. Unusually, he was convicted of murder despite having never touched a victim; he was sentenced to the maximum six consecutive terms of life imprisonment.[5] The testimony at his trial revealed a terrifying story. Miller and Worrell would cruise the city streets every night in Worrell's 1969 blue-and-white Chrysler Valiant, looking for women that Worrell could have sex with. Worrell was 23, charismatic and good-looking, so Worrell had no trouble in regularly "picking up" local girls for casual sex. Miller would drive Worrell and the woman to a secluded place, where Worrell would have sex with the women, often after tying them up, while Miller waited outside the car. Miller would then drive them back into town and drop them off.[6] Miller described how the "pick-ups" became more and more terrifying. First, Worrell started occasionally raping the women who refused his advances. Then he started murdering them. Miller was unaware that murder would occur prior to it happening; he stated that it only happened some times and not others. It appeared that as the violence increased, Miller became increasingly fearful of Worrell.

Miller maintained, "They can give me life for knowing about the murders and not reporting them. But they charged me with murder ... It's a load of bullshit". Following the trial one of the jurors hired a lawyer to petition the Attorney-General for a retrial. South Australian Chief Justice Len King agreed that Miller should be granted another hearing on the grounds that the judge at his trial, Mr Justice Matheson, had instructed the jury to find Miller guilty of murder. However, the Attorney-General, Chris Sumner, refused to grant a retrial.

Legally, Miller argued that he never engaged in any murders directly, nor did he explicitly agree prior to going out cruising for women that he would support Worrell in the murders. Nevertheless, he was found guilty of murder because he was found to be a part of a joint criminal enterprise. He was present at the crime scenes and assisted in disposing of the bodies. This created subsequent legal difficulties over the definition of a joint criminal enterprise, but these have largely been resolved on the basis that this was a special—and particularly horrifying—case.

In 1999, Miller applied to have a non-parole period set under new laws, and on 8 February 2000,[7] Chief Justice John Doyle granted a non-parole period of 35 years, making Miller eligible for parole in 2014.

Death[edit] On 21 October 2008, at the age of 68, Miller died of liver failure, as a complication of having hepatitis C. He also suffered from prostate cancer and lung cancer. At that point he was one of the longestserving prisoners in the state.[8]

See also[edit] List of serial killers by country Crime Investigation Australia (TV series) References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b c Kidd, Paul B. "The Truro Serial Murders: The Horrifying Discoveries", TruTV.com, n.d.

Jump up ^ Sharpe, Alan & Vivien Encel (1997). Murder!. Kingsclear Books Pty Ltd. ISBN 0-908272-472. Retrieved 21 September 2008. page number?

Jump up ^ Kidd, Paul B. "The Truro Serial Murders: A Scapegoat", TruTV.com, n.d.

Jump up ^ Wilson, Paul, with J. Simmonds. (2000). Murder in Tandem: When Two People Kill. Sydney: Harper Collins. ISBN 0-7322-6936-9 page number?

Jump up ^ Kidd, Paul B. "The Truro Serial Murders: The Trial", TruTV.com, n.d.

Jump up ^ Kidd, Paul B. "The Truro Serial Murders: From the Beginning", TruTV.com, n.d.

Jump up ^ Kidd, Paul B. "The Truro Serial Murders: Epilogue", TruTV.com, n.d.

Jump up ^ "Truro killer James Miller died of liver failure, SA Coroners Court told ", The Advertiser (Adelaide, South Australia), 21 May 2010 Further reading[edit] Crime Library Article on the Truro Murders Anne-Marie Mykyta, mother of victim Juliet Mykyta (1982). It's a long way to Truro. Melbourne: McPhee Gribble. ISBN 0-86914-018-3.

Prof Paul Wilson (with J. Simmonds) (2000). Murder in Tandem: When Two People Kill. Sydney: Harper Collins. ISBN 0-7322-6936-9.

Elfriede Blauensteiner From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Elfriede Blauensteiner Elfriede Blauensteiner.jpg Born 22 January 1931 Vienna, Austria Died 18 November 2003 (aged 72) Cause of death Brain tumor Other names The Black Widow Killings Victims 3 Country Austria Elfriede Blauensteiner (22 January 1931 – 18 November 2003), dubbed the "Black Widow",[1] was an Austrian serial killer who murdered at least three victims by poison. In each case, she inherited the victim's possessions.

Death[edit] Blauensteiner died from a brain tumor on 18 November 2003 in a Vienna Hospital.[2] References[edit] Peter Vronsky: «Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters”, Berkley Books, New York (2007), p. 439 Jump up ^ "Austrian 'Black Widow' may face another trial for murder". BBC News. 1998-01-24.

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Jack Unterweger From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jack Unterweger Born Johann Unterweger 16 August 1950 Judenburg, Styria Austria Died 29 June 1994 (aged 43) Graz, Austria Cause of death Suicide by hanging Other names Jack the Writer, Häfenliterat. Knastpoet (prison poet), The Vienna Strangler Criminal penalty Life imprisonment Killings Victims 10-12+ Span of killings 1974–1992 Country Germany Austria Czechoslovakia United States Date apprehended 27 February 1992 Johann "Jack" Unterweger (16 August 1950 – 29 June 1994) was an Austrian serial killer who murdered prostitutes in several countries. First convicted of a 1974 murder, he was released in 1990 as an example of rehabilitation. He became a journalist and minor celebrity, but within months started killing again. He committed suicide following a conviction for several murders. Austrian psychiatrist Dr. Reinhard Haller diagnosed him with narcissistic personality disorder in 1994.[1] Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Murders 4 Arrest 5 In popular culture 5.1 Dramatizations 5.2 Film 5.3 Television 5.4 Music 6 References 7 Further reading Early life[edit] Unterweger was born in 1950 to Theresia Unterweger, a Viennese barmaid and waitress, and an unknown American soldier whom she met in Trieste.[2] Some sources describe his mother as a prostitute.[3] His mother was jailed for fraud while pregnant but was released and travelled to Graz, where he was born. After his mother was arrested again in 1953, Unterweger was sent to Carinthia to live with his grandfather, whom he described as a violent alcoholic.[citation needed] Unterweger was in and out of prison during his youth for petty crimes, and for assaulting a local prostitute. Between 1966 and 1975 he was convicted sixteen times, mostly for sexual assault; he spent most of those nine years in jail.[4] Career[edit]

In 1974, Unterweger murdered 18-year-old German citizen Margaret Schäfer by strangling her with her own bra, and in 1976 was arrested and sentenced to life in prison with no parole option for fifteen years. While in prison, Unterweger became an author of short stories, poems, plays, and an autobiography, Fegefeuer oder die Reise ins Zuchthaus (Purgatory or the trip to prison), which was adapted into a motion picture.

In 1985, a campaign to pardon and release Unterweger from prison was undertaken. President Rudolf Kirchschläger refused the petition when presented to him, citing the court-mandated minimum of fifteen years in prison.[2] The campaign gathered momentum among the Viennese cafe intellectuals, [5] political radicals, writers, artists, journalists and politicians who agitated for a pardon,[6] including the author and 2004 Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek, Günter Grass,[5] Peter Huemer[7] and the editor of the magazine Manuskripte, Alfred Kolleritsch.[6] Unterweger was released on 23 May 1990, after the required minimum fifteen years of his life term.

Upon his release, his autobiography Fegefeuer oder die Reise ins Zuchthaus was taught in schools and his stories for children were performed on the radio. Unterweger himself hosted television programs which discussed criminal rehabilitation, and he reported as a journalist for the public broadcaster ORF, including reporting stories concerning the very murders for which he was later found guilty.[5] [6] Murders[edit] Law enforcement later found that Unterweger killed a prostitute in Czechoslovakia[8] and six more in Austria in 1990, the first year after his release. In 1991, Unterweger was hired by an Austrian magazine to write about crime in Los Angeles, California, and the differences between U.S. and European attitudes to prostitution. Unterweger met with local police, even going so far as to participate in a ride-along of the city's red light districts. During Unterweger's time in Los Angeles, three prostitutes — Shannon Exley, Irene Rodriguez, and Sherri Ann Long — were beaten, sexually assaulted with tree branches, and strangled with their own brassieres.

In Austria, Unterweger was suggested as a suspect for the prostitute murders. In the absence of other suspects, the police took a serious look at Unterweger and kept him under surveillance until he went to the U.S. — ostensibly as a reporter — observing nothing to connect him with the murders.

Arrest[edit] Law enforcement eventually had enough evidence for his arrest, but Unterweger had left by the time they entered his home. After law enforcement chased him through Europe, Canada and the U.S., he was finally arrested by the FBI in Miami, Florida, on 27 February 1992. While a fugitive, he had called the Austrian media to try to convince them of his innocence. Back in Austria, Unterweger was charged with 11 homicides, one of which had occurred in Prague. The jury found him guilty of nine murders by a 6:2 majority (sufficient for a conviction under Austrian law at the time). On 29 June 1994, Unterweger was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.

That night, he committed suicide at Graz-Karlau Prison by hanging himself with a rope made from shoelaces and a cord from the trousers of a track suit.[9] He is reported to have used an intricate knot identical to that used on the murdered prostitutes. Because he died before he could appeal the verdict, under a technicality of Austrian law, Unterweger is officially considered as innocent, despite the original guilty verdict; Unterweger's case was one of those considered in a review of this Austrian legal principle.

In popular culture[edit] Dramatizations[edit]

In a 2008 performance, actor John Malkovich portrayed Unterweger's life in a performance for one actor, two sopranos, and period orchestra entitled Seduction and Despair, which premiered at Barnum Hall in Santa Monica, CA.[10] A fully staged version of the production, entitled The Infernal Comedy premiered in Vienna in July 2009. The show has since been performed throughout Europe, North America and South America.[11] Film[edit] In 2015 Elisabeth Scharang directed a film called Jack about Unterweger.[12] Broad Green Pictures is also developing a film Entering Hades starring Michael Fassbender.[13] Television[edit] The story of the police investigation, pursuit and prosecution of Unterweger is the subject of an episode of The FBI Files entitled "Killer Abroad" (Season 2, Episode 14). He is also the subject of an episode of Biography entitled "Poet of Death".

Music[edit] Austrian musician Falco's controversial song Jeanny (Part-I) depicts a murder and rapist's thoughts, and its promotional video contains a number of references to crime scenes both real and fictional; while the "news break" in it (which is also heard in the song) refers in an oblique way to Unterweger, who was still in jail at the time of the single's release.

References[edit] Jump up ^ Leake, John (2009). Entering Hades: The Double Life of a Serial Killer. United States: Berkley; Reprint edition. ISBN 0425228010. ^ Jump up to: a b Leake, John (2007). Entering Hades: The Double Life of a Serial Killer. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 368. ISBN 9780374148454.

Jump up ^ Hindmarsh, Richard (2010). Genetic Suspects: Global Governance of Forensic DNA Profiling and Databasing. Cambridge University Press. p. 153. ISBN 9780521519434.

Jump up ^ Milhorn, Thomas H. (2004). Crime: Computer Viruses to Twin Towers. Universal-Publishers. p. 464. ISBN 9781581124897. ^ Jump up to: a b c Kate Connolly (30 June 2009). "John Malkovich brings serial killer Jack Unterweger back to life on Vienna stage". The Guardian. ^ Jump up to: a b c Robert MacFarlane (13 January 2008). "A Murderous Talent". New York Times.

Jump up ^ Gerhard Moser (1 November 2009). "Der Mann aus dem Fegefeuer (The man from purgatory)". Ă–sterreichischer Rundfunk, ORF, ("Austrian Broadcasting").

Jump up ^ Czech language article about the victim from Prague Jump up ^ Eric Malnic (30 June 1994). "Austrian Slayer of L.A. Prostitutes Kills Self". Los Angeles Times.

Jump up ^ "Los Angeles Stage - Seduction and Despair: Hearing John Malkovich - page 1".

Jump up ^ "Infernal Comedy Official Web Page". Retrieved May 28, 2012.

Jump up ^ "Locarno Film Review: 'Jack'". Variety. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

Jump up ^ McNary, Dave (May 3, 2016). "Michael Fassbender to Play Serial Killer in True Crime Story 'Entering Hades' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved May 4, 2016.

Further reading[edit] John Leake, Entering Hades: The Double Life of a Serial Killer, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2007).

Katherine Ramsland, Criminal Profiling (part 2), Crime Library: Criminal Minds and Methods, TruTV. [1] Lainz Angels of Death From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Maria Gruber, Irene Leidolf, Stephanija Mayer, and Waltraud Wagner made up one of the most unusual crime teams in 20th Century Europe. The four Austrian women were nurse's aides at Lainz General Hospital in Vienna who murdered scores of patients between 1983 and 1989. The group killed their victims with overdoses of morphine or by forcing water into the lungs. By 2008, all four of the aides had been released from prison.

Background[edit] Wagner, 23, was the first to kill a patient with an overdose of morphine in 1983. She discovered in the process that she enjoyed playing God and holding the power of life and death in her hands. She recruited Gruber, 19, and Leidolf, 21, and eventually the "house mother" of the group, 43-year-old Stephanija Meyer. Soon they had invented their own murder method: while one held the victim's head and pinched their nose, another would pour water into the victim's mouth until they drowned in their bed. Since elderly patients frequently had fluid in their lungs, it was an unprovable crime. The group killed patients who were feeble, but many were not terminally ill.[1] Investigators criticized the hospital for meeting them with "a wall of silence" as they attempted to look into a suspicious 1988 death.[2] The aides were caught after a doctor overheard them bragging about their latest murder at a local tavern. In total, they confessed to 49 murders over six years, but may have been responsible for as many as 200. In 1991, Wagner was convicted of 15 murders, 17 attempts, and two counts of assault. She was sentenced to life in prison. Leidolf received a life sentence as well, on conviction of five murders, while Mayer and Gruber received 20 years and 15 years respectively for manslaughter and attempted murder charges.[3] In 2008, the Justice Ministry in Austria announced that it would release Wagner and Leidolf from prison due to good behavior. Mayer and Gruber had been released several years earlier and had assumed new identities.[4] References[edit] Jump up ^ Protzman, Ferdinand (April 18, 1989). "Killing of 49 Patients By 4 Nurse's Aides Stuns the Austrians". The New York Times. Retrieved June 24, 2013.

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Crime Library, Angels of Death -- The Female Nurses by Katherine Ramsland Gennady Mikhasevich From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Gennady Modestovich Mikhasevich Born 7 April 1947 Vitebsk Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union Died 25 September 1987 Killings Victims 36 confirmed; confessed to 43, probably 55+ Span of killings 1971–1985

Country Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union State(s) Vitebsk Oblast Date apprehended 9 December 1985 Gennady Modestovich Mikhasevich (Belarusian: Генадзь Мадэставіч Міхасевіч; 1947–1987) was a Soviet serial killer. He murdered 36[1] women during the period from 1971 to 1985 in Vitebsk, Polotsk and the rural areas in the nearby regions of the Byelorussian SSR. Biography[edit] Gennady Mikhasevich was born in the village of Ist (Vitebsk Oblast) in 1947,[2] and served in the army. He committed his first murder on 14 May 1971. He himself later explained that the killing spree started after he had returned from the army only to find out that his girlfriend had left him and got married in the meantime. On the night of 14 May 1971, he was on his way from Vitebsk to Polotsk. It was late so he could not catch a bus to Polotsk where his parents lived. Mikhasevich reported he was feeling despondent because of the breakup with his girlfriend and had prepared a loop to hang himself. However, he accidentally met a young woman on the road. He decided to kill her, venting his anger on her. He murdered again in October, 1971, and strangled two other women in 1972, near Vitebsk. Mikhasevich graduated from a technical school in Vitebsk in 1973 and returned to Ist, starting to work in a sovkhoz. He got married in 1976. In the meantime, the murders went on.

Many of his murders coincided with rape. He either strangled or smothered his victims, either assaulting them in solitary locations or (during later years) after having lured them into his own car (he possessed a red Zaporozhets) or the machines of his workplace (he later had a job in machine repair service). Mikhasevich did not carry weapons, instead he used improvised means (e.g. a cord made of rye). Besides killing, he robbed his victims of money and valuable items (that he would sometimes give to his wife as a gift), and sometimes even of household items like scissors.

In outward appearance, Gennady Mikhasevich was a good family man, a teetotaller, had two children, was a conscientious worker; he was also member of the Communist Party (also served as a local party functionary) and of Voluntary People's Druzhina.

The investigation started to advance in the 1980s, as the young investigator Nikolay Ignatovich firmly stood up for the idea that all the killings of females near motorways in the region were committed by one person, a serial killer, not separate murderers, as the investigators had conveniently presumed.

The police also suspected that the serial killer was using a red Zaporozhets; as they started checking all the people of the Oblast, who possessed such a car, Mikhasevich as a druzhinnik participated in these actions, in a way searching for himself.[2] This also enabled him to learn of the steps the investigators were taking beforehand. The year 1985 was especially 'prolific' for the murderer: he killed 12 women in this year alone.

Eventually, Mikhasevich, who was now getting concerned, made a fatal mistake: in order to derail the investigation, he sent an anonymous letter to the local newspaper on behalf of an imaginary underground organization 'Patriots of Vitebsk', supposedly calling on his fellow militants to intensify their struggle of killing communists and lewd women. When he left a similar hand-written note next to his new victim, again signed on behalf of 'Patriots of Vitebsk', the investigators started to ascertain the handwritings of the male residents of the Oblast. Having checked 556,000 samples, the experts detected that the sample with the handwriting of Gennady Modestovich Mikhasevich had striking resemblance with the handwriting on the murderer's notes. Further investigation revealed other evidence, convincing them of Mikhasevich's guilt.

He was finally arrested in December 1985, after initial denial, he confessed and was sentenced to death and executed in 1987. His case became notorious in the USSR (“The Vitebsk Case” (“Витебское

дело”)), as it revealed both the incompetence of the police and the corruption of the law enforcement agencies: by the time Mikhasevich was finally arrested, 14 people had already been convicted for the crimes Mikhasevich committed, the suspects had been often forced to confess by torture, and a couple of them had been sentenced to death and executed for the crimes they did not commit.

András Pándy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia András Pándy Born András Pándy 1 June 1927 Chop, Czechoslovakia Died 23 December 2013 (aged 86) Bruges, Belgium Criminal penalty Life imprisonment Conviction(s) Murder Killings Victims 6-14+ Span of killings 1986–1990 Country Belgium Date apprehended October 1997 András Pándy (1 June 1927 – 23 December 2013) was a Belgian serial killer, convicted for the murder of six family members in Brussels between 1986 and 1990.

Originally from Hungary, Pándy is believed to have killed his wife, ex-wife, two biological children, and two step-children who disappeared mysteriously, with the assistance of his daughter, Ágnes.

Additionally, he had started abusive incestuous relationships with Ágnes and a third step-child who survived. In 1992, Belgian and Hungarian police began investigating Pándy, which resulted in his arrest in 1997, and conviction in 2002. Furthermore, the skeletal remains of seven more unknown women and one man were found in one of his houses.[1] A religious teacher and clergyman, he was dubbed "Father Bluebeard" by some of the Belgian press.[2] Pándy had been serving a life sentence without parole when he died on 23 December 2013.[3][4] Contents [hide] 1 Early life and marriages 2 Disappearances 3 Investigation, arrest and conviction 3.1 Ágnes's confession 3.2 Trial and sentencing 4 Aftemath and possible additional murders 4.1 Sint-Jans-Molenbeek residences 4.2 Possible additional murders 5 See also 6 References Early life and marriages[edit] Pándy was born on 1 June 1927, in Chop, Carpathian Ruthenia (then under Czechoslovak administration), a village just across the border from Hungary, to Hungarian parents. Pándy was a church councillor for the Reformed Church in Hungary when he met his first wife, Ilona Sőrés.

Following the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1956, they fled to Belgium where Pándy became a

pastor for a small Hungarian Protestant community in Brussels, and a religious teacher for the United Protestant Church. The couple had a daughter, Ágnes, the following year and two sons: Dániel (born 1961) and Zoltán (1966). Shortly after the birth of Zoltán, the couple separated when Pándy accused his wife of infidelity. Ilona moved out of the house with their sons, leaving daughter Ágnes behind with Pándy. Then 11 years old, Ágnes soon became the victim of an incestuous relationship with her father.

At the beginning of the 1970s after his separation from Ilona, Pándy began courting other women through dating services in Hungarian newspapers, often giving them a false name and job description while using the motto "European Honeymoon". By the end of the decade, he had began regularly visiting Hungary again, meeting his future second wife, Edit Fintor. A married woman, Fintor had three children from two previous marriages: a son, 8 year-old Tünde, and two daughters, 15 year-old Tímea and 7 year-old Andrea. Fintor's then-husband claimed that Pándy had seduced his wife, who eloped with him to Belgium along with her children, where they married in 1979 after Pándy's divorce from Ilona Sőrés was finalized. Shortly after their marriage they had two children: a son, András Junior, and a daughter, Reka.

In 1984, Pándy started a second abusive incestuous relationship with his step-daughter, the now 20year-old Tímea, whom he had impregnated after raping her. Tímea's claims of sexual abuse were brushed off by her family members, stating that she had probably used a towel containing Pándy's semen to impregnate herself. She was sent to live in a different house with Ágnes, and in what was believed to be a fit of jealousy, Ágnes tried to bludgeon Tímea to death with an iron bar in the basement of the home, until she was startled and stopped. After being hospitalized, Tímea attempted to report her abuse but her claims were again dismissed, and she later gave birth to a son, Marc. In 1986 Tímea escaped from her family, first staying with relatives in Vancouver, Canada, before starting a new life in Hungary.

Disappearances[edit] Shortly before running away to Vancouver, Tímea had told her mother that the father of her son was Pándy, and that he had been sexually abusing her. This sparked a fierce argument between Fintor and Pándy, and soon after this time Fintor and the now 14 year-old Andrea disappeared. Pándy had told the police that Fintor had left him for another man and the two had moved to Germany with her new lover, using a forged telegram as evidence. Two years later in 1988, twenty years after their separation, Pándy's ex-wife Ilona and their two sons disappeared. Pándy first claimed that they had moved to France, but then changed it to South America. By 1990, Fintor's 18-year-old son Tünde was still alive and living with Pándy many years after the disappearance of his mother and sister. Pándy sent Ágnes away on a vacation with his younger children, András Jr. and Reka, only for her to find upon her return that Tünde had also disappeared. She was told by Pándy that he had become "disturbed" and been sent to live with another family.

Investigation, arrest and conviction[edit] Police investigation of the disappearances had previously been very limited and low-effort, with Pándy managing to avoid suspicion by using false testimony and forged evidence to trick the police into believing they had simply migrated away from Belgium. In 1992, two years after the last disappearance, Ágnes attempted to report her father to the police for sexual abuse. Although initially no real action was taken, suspicion against Pándy increased and the police interest in the disappearances grew. Hungarian police became involved in the investigation due to a possible connection with Pándy to cases of many missing women in Hungary. Pándy frequently visited Hungary, owning a summer home near the River Danube, and during his trips he was known to charm local women and offer to take them with him to Brussels. This theory lead the two police forces began a joint investigation. Later, two siblings from the town, Eva Kincs and Margit Magyar, claim to have both accepted Pándy's offer, each with the hopes of becoming his wife. According to the two

women, they were locked in the Brussels home by Pándy and forced to cook and clean, telling them that they would raise suspicions if they wandered out on the streets unable to speak anything but Hungarian. After rejecting separate marriage proposals, the women demanded he send them back to Hungary, and he surprisingly did.

The United Protestant Church in Belgium, Pándy's employer, had never made an official complaint against him in his role as a teacher and Protestant pastor, however in 1988 his colleague, the Dutch minister Andries den Brother, apparently became aware of abuses at home and the lack of police interest. Andries supposedly wrote to the Belgian Ministry of Justice and Queen Fabiola because of his suspicions, but received no answers. By 1996 it was discovered that he used false testimony and fake letters.

Pándy was arrested on 16 October 1997 - coincidentally the same date as the "White March", a large demonstration for the victims of another Belgian serial killer Marc Dutroux, who had sexually abused and killed several girls in Charleroi a few years prior. The Dutroux case was controversial in Belgium, and brought police incompetence and corruption into the national spotlight. In addition to Dutroux's case, Pándy's case had worldwide media coverage, especially after Pándy's deadpan reaction to his surroundings. Ágnes's confession[edit] In November 1997, Ágnes herself was arrested by the police, and a few days later confessing to participating with her father in most of the murders of her disappeared relatives. According to Ágnes, she was solely responsible for the murder of her mother Ilona, and took part in the murders of Dániel, Zoltán, Edit and Andrea, but was not involved in (and possibly unaware of) Tünde's death. It is believed that the killing of Tünde was the only murder Pándy had committed without Ágnes's assistance. The modus operandi presented by Ágnes was, in at least two cases, murder by a handgun, and head trauma caused by a sledgehammer. The corpses were dismembered, partly dissolved in acid in the basement, and then the remaining parts were taken to a local abattoir in Anderlecht for disposal.

Trial and sentencing[edit] Pándy had denied the charges, but largely due to Ágnes's testimony and assistance, enough evidence was gathered to convict him. In court, Pándy dismissed the proceedings as a "witch trial" against him, and told the jury that the allegedly dead were still alive and he is "in contact with them through angels." When asked why the missing family members could not be traced in four years of searching, Pándy replied: "It is up to justice to prove they are dead. When I'm free again, they will come and visit me." On March 6, 2002, a Belgian court convicted of Pándy for the murder of six family members, attempted murder, and rape of three daughters. Pándy was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole, and housed in Leuven Centraal prison before was moved to a prison in Bruges due to health reasons. In 2007 when he turned 80, prison authorities had considered re-housing him in a retirement home.[5] Ágnes Pándy, now 44 years old, received a 21-year sentence for being an accomplice in five murders and one attempted murder. Prosecutors had requested a 29-year sentence for Ágnes, but her lawyers pushed for leniency, saying Ágnes had been under the "overwhelming irresistible spell" of a father who was raping her and coerced her into collaborating in the killings of her mother and siblings. Ágnes said in her closing statement: "I had no way out. I was completely in his grip,".

András Pándy died on 23 December 2013, from natural causes in the Bruges prison infirmary.

Aftemath and possible additional murders[edit] Sint-Jans-Molenbeek residences[edit]

Pándy owned several homes within the Sint-Jans-Molenbeek area in central Brussels, along the River Senne. This included rowhouses on Vandemaelen Street, Nijverheidskaai/Quai de l'Industrie (where the majority of the murders had occurred), and Vandenbrande Street.

An excavation at the home on Vandemaelen Street following Pándy's arrest, the skeletal remains of seven women and one man of unknown origin were discovered within the concrete of the home's basement. In January 1998 DNA analysis of the bone fragments revealed that the deceased were not relatives of Pándy, and it remains unclear if their deaths were related to the case at all. Due to Pándy's prolific uses of Hungarian dating services, there are suspicions that they could be the skeletons of Hungarian women brought to Belgium. During an investigation of the home on Vandenbrande Street, several firearms including three rifles and four handguns were found stashed in a hidden compartment built into the ceiling. The Valdemaelen Street and Nijverheidskaai/Quai de l'Industrie houses were later demolished.

Possible additional murders[edit] After his arrest, further investigation speculated that Pándy and Ágnes may have committed several additional murders of non-relatives, before and during the killing of their family members. On November 26 1997, a month after his arrest, the Hungarian newspaper Népszava reported that Pándy had fostered an unknown number of Romanian children - orphan refugees from the 1989 revolution that toppled communist dictator Nicolae Ceaucescu - at his home in Brussels. The children were supposedly recruited by a charity called YDNAP (Pandy spelled backwards), and Népszava reported that "nobody knows what happened to them or if they returned home" to Romania. Police also linked Agnes to the 1993 disappearance of a 12-year-old girl whose mother was romantically involved with Pándy.

Hungarian authorities had searched interconnected basements of Pándy's former home at Dunakeszi, north of the Hungarian capital Budapest. The findings were concealed, but suggested that an "old family tragedy" might have been responsible for Pandy's killing spree. In fact, they suggested that the prisoner in Belgium might not be András Pándy at all, but rather a sibling of the real András Pándy, whose death had been officially recorded in 1956, the same year of Pándy's migration to Belgium.

Marc Dutroux From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marc Dutroux Born 6 November 1956 (age 59) Ixelles, Belgium Criminal penalty Life imprisonment Spouse(s) Michelle Martin (1989–2003) Children 5 Killings Victims 5–13+ Span of killings 1995–1996 Country Belgium Date apprehended 13 August 1996 MENU0:00 Marc Dutroux from Belgium pronunciation (Voice of America) Marc Dutroux (born 6 November 1956) is a Belgian serial killer and child molester, convicted of having kidnapped, tortured and sexually abused six girls from 1995 to 1996, ranging in age from 8 to 19, four of whom he murdered. His wife, Michelle Martin, was convicted as an accomplice. Dutroux was also

convicted of having killed a suspected former accomplice, Bernard Weinstein. He was arrested in 1996 and has been in prison ever since, though he briefly escaped in April 1998.

Earlier, in 1989, Dutroux and Martin had been sentenced to 13 and a half and 5 years imprisonment, respectively, for the abduction and rape of five young girls, the youngest of whom was eleven years old. Dutroux was released after serving three years.

Dutroux's widely publicised trial took place in 2004. A number of shortcomings in the Dutroux investigation caused widespread discontent in Belgium with the country's criminal justice system, and the ensuing scandal was one of the reasons for the reorganisation of Belgium's law enforcement agencies.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Personal life 3 First arrest and release 4 Abductions after arrest 5 Second arrest 6 Third arrest and discovery of the crimes 7 Criticism of police investigations 8 Allegations of cover-up 9 Parliamentary investigation and escape from custody 10 Trial 10.1 Sentencing 11 Legacy 12 Dutroux's houses 13 See also 14 References 15 External links Early life[edit] Born in Ixelles, Belgium, on 6 November 1956,[1] Dutroux was the oldest of five children. His parents, both teachers, emigrated to the Belgian Congo, but returned to Belgium at the start of the Congo Crisis when Dutroux was four. They separated in 1971 and Dutroux stayed with his mother.

Personal life[edit] He married at the age of 19 and fathered two children; the marriage ended in divorce in 1983. By then he had already had an affair with Michelle Martin. They would eventually have three children together, and married in 1989 while both were in prison. They divorced in 2003, also while in prison.

He has been described by psychiatrists who examined him for trial as a psychopath.[2] An often unemployed electrician, Dutroux had a long criminal history including convictions for car theft, muggings and drug dealing.[3] Dutroux's criminal career also involved the trade of stolen cars to Czechoslovakia and Hungary; all of these activities gained him enough money to live in relative comfort in Charleroi, a city in Hainaut province that had high unemployment at the time[4] and has had for decades.[5] He owned seven small houses, most of them vacant, and used three of them for the torture of the girls he kidnapped. In his residence in Marcinelle near Charleroi, he constructed a concealed dungeon in the basement. Hidden behind a massive concrete door disguised as a shelf, the cell was 2.15 m (7 ft) long, less than 1 m (3 ft) wide and 1.64 m (5 ft) high.[citation needed] First arrest and release[edit]

In February 1986, Dutroux and Martin were arrested for abducting and raping five young girls. In April 1989, Dutroux was sentenced to thirteen and a half years in prison. Martin received a sentence of five years. Showing good behaviour in prison, Dutroux was released on parole in April 1992, having served only three years, by Justice Minister Melchior Wathelet. Upon his release the parole board received a letter from Dutroux's own mother to the prison director, in which she stressed concern that he was keeping young girls captive in his house – which was essentially ignored.[3] Following his release from prison, Dutroux convinced a psychiatrist that he was psychiatrically disabled, resulting in a government pension. He also received prescriptions of sleeping pills and sedatives, which he would later use on his victims.[6] Abductions after arrest[edit] Julie Lejeune and Mélissa Russo (both aged eight) were kidnapped together from Grâce-Hollogne on 24 June 1995, probably by Dutroux,[citation needed] and imprisoned in Dutroux's cellar. Dutroux repeatedly sexually abused the girls and produced pornographic videos of the abuse.

On 22 August 1995, Dutroux kidnapped 17-year-old An Marchal and 19-year-old Eefje Lambrecks who were on a camping trip in Ostend. He was probably assisted by his accomplice Michel Lelièvre, who was paid with drugs. Since the dungeon already contained Lejeune and Russo, Dutroux chained the girls to a bed in a room of his house. His wife was aware of all these activities.

Second arrest[edit] In late 1995, Dutroux was arrested by police for involvement in a stolen luxury car racket. He was held in custody for three months between 6 December 1995 and 20 March 1996. Police searched Dutroux's house on 13 December 1995 and again six days later in relation to the car theft charge.

During this time, Julie Lejeune and Mélissa Russo were still alive in the basement dungeon, but in spite of their cries being heard, police failed to discover them. Michelle Martin allegedly fed her husband's German shepherd dogs but did not follow his orders to feed the girls, later claiming she was too afraid to go into the dungeon.[7] Lejeune and Russo starved to death, and were later buried in bin bags in the back garden.[8] Two months after his release, Dutroux, with help from Lelièvre, kidnapped 12-year-old Sabine Dardenne who was on her way to school on 28 May 1996. She was imprisoned by him, once again, in the dungeon where he had kept his previous victims.

Third arrest and discovery of the crimes[edit] On 9 August 1996, Dutroux and Lelièvre kidnapped 14-year-old Laetitia Delhez as she was walking home from a public swimming pool. An eyewitness had earlier observed Dutroux's van, described it and identified part of the license plate.[9] Dutroux, his wife, and Lelièvre were all arrested on 13 August 1996.[10][11] An initial search of his houses proved inconclusive, but two days later, Dutroux and Lelièvre both made confessions. Dutroux led the police to the basement dungeon where Dardenne and Delhez were found alive on 15 August 1996.[12] In an interview conducted several years later, Dardenne revealed that Dutroux had told her that she had been kidnapped by a gang but her parents did not want to pay the ransom and the gang was planning to kill her. Dutroux said he saved her, and that he was not one of the gang members she should fear. He let her write letters to her family, which he read but never sent.[9] On 17 August 1996, Dutroux led police to another of his houses in Sars-la-Buissière in Hainaut province. The bodies of Julie Lejeune and Mélissa Russo as well as an accomplice, Bernard Weinstein, were found in the garden.[10] An autopsy found that the two girls had died from starvation. Dutroux said he had crushed Weinstein's testicles until he gave him money, then drugged him and buried him alive. Later Dutroux told the police where to find the bodies of An Marchal and Eefje Lambrecks. They

were located on 3 September 1996 in Jumet in Hainaut, buried under a shack next to a house owned

by Dutroux. Weinstein had lived in that house for three years.[10] Hundreds of commercial adult pornographic videos, along with a large number of home-made sex films that Dutroux had made with his wife Michelle Martin, were recovered from his properties.[13] Criticism of police investigations[edit] Authorities were criticised for various aspects of the case. Several incidents suggest that despite several warnings, the authorities did not properly follow up on Dutroux's intentions. Dutroux had offered money to a police informant to provide him with girls and told him that he was constructing a cell in his basement. His mother also wrote a second letter to the police, claiming that he held girls captive in his houses. Dutroux was actually under police camera surveillance the night he kidnapped Marchal and Lambrecks; however, the police had only programmed the camera to operate during the daylight hours of 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.[7] Perhaps most notably, the police search of Dutroux's house on 13 December 1995 and again six days later in relation to his car theft charge came under harshest scrutiny.[10] During this time, Julie Lejeune and MĂŠlissa Russo were still alive in the basement dungeon, but the police failed to discover them. Since the search was unrelated to kidnapping charges, police searching the house had no dogs or specialised equipment that might have discovered the girls' presence, and in an otherwise decrepit and dirty basement, they failed to recognize the significance of the freshly plastered and painted wall that concealed the dungeon. While in the basement, a locksmith who was accompanying the police said he heard children's cries coming from inside the house, but was overruled by the police, who concluded the cries must have come from the street outside.[10] This was especially remarkable since the country was at that time in the midst of a nationwide search for missing children.

Several videotapes were also seized from the house that showed Dutroux constructing the secret entrance and the dungeon where the girls were then held. The tapes were never viewed by the police, who later claimed this was because they did not have a videotape player.[7] Allegations of cover-up[edit] There was widespread anger and frustration among Belgians due to police errors, the general slowness of the investigation and the disastrous outcome of the events. This suspicion that Dutroux had been, or was being, protected was raised when the public became aware of Dutroux's claims that he was part of a sex ring that included high-ranking members of the police force and government.[14] This suspicion, along with general anger over the outcome, culminated with the popular judge in charge of investigating the claims, Jean-Marc Connerotte (fr), being dismissed on the grounds of having participated in a fund-raising dinner for the girls' parents.[14] The investigation itself was wrapped up on the grounds of conflict of interest. His dismissal and the end of the investigation resulted in a massive protest march (the "White March") of 300,000 people on the capital, Brussels, in October 1996, two months after Dutroux's arrest, in which demands were made for reforms of Belgium's police and justice system.[15] On the witness stand, Jean-Marc Connerotte (fr), the original judge of the case, broke down in tears when he described "the bullet-proof vehicles and armed guards needed to protect him against the shadowy figures determined to stop the full truth coming out.[14] Never before in Belgium has an investigating judge at the service of the king been subjected to such pressure. We were told by police that [murder] contracts had been taken out against the magistrates." Connerotte testified that the investigation was seriously hampered by protection of suspects by people in the government. "Rarely has so much energy been spent opposing an inquiry," he said. He believed that the Mafia had taken control of the case.[16]

Parliamentary investigation and escape from custody[edit] A 17-month investigation by a parliamentary commission into the Dutroux affair produced a report in February 1998, which concluded that while Dutroux did not have accomplices in high positions in the police and justice systems, as he continued to claim, he profited from corruption, sloppiness and incompetence.

Public indignation flared up again in April 1998. While being transferred to a court house without handcuffs, Dutroux overpowered one of his guards, took his gun and escaped. Police in his native Belgium, and in France, Luxembourg and Germany placed their police forces on an "all-borders alert" along with a major manhunt.[17] He was caught a few hours later. The Minister of Justice Stefaan De Clerck, the Minister of the Interior Johan Vande Lanotte, and the police chief resigned as a result. In 2000, Dutroux received a five-year sentence for threatening a police officer during his escape. In 2002, he received another five-year sentence for unrelated crimes.[13] Trial[edit] Dutroux's trial began on 1 March 2004, some seven and a half years after his initial arrest.[18] It was a trial by jury and up to 450 people were called upon to testify. The trial took place in Arlon, the capital of the Belgian province of Luxembourg, where the investigations had started. Dutroux was tried for the murder of An Marchal, Eefje Lambrecks and Bernard Weinstein, a suspected accomplice. While admitting the abductions, he denied all three killings, although he had earlier confessed to killing Weinstein.[18] Dutroux was also charged with a host of other crimes: auto theft, abduction, attempted murder and attempted abduction, molestation, and three unrelated rapes of women from Slovakia.[19] Martin was tried as an accomplice, as were Lelièvre and Michel Nihoul (nl). To protect the accused, they were made to sit in a glass cage during the trial. In the first week of the trial, photos of Dutroux's face were not allowed to be printed in Belgian newspapers for privacy reasons; this ban remained in force until March 9.[20] Throughout the trial, Dutroux continued to insist that he was part of a Europe-wide paedophile ring with accomplices among police officers, businessmen, doctors, and even high-level Belgian politicians.[21] In a rare move, the jury at the Assize trial publicly protested the presiding judge Stéphane Goux's handling of the debates and the victims' testimonies.[21] On 14 June 2004, after three months of trial, the jury went into seclusion to reach their verdicts on Dutroux and the three other accused.

Verdicts were returned on 17 June 2004 after three days of deliberation.[22] Dutroux, Martin and Lelièvre were found guilty on all charges; the jury were unable to reach a verdict on Michel Nihoul's role.[22] Sentencing[edit] On 22 June, Dutroux received the maximum sentence of life imprisonment, while Martin received 30 years and Lelièvre 25 years. Michel Nihoul was later acquitted from the charge of being an offender on kidnapping and murder of the girls by the court.[clarification needed] The jury was asked to go back into seclusion to decide whether or not Michel Nihoul was an accomplice. On 23 June, Dutroux lodged an appeal against his sentence.[23] Dutroux is currently being held in solitary confinement at Nivelles Prison.[24] Although Michel Nihoul was acquitted of kidnapping and conspiracy charges, he was convicted on drug-related charges and received five years.

On 19 August 2012 about 2,000 demonstrators in Brussels demonstrated against Michelle Martin's possible early release from prison. She has since been released, 13 years into her sentence.[25]

On 4 February 2013, Dutroux requested to a court in Brussels for an early release from prison.[26] He insisted that he was "no longer dangerous" and wanted to be released into house arrest with an electronic tag placed upon him. On 18 February, the court had his request denied.[27] Legacy[edit] The Dutroux case is so infamous that more than a third of Belgians with the surname "Dutroux" applied to have their name changed between 1996 and 1998.[28] Dutroux's houses[edit] Marc Dutroux owned seven houses, four of which he used for his kidnappings: The house on the Route de Philippeville 128 in Marcinelle is most often cited in the media. All girls were held captive here in the basement and bedroom.

The municipality of Charleroi seized ownership of this house, because of what happened there and the bad state of the house. There are plans to create an open space with a memorial site here. In the Belgian procedure of compulsory purchase, an owner has a last right to visit a house. Therefore, Dutroux visited this house on 10 September 2009, under heavy police guard.[29] A house in Jumet, that has since been demolished. An and Eefje were buried in the garden of this house by Dutroux. Weinstein lived in this house for a while. A small monument is placed at this location.

A house in Marchienne-au-Pont. Julie and Mélissa were held captive here for a short while after their kidnapping.

A house in Sars-la-Buissière. Julie, Mélissa and Bernard Weinstein were buried here after Dutroux killed them. The house was bought by the municipality of Lobbes in the first months of 2009. It is planned to make a park with a monument commemorating the victims of Dutroux here.

Murals on a wall opposite the house in Marcinelle.

Location of the house of Dutroux in Jumet.

House owned by Dutroux in Marchienne-au-Pont.

Francisco de Assis Pereira From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Portuguese.

(February 2014) Click [show] for important translation instructions. [show] This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (March 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Francisco de Assis Pereira Born Francisco de Assis Pereira November 29, 1967 (age 48) São Paulo, São Paulo Other names The Park Maniac Motoboy Criminal penalty 268 years in prison Conviction(s) Murder

Killings Victims 11 Span of killings 1997–1998 Country Brazil State(s) São Paulo Date apprehended August 4, 1998 Francisco de Assis Pereira (born November 29, 1967), also known as "O Maníaco do Parque" ("The Park Maniac"), is a Brazilian serial killer. He was arrested in 1998 for the rape and murder of 11 women and for assaulting nine others in a São Paulo park.

Biography[edit] Francisco de Assis Pereira was born on November 29, 1967 in São Paulo. He was named after the Italian saint Francis of Assisi.

Pereira found his victims by posing as a talent scout for a modeling agency. He would often use shoelaces to strangle his victims after raping them.[1] Pereira worked as a motorcycle courier during the course of the crimes. Pereira was arrested on August 4, 1998 in Itaqui, Rio Grande do Sul, ending a 23-day manhunt when he was reported to police after fisherman João Carlos Villaverde, who he was staying with, saw his picture on television.

He was eventually sentenced to a total of 268 years in prison. Pereira would go on to say "I was possessed by an evil force." and "I am a person with a good and a bad personality. Sometimes I am not able to dominate this dark side. I pray, I pray, but I cannot resist and then I chase after women. I wished that they would not go with me into the park, that they would run away." After being caught he claimed he was about to start cannibalizing his victims.

On December 18, 2000, inmates tried to kill Pereira during a riot at the Taubaté House of Custody and Psychiatric Treatment and four inmates were killed. Pereira was then moved to another psychiatric facility.

References[edit] Jump up ^ "FUI EU". Abril. Retrieved February 9, 2014.

Marcelo Costa de Andrade From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marcelo Costa de Andrade Born Marcelo Costa de Andrade January 2, 1967 (age 49) Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Other names The Vampire of Niterói Criminal penalty Not guilty by reason of insanity Killings Victims 14 Span of killings April 1991–December 1991 Country Brazil Date apprehended December 18, 1991 Marcelo Costa de Andrade (born January 2, 1967), a.k.a. "The Vampire of Niterói", is a Brazilian serial killer convicted of raping and killing 14 boys.

Biography[edit] Marcelo Costa de Andrade was born on January 2, 1967 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil and grew up in the Rocinha favela. He was beaten and sexually abused regularly by the age of ten and began to prostitute himself at the age of fourteen. He was sent to a reform school but later escaped. At 16, Andrade began a relationship with an older man and tried to rape his ten-year-old brother at 17. At 23, he broke up with his lover and moved back in with his family. He found a low-paying job and began to attend the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. From April to December 1991, Andrade raped and killed 14 young boys aged 6 to 13. He would lure the boys to secluded spots and rape them, then strangling or beating them to death. He had sex with the corpses and decapitated one of his victims. He believed that doing so would send them to heaven. He also drank some of the victims' blood to "become as beautiful as them".

In December 1991, Andrade encountered ten-year-old Altair Abreu and his six-year-old brother Ivan.

They were offered $20 to follow him to a church where he was going to light candles. Andrade then strangled Ivan to death and told Altair that he loved him and had sent Ivan to heaven. Andrade asked Altair to spend the night with him and Altair escaped the next morning after Andrade was going to take him to work with him.

Andrade was arrested on December 18, 1991 and declared insane on April 26, 1993.

Abraão José Bueno From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Abraão José Bueno (born 1977) is a Brazilian nurse and serial killer. In 2005 he was sentenced to 110 years imprisonment for the murder of four children and the attempted murder of another four.[1] Crimes[edit] Bueno worked as a nurse in the Instituto de Puericultura Martagão Gesteira of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1] In 2005 Bueno, working in a children's ward, began injecting babies and older children with overdoses of sedatives, causing them to stop breathing. He would then call medical staff to resuscitate them. In the course of one month up to fifteen children are thought to have been targeted, all between the ages of one and ten.[2] Many suffered from AIDS and leukaemia.[3] Bueno was arrested in November 2005. On 15 May 2008[4] he was found guilty by judge Valéria Caldi on four counts of murder and four counts of attempted murder. He was sentenced to 110 years in total.

It is thought that Bueno committed his crimes so that he could be the first to notice a problem with a patient, thereby earning the respect and admiration of his co-workers.[3] Pedro Rodrigues Filho From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [hide]This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page.

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Born June 17, 1954 (age 62) Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil Other names Pedrinho Matador (Killer Petey) Criminal penalty 128 years Conviction(s) 2003 Killings Victims 71-100+ Country Brazil Pedro Rodrigues Filho (born 17 June 1954 in Santa Rita do Sapucaí) is a Brazilian serial killer.

Nicknamed Pedrinho Matador (Killer Petey) and arrested in 1973, in 2003 he was convicted of murdering at least 71 people and sentenced to 128 years in prison.

Biography[edit] Pedro Rodrigues Filho was born on a farm in Santa Rita do Sapucaí, southern Minas Gerais state, with an injured skull, the result of beatings his father had inflicted upon his mother's womb during a fight.

Filho said his first urge to kill happened at the age of 13. During a fight with an older cousin, he pushed the boy into a sugar cane press. The boy almost died.

At the age of 14, he murdered the vice-Mayor of Alfenas, Minas Gerais, because he fired his father, a school guard, at the time accused of stealing the school kitchen's food. Then he murdered another guard, supposedly the real thief.

He took refuge in Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, where he began a series of burglaries and murdered a drug dealer. There he also met Maria Aparecida Olympia, a woman he then lived with. They lived together until she was killed by some gang members. Filho escaped. In search of revenge for her death, he murdered and tortured several people in an attempt to find out the identity of the gangster who killed Olympia. Before he was 18 years old he had already left a trail of 10 bodies and several injured.

Still in Mogi das Cruzes, he executed his own father at a local prison, after his father butchered his mother with a machete. To get revenge, Filho killed his father, cut out a piece of his heart, chewed it, and threw it away.

Filho was first arrested on May 24, 1973. He was sentenced to prison and killed at least 47 inmates while incarcerated. He later claimed a total of 100 victims. His total confirmed victims are 71, including his father. In 2003, he was sentenced to 128 years in prison, although Brazilian law system prohibits anyone from spending more than 30 years behind bars. But due to the crimes he committed inside the prison, his sentence was changed to over 400 years in prison. However, he was set to be released by the Justice System in 2007, and after 34 years in prison, he was released on April 24, 2007. Information from the Brazilian National Security Force Intel indicates that he went to Brazilian north-east, more precisely, to Fortaleza in Ceará. On September 15, 2011, local media from Santa Catarina published that Filho had been arrested at his home, in the rural area, where he worked as a house-keeper, at Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina coastline. According to a news channel, he will serve time for accusations such as riot and false imprisonment.

Besides the number of killings, Filho became notorious in Brazil for promising the murder of other criminals, such as Francisco de Assis Pereira, a.k.a. The Park Maniac, another serial killer.[1] Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha

Killings Victims 39 claimed[1] Span of killings 2011–2014 Country Brazil State(s) Goiás Date apprehended October 2014 Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha is a Brazilian former security guard who has claimed to have killed 39 people.[1] He approached his victims on a motorbike and shouted "robbery" before shooting them.[2] However, he never took anything.[1] He targeted homeless people, women and homosexuals in Goiás.[1][3] His youngest victim was a 14-year-old girl killed in January, 2014 and 16 of his victims were women.[3] Gomes da Rocha was arrested after being caught riding a motorbike with a fake plate. He earlier caught the attention of police after they discovered that he was facing trial for stealing the numberplate off a motorbike at a supermarket in Goiania in January 2014. A motorbike, stolen plates and the suspected murder weapon, a .38 revolver, were retrieved from a home he shared with his mother.[3] He attempted suicide in his prison cell on 16 October 2014 by slashing his wrists with a smashed light bulb.[4][2] Gomes da Rocha has claimed to have gained murderous urges after being sexually abused by his neighbor at age 11.[5] In May 2016 he was convicted of eleven murders and sentenced to 25 years in prison.[6][7][8] References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Brazil man 'confesses to 39 murders'". BBC News. Retrieved 17 October 2014. ^ Jump up to: a b "Captive Brazilian Beast serial killer asks police if he can murder other prisoners". mirror.co.uk. October 21, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2014. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Security guard feared to be one of world's worst serial killers after 'confessing to murder of 39 people'". The Mirror. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

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Edson Izidoro Guimarães From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Edson Isidoro Guimarães) Edson Izidoro Guimarães Born Edson Izidoro Guimarães 1957 Brazil Other names The Nurse of Death Criminal penalty 76 years in prison Conviction(s) Murder Killings Victims 4-131

Span of killings January 1999–May 1999 Country Brazil Date apprehended May 4, 1999 Edson Isidoro Guimarães (born 1957) is a Brazilian nursing assistant and convicted serial killer.[1] He confessed to five murders of which he was convicted of four, but is suspected of committing up to 131 in total. He claimed that he chose patients whose conditions were irreversible and who were in pain.

Crimes[edit] Guimarães worked as a nurse in the Salgado Filho Hospital in the Méier district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was caught in 1999 when a hospital porter saw Guimarães fill a syringe with potassium chloride and inject a comatose patient who immediately died. The police were informed and a higher than average death rate on his ward increased their suspicions. On his arrest he confessed to five murders.[2] He told a television reporter prior to his trial, "I don't regret what I did", adding "I did it to those in irreversible comas and whose families were suffering."[3] He was convicted on February 21, 2000, of the murders of four patients and sentenced to 76 years in prison.[4] He is thought to have killed up to 131 patients between January 1 and May 4, 1999.[2][4] He told reporters: "The oxygen mask was taken away, yes. There were five patients that this happened to... I chose the patients I saw suffering, generally patients with AIDS, patients who were almost terminal. I am in peace because the patients were in a coma and had no way of recovering."[4] One possible motive for the murders is thought to be the fact that he was paid $60 a time to inform local funeral homes of a patient's death so that they could contact the deceased's relatives.[4] According to Josias Quintal, Rio's secretary for public security, "He may have begun doing it to earn money and then just lost control".[3] See also[edit] Abraão José Bueno - Brazilian nurse found guilty of 4 murders Skin Hunters - four Polish nurses and doctors in Łódź who killed patients and then informed local funeral homes in return for a fee References[edit] Jump up ^ Serial Murder by Healthcare Professionals at the Wayback Machine (archived January 6, 2009) ^ Jump up to: a b John Field, Caring to Death: a discursive analysis of nurses who murder patients, 2007, pp. 44-45 ^ Jump up to: a b Brazilian police: Nurse may have killed up to 132 patients in the past four months, Associated Press at the Wayback Machine (archived July 9, 2006) ^ Jump up to: a b c d Amanda Howard and Martin Smith, River of Blood: Serial Killers and Their Victims, Universal-Publishers, 2004, p. 171, p. 171, at Google Books Anísio Ferreira de Sousa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anísio Ferreira de Sousa is a Brazilian doctor and serial killer who ran a satanic ring that killed boys in Altamira, Brazil.[1] He was convicted of the murder of three boys and the attempted murder of two others. In total, the deaths of 19 boys have been linked to the ring.[2] Crimes[edit]

Between 1989 and 1992 boys disappeared around the town of Altamira. The boys were sexually mutilated and murdered. De Sousa was sentenced to 77 years in prison.

References[edit] Jump up ^ Meninos Emasculados De Altamira (in Portuguese) Jump up ^ The Children of Altamira (in Portuguese) Paul Bernardo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [hide]This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page.

(Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. (December 2010) This article may require copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone, or spelling. (July 2016) This article may contain too much repetition or redundant language. (July 2016) Coordinates: 44°13′16″N 76°30′53″W Paul Bernardo Born Paul Kenneth Bernardo August 27, 1964 (age 52) Scarborough, Ontario, Canada Other names Paul Jason Teale The Scarborough Rapist The Schoolgirl Killer Criminal penalty Life imprisonment with a possibility of parole after 25 years, declared a dangerous offender in 1995 Spouse(s) Karla Homolka (1991–1994) Conviction(s) Murder Sexual assault Killings Victims 3–4 killed; 13+ Rapes and at least 6 attempted Span of killings June 19, 1990 (possibly) December 24, 1990–April 19, 1992 Country Canada Date apprehended February 17, 1993 Imprisoned at Kingston Penitentiary (until 2013) Millhaven Institution (2013–present) Paul Kenneth Bernardo, also known as Paul Jason Teale[1] (born 27 August 1964), is a Canadian serial killer and serial rapist, known for the highly publicized sexual assaults and murders he committed with his wife Karla Homolka and the serial rapes he committed in the east-Metropolitan Toronto city of Scarborough. In addition to the confirmed murders of Tammy Lyn Homolka, Leslie Erin Mahaffy, and Kristen Dawn French, suspicions remain about other possible victims or intended victims of Bernardo and Homolka.

Bernardo scored 35/40 on the Psychopathy Checklist, a psychological assessment tool used to assess the presence of psychopathy in individuals.[2] Contents [hide] 1 Early life

2 Sexual assaults 2.1 "The Scarborough Rapist" 2.2 Investigation and release 2.3 "Jane Doe" 3 "Schoolgirl Killer" murders 3.1 Tammy Homolka 3.2 Leslie Mahaffy 3.3 Kristen French 4 Other potential or possible victims 5 Investigation and arrest 5.1 Arrest 5.2 Publication ban 6 Trial, conviction, and incarceration 7 Homolka's release 8 Law Enforcement review 9 Media adaptations 10 See also 11 References 12 Further reading 13 External links Early life[edit] In 1975, Bernardo's father Kenneth fondled a girl and was charged with child molestation. He also sexually abused his own daughter.[3] Bernardo's mother became depressed over her husband's abuse, withdrew from family life, and lived in the basement of their Scarborough home. Though the elder children felt the effects of the emotional and mental turmoil, young Paul appeared to be unscathed by it. In his book Lethal Marriage, Nick Pron describes the young Bernardo: "He was always happy. A young boy who smiled a lot. And he was so cute; with his dimpled good looks and sweet smile, that many of the mothers just wanted to pinch him on the cheek whenever they saw him. He was the perfect child they all wanted; polite, well mannered, doing well in school, so sweet in his Boy Scout uniform."[4] Following an argument between his parents when Bernardo was 16, his mother told him that he was conceived illegitimately during an extramarital affair with a former lover of hers.[5] Repulsed, he began to openly call his mother "slob" and "whore".[6] Bernardo graduated from Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute, and went to work for Amway, whose sales culture had a deep effect on him. "He bought the books and tapes of famous motivational getrich-and-famous experts."[7] Bernardo and his friends practised their techniques on young women they met in bars, and were fairly successful.[6] By the time Bernardo attended University of Toronto Scarborough, he had developed dark sexual fantasies and enjoyed humiliating women in public and beating up the women he dated.[6] In October 1987, he met Karla Homolka.[6] They became sexually interested in each other almost immediately. Unlike the other women he knew, she encouraged his sadistic sexual behaviour.

Bernardo was deeply interested in the 1991 Bret Easton Ellis novel American Psycho and had "read it as his 'bible'."[8] Sexual assaults[edit] "The Scarborough Rapist"[edit]

Bernardo committed multiple sexual assaults, escalating in viciousness, in and around Scarborough, a city in the east of Metropolitan Toronto.[9] Most of the assaults were on young women whom he had stalked after they exited buses late in the evening.

Known incidents are: May 4, 1987, rape, 21-year-old woman, Scarborough, in front of her parents' house, after following her home. The attack lasted more than half an hour.

May 14, 1987, rape, 19-year-old woman in the backyard of her parents' house. The assault lasted over an hour.

July 17, 1987, attempted rape. Although he beat the young woman, he abandoned the attack after she fought back.

September 29, 1987, attempted rape, 15-year-old girl. Bernardo broke into a house in Scarborough and entered the bedroom of the victim. He jumped on her back, put his hand over her mouth, threatened her with a knife, bruised the side of her face, and bit her ear. He fled when the victim's mother entered the room and started screaming. Anthony Hanemaayer was convicted of the sexual assault but was exonerated after Bernardo confessed to the crime in 2006.

December 16, 1987, rape, 15-year-old girl. This assault lasted about one hour. The following day, Metropolitan Toronto Police issued a warning to women in Scarborough travelling alone at night, especially those taking buses.

December 23, 1987, rape, 17-year-old girl. During this attack, Bernardo raped the victim with a knife he used to threaten his victims. It was at this point he began to be referred to as the 'Scarborough Rapist'.

April 18, 1988, Bernardo attacked a 17-year-old girl. The fifth assault, this one lasted 45 minutes.

May 25, 1988, Bernardo was nearly caught by a uniformed Metro Toronto investigator staking out a bus shelter. The investigator noticed him hiding under a tree and pursued him on foot, but Bernardo escaped.

May 30, 1988, rape, 18-year-old woman, Mississauga - about 40 kilometres southwest of Scarborough. The attack lasted 30 minutes.

October 4, 1988, attempted rape, Scarborough. His intended victim fought him off, but he inflicted two stab wounds to her thigh and buttock that required 12 stitches.

November 16, 1988, rape, 18-year-old woman in the backyard of her parents' house.

November 17, 1988, Metro Police formed a special task force dedicated to capturing the Scarborough Rapist.

December 27, 1988, attempted rape, an alerted neighbour chased Bernardo off.

June 20, 1989, attempted rape, the young woman fought against him, and her screams alerted neighbours. Bernardo fled with scratches on his face.

August 15, 1989, rape, 22-year-old woman. He had stalked her the previous night from outside the window of her apartment and waited for her to arrive home. This particularly vicious attack lasted two hours.

November 21, 1989, rape, 15-year-old girl whom he saw in a bus shelter. The attack lasted 45 minutes.

December 22, 1989, rape, 19-year-old woman. The attack occurred in a stairwell of an underground parking lot and lasted 30 minutes.

May 26, 1990, rape, 19-year-old woman. This rape lasted over an hour. His victim's vivid recollection of her attacker permitted police to create a computer composite portrait, which was released two days later by police and published in Toronto and area newspapers.

In July 1990, two months after police received tips that Bernardo fit the Scarborough Rapist composite, he was interviewed by two police detectives.

Investigation and release[edit]

Between May and September 1990, the police had submitted more than 130 suspects' samples for DNA testing when they received two reports that the person they were seeking was Paul Bernardo.

The first, in June, had been called in by a bank employee. The second call was received from Tina Smirnis, the wife of one of the three Smirnis brothers who were among Bernardo's closest friends.

Smirnis told the detectives that Bernardo "had been 'called in' on a previous rape investigation – once in December, 1987 – but he had never been interviewed."[10] He frequently talked about his sex life to Smirnis and liked anilingus, rough sex, and anal sex.[10] Smirnis's phrasing was awkward and stilted and consequently left the detectives unsure of whether to take her seriously. But after cross-checking several files the detectives decided to interview Bernardo. The interview, on November 20, 1990, lasted 35 minutes, and Bernardo voluntarily gave samples for forensic testing. When the detectives asked Bernardo why he thought he was being investigated for the rapes, he admitted that he did resemble the composite. The detectives concluded that such a well-educated, well-adjusted, congenial young man could not be responsible for the vicious crimes.[citation needed] They stated that he "was far more credible than...Smirnis who, with her awkward, strange way of speaking, might just be trying to collect the reward." Bernardo was released the following day.[10] "Jane Doe"[edit] When she still worked at a pet shop two years earlier, Homolka had befriended a then 15-year-old girl. On June 7, 1991, Homolka invited the teen, referred to as "Jane Doe" in the ensuing trials, for a "girls' night out." After an evening of shopping and dining, Homolka began to ply "Jane Doe" with alcohol laced with Halcion.

After "Jane Doe" lost consciousness, Homolka called Bernardo to tell him his surprise wedding gift was ready. They undressed the girl, and Bernardo videotaped Homolka as she raped the girl before Bernardo vaginally and anally penetrated her. The next morning, the teenager was nauseated. She believed her vomiting was due to having drunk alcohol for the first time. She did not realize she had been violated.

She was invited back to Port Dalhousie in August, this time to "spend the night". In a replay of what had happened to Karla's sister, Tammy Homolka, "Jane Doe," whose identity remains protected by law, stopped breathing after she was drugged and Bernardo had begun to rape her. Homolka called 911 for help but called back a few minutes later to say that "everything is all right." The ambulance was recalled without follow-up.

"Schoolgirl Killer" murders[edit] Tammy Homolka[edit] By 1990, Bernardo was spending large amounts of time with the Homolka family, who liked him. He was engaged to the oldest daughter, Karla, and flirted constantly with the youngest daughter. He had not told them that he had lost his job as an accountant, and instead was smuggling cigarettes across the nearby Canada–United States border. He had become obsessed with Tammy Homolka, peeping into her window and entering her room to masturbate while she was sleeping. Karla Homolka helped him by breaking the windows in her sisters' room to allow Bernardo access. In July, Bernardo took Tammy across the border to get beer for a party. While there, Bernardo later told his fiancee, "they got drunk and began making out".

According to Bernardo's testimony at his trial, on July 24, 1990, Karla Homolka laced spaghetti sauce with crushed Valium she had stolen from her employer at Martindale Animal Clinic. She served dinner to her sister, who soon lost consciousness. Bernardo began to rape Tammy while Karla watched.

Over the summer, he supplied Tammy and her friends with gifts, food, and soft drinks that had "a film and a few white flecks on the top".[10] Six months before their 1991 wedding, Karla Homolka stole the anaesthetic agent Halothane from the clinic. On December 23, 1990, Homolka and Bernardo administered sleeping pills to the 15-yearold in a rum-and-eggnog cocktail. After Tammy was unconscious, Homolka and Bernardo undressed her and Karla applied a Halothane soaked cloth to her sister's nose and mouth.

Karla Homolka wanted to "give Tammy's virginity to Bernardo for Christmas" as, according to Homolka, Bernardo was disappointed not to have been Karla's first sex partner. With Tammy's parents sleeping upstairs, the pair videotaped themselves as they raped her in the basement. Tammy began to vomit. The pair tried to revive her, then called 911, but not before they hid evidence, dressed Tammy, and moved her into her basement bedroom. A few hours later Tammy Homolka was pronounced dead at St. Catharines General Hospital without having regained consciousness.

Despite the pair's behaviour – vacuuming and washing laundry in the middle of the night,[10] and despite the presence of a chemical burn on Tammy's face, Niagara Regional Coroner and the Homolka family accepted the pair's version of events.[10] The official cause of Tammy Homolka's death was accidental – choking on her vomit after consumption of alcohol. The pair subsequently videotaped themselves with Karla wearing Tammy's clothing and pretending to be her. They also moved out of the Homolka house to a rented Port Dalhousie bungalow, to let her parents cope with their grief.

Leslie Mahaffy[edit] Early in the morning on June 15, 1991, Bernardo took a detour through Burlington, halfway between Toronto and St. Catharines, to steal licence plates. He found Leslie Mahaffy. The 14-year-old had missed her curfew after attending a friend's wake, was locked out of her house, as punishment, and had been unable to find anyone with whom she could stay overnight. At that time, Bernardo left his car and appraised his next victim.

Bernardo approached her and said he wanted to break into a neighbour's house. Unfazed, she asked if he had any cigarettes. As Bernardo led her to his car he blindfolded her, forced her into the vehicle and drove her to Port Dalhousie, where he informed Homolka that they had a playmate. Bernardo and Homolka videotaped themselves torturing and sexually abusing Mahaffy while listening to Bob Marley and David Bowie. At one point, Bernardo said, "You're doing a good job, Leslie, a damned good job." Then he added, "The next two hours are going to determine what I do to you. Right now, you're scoring perfect." On another segment of tape, played at Bernardo's trial, the assault escalated.

Mahaffy cried out in pain and begged Bernardo to stop. In the Crown description of the scene, he was sodomizing her while her hands were bound with twine. Later Mahaffy told Bernardo that her blindfold seemed to be slipping, an ominous development as it signaled the possibility that she might be able to identify her tormentors if permitted to live.

The following day, Bernardo claimed, Homolka fed her a lethal dose of Halcion. Homolka claimed that, instead, Bernardo strangled her. The pair put her body in their basement. The following day the Homolka family had dinner at the house.

After the Homolkas and their remaining daughter, Lori, had left, Bernardo and Homolka decided the best way to dispose of the evidence would be to dismember Leslie Mahaffy and encase each piece of her remains in cement. Bernardo bought a dozen bags of cement at a hardware store the following day. He kept the receipts which would prove damaging at his trial. Bernardo used his grandfather's circular saw to cut the body. Bernardo and Homolka then made numerous trips to dump the cement blocks in Lake Gibson, 18 kilometres south of Port Dalhousie. At least one of the blocks weighed 90 kg (200 pounds) and proved beyond the pair's patience or abilities to sink. It rested near the shore,

where a father and son on a fishing expedition discovered it on June 29, 1991. Leslie Mahaffy's orthodontic appliance proved instrumental in identifying her.

Kristen French[edit] On the afternoon of April 16, 1992, Bernardo and Homolka were driving through St. Catharines to look for potential victims. It was after school hours on the day before Good Friday. Students were still going home but by and large the streets were empty. As they passed Holy Cross Secondary School, a main Catholic high school in the city's north end, they spotted Kristen French, a 15-year-old student, walking briskly to her nearby home. The couple pulled into the parking lot of nearby Grace Lutheran Church and Homolka got out of the car, map in hand, pretending to need assistance.

As French looked at the map, Bernardo attacked from behind, brandishing a knife and forcing her into the front seat of their car. From her back seat, Homolka controlled the girl by pulling down her hair.

French took the same route home every day, taking about 15 minutes to get home in order to attend to her dog's needs. Soon after she should have arrived, her parents became convinced that she had met with foul play and notified police. Within 24 hours, Niagara Regional Police had assembled a team and searched the area along her route and found several witnesses who had seen the abduction from different locations, thus giving police a fairly clear picture. In addition, one of French's shoes, recovered from the parking lot, underscored the seriousness of the abduction.

Over the three days of Easter weekend, Bernardo and Homolka videotaped themselves as they tortured, raped and sodomized Kristen French, forcing her to drink large amounts of alcohol and to behave submissively to Bernardo. At Bernardo's trial, Crown prosecutor Ray Houlahan said that Bernardo always intended to kill her because she was never blindfolded and was capable of identifying her captors.

The following day, the couple murdered French before going to the Homolkas' for Easter dinner.

Homolka testified at her trial that Bernardo had strangled French for exactly seven minutes while she watched. Bernardo said Homolka beat her with a rubber mallet because she had tried to escape and that French ended up being strangled on a noose tied around her neck secured to a hope chest.

Immediately thereafter, Homolka went to fix her hair.

French's nude body was found in a ditch on April 30, 1992 in Burlington, approximately 45 minutes from St. Catharines, and a short distance from the cemetery where Leslie Mahaffy is buried. She had been washed and her hair had been cut off. It had been thought that the hair was removed as a trophy, but Homolka testified that the hair had been cut to impede identification.

Other potential or possible victims[edit] Shortly after Tammy Homolka's funeral, her parents went out of town, and Lori visited her grandparents in Mississauga, leaving the house empty. On the weekend of January 12, 1991, according to author Stephen Williams, Bernardo abducted a girl, took her to the house and raped her while Homolka watched; afterward he dropped her off on a deserted road near Lake Gibson.

Bernardo and Homolka referred to her simply as "January girl".[10] At about 5:30 a.m. on April 6, 1991, Bernardo abducted a 14-year-old who was warming up for her duties as coxswain on one of the local rowing teams. The girl was distracted by a blonde woman who waved at her from her car, enabling Bernardo to drag her into the shrubbery near the rowing club.

There he sexually assaulted her, then forced her to remove all her clothes and wait five minutes, during which he disappeared.[10] In 1997, Derek Finkle's book No Claim to Mercy was published,[11] which presented evidence tying Bernardo to the murder of Elizabeth Bain, who disappeared on June 19, 1990, only three weeks after the last known attack of the Scarborough Rapist. Bain told her mother she was going to "check the

tennis schedule" at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Three days later, her car was found with a large bloodstain in the back seat. Robert Baltovich, who has consistently maintained his innocence, was convicted on March 31, 1992, of second-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend. At trial, his lawyers suggested that the then-unidentified "Scarborough rapist" was responsible for the crime. He served eight years of a life term before being released pending his appeal. In September 2004 his appeal was processed. His lawyers alleged that he had been wrongfully convicted and that Bernardo was guilty of the murder. On December 2, 2004, the Ontario Court of Appeal set aside the conviction.

On July 15, 2005, Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney-General announced that Robert Baltovich would face a new trial. On April 22, 2008, after a series of pretrial motions, including the presentation of evidence implicating Bernardo in the murder of Elizabeth Bain, Crown Attorney Philip Kotanen advised the court that he would be calling "no evidence" and asked the jury to find Baltovich not guilty of second-degree murder.

On March 29, 1992, Bernardo stalked and videotaped two sisters from his car and followed them to their parents' house. The sisters incorrectly recorded his licence plate number. One sister reported the incident to Niagara Regional Police on March 31, 1992 and was given an incident number should further information develop. With Kristen French under Homolka's guard on April 18, 1992, Bernardo went out to buy dinner and rent a movie. He was spotted by one of the sisters, who attempted to track him to his house. Despite losing him, she got a better description of his licence plate and car, which she reported to police. This information, however, was mishandled by police and slipped into the "black hole" to which Judge Archie Campbell would refer in the Campbell Report of 1996, an inquiry into police mishandling of evidence in the case.

In 2006, Bernardo confessed to a 1987 assault against a 15-year-old girl. Another man, Anthony Hanemaayer, had been convicted of that assault and served the sentence for it. On June 25, 2008, the Court of Appeal for Ontario overturned that conviction and exonerated Hanemaayer.[12] Investigation and arrest[edit] Homolka and Bernardo had been questioned by police several times – in connection with the Scarborough Rapist investigation, Tammy Lyn Homolka's death, Bernardo's stalking of other women – before the death of Kristen French. The officer filed a report, and on 12 May 1992, an Niagara Regional Police Service (NRP) sergeant and constable interviewed Bernardo briefly. The officers decided that he was an unlikely suspect, although Bernardo admitted having been questioned in connection with the Scarborough rapes.

Three days later, the Green Ribbon Task Force was created to investigate the murders of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French. Meanwhile, the couple applied to have their names changed legally from Bernardo and Homolka to Teale, which Bernardo had taken from the villain of the 1988 movie Criminal Law – a serial killer. At the end of May, John Motile, an acquaintance of Smirnis and Bernardo, also reported Bernardo as a possible murder suspect.

In December 1992, the Centre of Forensic Sciences finally began testing DNA samples provided by Bernardo two years earlier.

On 27 December 1992, Bernardo severely beat Homolka with a flashlight on the limbs, head and face.

Claiming that she had been in an automobile accident, the severely bruised Homolka returned to work on 4 January 1993. Her skeptical co-workers called Homolka's parents, who assumed they were 'rescuing' her the following day by physically removing her from the house. Homolka went back in, frantically searching for something. Her parents took her to St. Catharines General Hospital, where her injuries were documented, and she gave a statement to NRP claiming she had been a battered spouse and filed charges against Bernardo. He was arrested but later released on his own recognizance. A friend who found Bernardo's suicide note intervened. Homolka moved in with relatives in Brampton.

Arrest[edit] Twenty-six months after the sample had been submitted, Toronto police were informed that Bernardo's DNA matched that of the Scarborough Rapist and immediately placed him under 24-hour surveillance.

Metro Toronto Sexual Assault Squad investigators interviewed Homolka on 9 February 1993. Despite telling her their suspicions about Bernardo, Homolka concentrated on his abuse of her. Later that night she told her aunt and uncle that her husband was the Scarborough Rapist, that they were involved in the rapes and murders of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French, and that the rapes were recorded on video tape. NRP, meanwhile, re-opened the investigation into Tammy Homolka's death.

On 11 February 1993, Homolka met with Niagara Falls lawyer George Walker who sought full immunity from St Catharines' Crown Attorney Ray Houlahan in exchange for her cooperation.

Homolka was placed under 24-hour surveillance.

The couple's name change was approved 13 February 1993. The next day George Walker met with Murray Segal, Director of the Crown Criminal Law Office. Walker told Segal of videotapes of the rapes and Segal advised Walker that, considering Homolka's involvement in the crimes, full immunity was not a possibility.

Metro Sexual Assault Squad and Green Ribbon Task Force detectives arrested Bernardo on numerous charges on 17 February 1993, and obtained search warrants. Because Bernardo's link to the murders was weak, however, the warrant contained limitations. No evidence that was not expected and documented in the warrant was permitted to be removed from the premises. All video tapes the police found had to be viewed in the house. Damage to the house had to be kept to a minimum; police could not tear down walls looking for the videotapes. The search of the house, including updated warrants, lasted 71 days and the only tape found by the police had a short segment depicting Homolka performing oral sex on "Jane Doe".

On 5 May 1993, Walker was informed that the government was offering Homolka a 12-year sentence plea bargain that she had one week to accept. If she declined, the government would charge her with two counts of first degree murder, one count of second degree murder and other crimes. Walker accepted the offer and Homolka later agreed to it. On 14 May 1993, the plea agreement between Homolka and the Crown was finalized, and she began giving her induced statements to police investigators.

Publication ban[edit] Citing the need to protect Bernardo's right to a fair trial, a publication ban was imposed on Homolka's preliminary inquiry.[13] The Crown had applied for the ban imposed on 5 July 1993, by Mr. Justice Francis Kovacs of the Ontario Court (General Division). Homolka, through her lawyers, supported the ban, whereas Bernardo's lawyers argued that he would be prejudiced by the ban since Homolka previously had been portrayed as his victim. Four media outlets and one author also opposed the application. Some lawyers argued that rumours could be doing more damage to the future trial process than the publication of the actual evidence.[14] Public access to the Internet effectively nullified the court's order, however; as did proximity to the American border, since a publication ban by an Ontario Court cannot apply in New York, Michigan, or anywhere else outside of Ontario. American journalists cited the First Amendment in editorials and published details of Homolka's testimony, which were widely distributed by many "electronic banbreakers", primarily on the alt.fan.karla-homolka[15] Usenet newsgroup.

Newspapers in Buffalo, Detroit, Washington, D.C., New York City and Britain, together with border radio and television stations, reported details gleaned from sources at Homolka's trial. The syndicated series A Current Affair aired two programs on the crimes. Canadians bootlegged copies of The Buffalo Evening News across the border, prompting orders to NRP to arrest all those with more than one copy at the border. Extra copies were confiscated. Copies of other newspapers, including The New York Times, were either turned back at the border or were not accepted by distributors in Ontario.[14] Gordon Domm, a retired police officer who defied the publication ban by distributing details from the foreign media, was charged and convicted on two counts of contempt of court.[16] Trial, conviction, and incarceration[edit] Bernardo's trial for the murders of French and Mahaffy took place in 1995, and included detailed testimony from Homolka and videotapes of the rapes. The trial was subject to a publication ban which applied to Canadian newspapers and media, and the venue was moved to Toronto from St. Catharines, where the murders occurred. However, the ban did not affect American newspapers and television stations from nearby Buffalo, New York from reporting trial proceedings, which were easily seen in Southern Ontario. During the trial, Bernardo claimed the deaths were accidental, and later claimed that his wife was the actual killer. On September 1, 1995, Bernardo was convicted of a number of offences, including the two first-degree murders and two aggravated sexual assaults, and sentenced to life in prison without parole for at least 25 years.[17] Bernardo was also declared a "Dangerous Offender", making it unlikely he will ever be released.[17] In return for a plea bargain (12 years in prison for manslaughter), Homolka testified against Bernardo in his murder trial.[18] This plea bargain received much public criticism from Canadians as Bernardo's first defence lawyer Ken Murray had withheld for 17 months videotapes that Bernardo made. This was considered crucial evidence, and prosecutors said that they would have never agreed to the plea bargain if they had seen the tapes. Murray was later charged with obstruction of justice, of which he was acquitted, and he also faced a disciplinary hearing from the Law Society of Upper Canada.[19] [20] During her interrogation in 1993, Homolka told police Bernardo once bragged to her that he had raped as many as 30 women, twice the number of assaults police suspected he had committed. She described him as "the happy rapist".[21] Bernardo has been kept in the segregation unit at the penitentiary for his own safety; nonetheless, he has been attacked and harassed. Once he was punched in the face by another inmate while returning from a shower in 1996. In June 1999, five convicts tried to storm the segregation range where Bernardo lived, and a riot squad had to use gas to disperse them.[22] The Toronto Star reported on February 21, 2006, that Bernardo had admitted having sexually assaulted at least 10 other women in attacks not previously attributed to him. The majority of those assaults took place in 1986, a year before what police termed the reign of terror by the Scarborough Rapist. Authorities suspected Bernardo was the culprit in other crimes, such as a string of rapes in Amherst, N.Y., and the drowning death of Terri Anderson in St. Catharines.[23] He has never acknowledged his involvement. It was reported that Bernardo's lawyer, Anthony G. Bryant, had forwarded this information to legal authorities the previous November.[24] In 2006, Bernardo gave an interview in prison suggesting he had reformed and would make a good parole candidate.[25][26] He became eligible to make an application to a jury to be allowed to apply for early parole in 2008 under the "faint hope" clause, since he was convicted of multiple murders before amendments to the Criminal Code came into force in 1997 which then prevented multiple murderers from making such applications. However, he did not apply for early release under this

provision. In 2015, Bernardo did apply for day parole in Toronto upon becoming eligible to do so.

According to the victim's lawyer Tim Danson, it is unlikely that Bernardo will ever be released from prison due to his dangerous offender status.[27] Bernardo is not eligible to apply for full parole until February 17, 2018.[28] In September 2013, Bernardo was moved from Kingston Penitentiary, owing to its impending closure, to Millhaven Institution in Bath,[29] and is incarcerated in the segregation unit.

In November 2015, Bernardo self-published an e-book on Amazon titled A MAD World Order, which is a 631-page violent, fictional thriller with references to the Illuminati and characters such as Mexican drug cartel members and Russian militants.[30] By November 15, 2015 the book had become an Amazon bestseller and was quietly removed from the site due to public outcry.[31] Homolka's release[edit] Homolka was released from prison on July 4, 2005. Several days before, Bernardo was interviewed by police and his lawyer, Tony Bryant. According to Bryant, Bernardo claimed that he had always intended to free the girls he and Homolka kidnapped. However, once Mahaffy's blindfold fell off, allowing Mahaffy to see Bernardo's face, Homolka was concerned that Mahaffy would identify Bernardo and subsequently report them to the police. Further, Bernardo claimed that Homolka planned to murder Mahaffy by injecting an air bubble into her bloodstream, eventually causing an embolism.[32] Law Enforcement review[edit] After Bernardo's 1995 conviction, the province's Lieutenant Governor appointed The Honourable Archie Campbell to review the roles played by the broader police services during the investigation. In his 1996 report, Justice Campbell found that the lack of coordination, cooperation and communications among police and other parts of the justice system contributed to a dangerous serial predator “falling through the cracks.”

One of Justice Campbell’s key recommendations was that the province set up a common automated case management system for Ontario’s police services to use in investigations into homicides and sexual assaults. Ontario is the only place in the world to have this type of computerized network for case management. It means that when there is a serious incident, any police service in the province will use the system in their investigation right from the start. [33] Since 2002, all municipal police services and the Ontario Provincial Police have had access to the Major Case Management (MCM) system called PowerCase.

Media adaptations[edit] In 1997, Lynn Crosbie, Canadian poet, novelist and cultural critic, published Paul's Case, termed a "theoretical fiction". After systematically analyzing the couple's crimes it provided an examination of the cultural effects of the shocking revelations and controversy surrounding their trial.[34] Episodes of Law & Order ("Fools for Love", season 10),[35] Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ("Damaged", season 4) and Close to Home ("Truly, Madly, Deeply", season 2) were inspired by the case, as well as an episode of the Inspector Lynley Mysteries titled "Know Thine Enemy", aired in 2007. Under the Canadian publication ban on details of the crimes that was in force at the time, "Fools for Love" could not be shown on Canadian television when it aired on February 23, 2000. The second episode of the series The Mentalist featured a respectable but murderous husband and wife team.

The Criminal Minds episode Mr. and Mrs. Anderson features a serial killing couple that is loosely based on the murders that Paul Kenneth Bernardo and his wife Karla Homolka committed together.

The Paul Kenneth Bernardo case was mentioned by the BAU team when they delivered their profile to the local police.

Dark Heart, Iron Hand is a documentary broadcast by MSNBC and was rebroadcast as an episode of the series MSNBC Investigates retitled "To Love and To Kill" concerned the case.[36][37] In 2004, producers from Quantum Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based production company, announced the release of the movie Karla (with the working title Deadly),[38] starring Laura Prepon as Homolka and Misha Collins as Bernardo. Since the announcement of the movie, Tim Danson – the lawyer for the families of French and Mahaffy – was given a private screening of the film, and following this, announced that the families had no objection to the film being released. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty called for a boycott on the film. The film was released in Canada by Christal Films in the major markets of Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City and Halifax.

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Wikinews has related news: Paul Bernardo admits to more rapes Karla Homolka From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (February 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Karla Homolka Born 4 May 1970 (age 46) Port Credit, Ontario, Canada Residence Châteauguay, Quebec

Other names Karla Leanne Teale, Leanne Bordelais, Emily Bordelais Criminal charge Manslaughter Criminal penalty 12 years imprisonment Criminal status Unconditionally released 4 July 2005[1] Spouse(s) Paul Bernardo (1991-1994) Thierry Bordelais (current) Children 3 (second marriage) Killings Victims 3 killed Span of killings December 24, 1990–April 19, 1992 Country Canada Karla Leanne Homolka (born 4 May 1970),[2] also known as Karla Leanne Teale and Leanne Bordelais, is a convicted Canadian serial killer who, with her husband Paul Bernardo, raped and murdered at least three young women. She attracted worldwide media attention when she was convicted of manslaughter following a plea bargain in the 1991 and 1992 rape-murders of two Ontario teenage girls, Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French, as well as the rape and death of her sister Tammy.[3] Homolka and Bernardo were arrested in 1993. In 1995, Bernardo was convicted of the two teenagers' murders and received life in prison and a dangerous offender designation, the full maximum sentence allowed in Canada. During the 1993 investigation, Homolka stated to investigators that Bernardo had abused her, and that she had been an unwilling accomplice to the murders. As a result, she struck a deal with prosecutors for a reduced prison sentence of 12 years in exchange for a guilty plea for manslaughter. Homolka scored 5/40 on the Psychopathy Checklist, in contrast to Bernardo's 35/40.[4] However, videotapes of the crimes were later found that demonstrated that she was a more active participant than she had claimed. As a result, the deal that she had struck with prosecutors was dubbed in the Canadian press the "Deal with the Devil". Public outrage about Homolka's plea deal continued until her high-profile release from prison in 2005.[5] Following her release from prison, she settled in the province of Quebec, where she married again and gave birth to a boy. In 2007, the Canadian press reported that she had left Canada for the Antilles with her husband and their baby, and had changed her name to Leanne Teale.[6] In 2012, journalist Paula Todd found Homolka living in Guadeloupe, under the name Leanne Bordelais, with her husband and their three children.[7] On 17 October 2014, the jury in the first-degree murder trial of Luka Magnotta heard that Karla Homolka is living in Quebec.[8] Contents [hide] 1 Victims 2 Aftermath 2.1 Publication ban 2.2 Plea bargain controversy 3 Trial 3.1 Arraignment 3.2 Hearing 3.3 Evidence 4 Appeal and inquest 5 Prison 6 Release 7 Freedom and relocation to Guadeloupe; subsequent return to Canada 8 Possibility of pardon 9 In popular culture 10 See also

11 References 12 Further reading 13 External links Victims[edit] Main article: Paul Bernardo § Schoolgirl Killer murders During the summer of 1990, Bernardo became obsessed with Karla's younger sister, Tammy Homolka.

Homolka agreed to assist Bernardo in drugging Tammy, seeing "an opportunity to minimize risk, take control, and keep it all in the family."[9] In July, "according to Bernardo's testimony, he and Karla served Tammy a spaghetti dinner spiked with Valium stolen from Karla's workplace. Bernardo raped Tammy for about a minute before she started to wake up."[10] Six months before their wedding in 1991, Homolka stole the anesthetic agent halothane from the Martindale Veterinarian Clinic where she worked. On 23 December 1990, "after a Homolka family Christmas party, Bernardo and Karla Homolka drugged Tammy Homolka with the animal tranquilizers.

Bernardo and Karla Homolka raped Tammy while she was unconscious. Tammy later choked on her own vomit and died. Before calling 911, they hid the evidence, redressed Tammy, who had a chemical burn on her face, and moved her into her basement bedroom. A few hours later Tammy was pronounced dead at St. Catharines General Hospital without having regained consciousness.

Bernardo told police he tried to revive her, but failed, and her death was ruled an accident."[10] Aftermath[edit] Publication ban[edit] Citing the need to protect Bernardo's right to a fair trial, a publication ban was imposed on Homolka's preliminary inquiry.[11] The Crown had applied for the ban imposed on 5 July 1993, by Mr. Justice Francis Kovacs of the Ontario Court (General Division). Homolka, through her lawyers, supported the ban, whereas Bernardo's lawyers argued that he would be prejudiced by the ban since Homolka previously had been portrayed as his victim. Four media outlets and one author also opposed the application. Some lawyers argued that rumours could be doing more damage to the future trial process than the publication of the actual evidence.[12] Public access to the Internet effectively nullified the court's order, however; as did proximity to the Canada–US border, since a publication ban by an Ontario Court cannot apply in New York, Michigan, or anywhere else outside of Ontario. American journalists cited the First Amendment in editorials and published details of Homolka's testimony, which were widely distributed by many Internet sources, primarily on the alt.fan.karla-homolka[13] Usenet newsgroup. Information and rumours spread across myriad electronic networks available to anyone in Canada with a computer and a modem.

Moreover, many of the Internet rumours went beyond the known details of the case.

Newspapers in Buffalo, Detroit, Washington, New York City and even Britain, together with border radio and television stations, reported details gleaned from sources at Homolka's trial. The syndicated series A Current Affair aired two programs on the crimes. Canadians bootlegged copies of The Buffalo Evening News across the border, prompting orders to the Niagara Regional Police Service to arrest all those with more than one copy at the border. Extra copies were confiscated. Copies of other newspapers, including The New York Times, were either turned back at the border or were not accepted by distributors in Ontario.[12] Gordon Domm, a retired police officer who defied the publication ban by distributing details from the foreign media, was charged and convicted of disobeying a lawful court order.[14] Plea bargain controversy[edit]

Jamie Cameron, Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall, noted that "at the time of the Homolka trial, three features of the case worried and concerned the public. Little was known about the respective roles Homolka and Bernardo played in their actions and the killing of their victims. By spring, 1993, it was clear that the Crown's case against Bernardo depended on Homolka's evidence. "In simple terms, to secure a conviction against him, her story had to be believed. Yet on no view of the facts then known could she be exculpated; by casting her as a victim of his predatory behaviour, her responsibility for the crimes that were committed could be diminished and her credibility as a witness preserved."[15] Trial[edit] Arraignment[edit] On 18 May 1993, Homolka was arraigned on two counts of manslaughter. Bernardo was charged with two counts each of kidnapping, unlawful confinement, aggravated sexual assault and first-degree murder as well as one of dismemberment. Coincidentally, that day Bernardo's original lawyer, Ken Murray, first watched the rape videotapes. Murray decided to hold onto the tapes and use them to impeach Homolka on the stand during Bernardo's trial. Neither Murray nor Carolyn MacDonald, the other lawyer on the defence team, were deeply experienced in criminal law and it was only over time that their ethical dilemma showed itself also to be a potentially criminal matter, for they were withholding evidence. By October 1993, he and his law partners had studied over 4,000 documents from the Crown. Murray has said he was willing to hand over the tapes to the Crown if they had let him cross-examine Homolka in the anticipated preliminary hearing.[16] The hearing was never held.

Hearing[edit] Homolka was tried on 28 June 1993, though the publication ban the court had imposed limited the details released to the public, who were barred from the proceedings.[17] Evidence[edit] Murray said the videotapes showed Homolka sexually assaulting four female victims, having sex with a female prostitute in Atlantic City, and at another point, drugging an unconscious victim.[16] During the summer of 1994, Murray had become concerned about serious ethical problems that had arisen in connection with the tapes and his continued representation of Bernardo. He consulted his own lawyer, Austin Cooper, who asked the Law Society of Upper Canada's professional-conduct committee for advice.

"The law society directed Murray in writing to seal the tapes in a package and turn them over to the judge presiding at Bernardo's trial. The law society further directed him to remove himself as Bernardo's counsel and to tell Bernardo what he had been instructed to do," Murray said in a statement released through Cooper in September 1995.[18] On 12 September 1994, Cooper attended Bernardo's trial and advised Justice Patrick LeSage of the Ontario Court's General Division, lawyer John Rosen, who replaced Murray as Bernardo's defence counsel, and the prosecutors about what the law society had directed Murray to do. Rosen argued that the tapes should have been turned over to the defence first. Murray handed the tapes, along with a detailed summary, to Rosen, who "kept the tapes for about two weeks and then decided to turn them over to the prosecution."[10] The revelation that a key piece of evidence had been kept from police for so long created a furor, especially when the public realized that Homolka had been Bernardo's willing accomplice. The tapes were not allowed to be shown to the spectators; only the audio portion was available to them.

Moreover, Bernardo has always claimed that, while he raped and tortured Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French, it was Homolka who actually killed them.

After the videotapes had been found, rumours spread that Homolka was an active participant of the crimes. The public grew incensed as the full extent of Homolka's role in the case was finally exposed and the plea agreement now seemed unnecessary. However, as was provided in the plea bargain, Homolka had already disclosed sufficient information to the police and the Crown found no grounds to break the agreement and reopen the case.

Appeal and inquest[edit] Homolka's plea bargain had been offered before the contents of the videotapes were available for review.[19][20] Anne McGillivray, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Manitoba, explained the continuing public antagonism against Homolka: There was widespread belief that she had known where the videotapes were hidden, that she wilfully concealed the Jane Doe incidents and, most centrally, that her claims of being under Bernardo's control – a central tenet of the plea bargain – were dubious. Speculation was fed by a publicity ban on the plea bargain which stood until Bernardo's trial.

Print and website sources imagined demonic duos, vampirism, Barbie and Ken perfect-couple perfect murderers [sic], sexy "Killer Karla", the comic "Karla's Web" featuring Homolka's psychological confessions. The gaze centres, always, on Homolka (italics added).… That [Bernardo] would be incarcerated for his mortal lifespan seemed a foregone conclusion. Homolka, in the popular view, should have taken her seat beside him in the prisoner's box and seat of ultimate evil.… Homolka promised full disclosure and testimony against Bernardo in return for reduced charges… and a joint sentencing recommendation. In so doing, she escaped central blame for the deaths."[21] Although the contents of the videotapes would likely have led to a conviction of murder for Homolka, [21] an inquiry into the conduct of the prosecutors who had made the plea bargain found their behaviour "professional and responsible" and the "resolution agreement" that they had established with Homolka "unassailable" under the Criminal Code.[20] Judge Patrick T. Galligan, reporting to the Attorney General on the matter, indicated that in his opinion "the Crown had no alternative but to … [negotiate with the accomplice] in this case" as "the 'lesser of two evils' to deal with an accomplice rather than to be left in a situation where a violent and dangerous offender cannot be prosecuted."[20] In December 2001, Canadian authorities determined that there was no possible future use of the videotapes. The six videotapes depicting the torture and rape of Bernardo's and Homolka's victims were destroyed. The disposition of the tapes of Homolka watching and commenting on the tapes remains sealed.

Prison[edit] After her 1995 testimony against Bernardo, when Homolka returned to Kingston's Prison For Women, her mother started to suffer annual breakdowns between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The collapses were severe enough that she was hospitalized, sometimes for months at a time.[22] Homolka was moved from Kingston in the summer of 1997 to Joliette Institution (a medium security prison in Joliette, Quebec, 80 km northeast of Montreal), a facility called "Club Fed" by its critics.[23] In 1999, Toronto Star reporter Michelle Shephard came into possession of copies of her application to transfer to the Maison Thérèse-Casgrain, run by the Elizabeth Fry Society, and published the story noting the halfway house's proximity to local schools, hours before the Canadian courts issued a publication ban on the information.[24] Homolka sued the government after her transfer to a Montreal halfway house was denied.[25] Before her imprisonment, Homolka had been evaluated by numerous psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health and court officials. Homolka, reported one, "remains something of a diagnostic

mystery. Despite her ability to present herself very well, there is a moral vacuity in her which is difficult, if not impossible, to explain."[26] As Homolka proceeded through the Canadian prison system there were frequent flashes that illuminated this perception.

In Joliette, Homolka had a sexual affair with Lynda Véronneau, who was serving time for a series of armed robberies and who reoffended so that she could be sent back to Joliette to be with Homolka, according to the Montreal Gazette.[27] Her letters to Véronneau, wrote Christie Blatchford in her Globe and Mail column, were "in French and on the same sort of childish, puppy-dog-decorated paper she once wrote to her former husband… the same kind of girlish love notes she sent to him."

Her language, Blatchford noted, was "equally juvenile".[28] While being evaluated in 2000, Homolka told psychiatrist Robin Menzies that she did not consider the relationship to be homosexual, as Véronneau "'saw herself as a man and planned to undergo a sex operation in due course,' the psychiatrist wrote."[27] Psychiatrist Louis Morisette, meanwhile, noted in his report that Homolka "was ashamed of the relationship and hid it from her parents and the experts who examined her. The psychiatrist mentions in his report that under the circumstances, the relationship was not abnormal."[27] Again, it demonstrated Blatchford's observation that "what is particularly compelling – and telling – is how radically different are the faces she presents"[28] to each audience. Her former veterinary clinic co-worker and friend, Wendy Lutczyn, the Toronto Sun declared, "now believes Homolka's actions were those of a psychopath, not of an abused, controlled woman".[29] Homolka, Lutczyn said, had promised "she would explain herself", yet though the women exchanged "a series of letters while Homolka was… waiting to testify at Bernardo's trial" and after she had completed her testimony, Homolka never did try to explain to Lutczyn "why she did what she did".

On 11 January 2008, the Canadian Press reported that letters written by Homolka to Lutczyn had been pulled from eBay, where they had reached $1,600 with a week to go. Lutczyn said she did not want them any more.[30] In a letter of apology to her family, she continued to blame Bernardo for all her misdeeds: "He wanted me to get sleeping pills from work… threatened me and physically and emotionally abused me when I refused… I tried so hard to save her."[31] Tim Danson, lawyer for the victims' families, has said that she has never apologized to them.

Homolka took correspondence courses in sociology through nearby Queen's University[32] which initially caused a media storm. Homolka was required to pay all fees, as well as her personal needs, from her fortnightly income of about $69,[33] although, she told author Stephen Williams in a subsequent letter, "I did get some financial assistance".[34] Homolka later graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Queen's.[35] News of Homolka's self-improvement courses was greeted in the media with disdain: "Nothing has changed. Concepts of remorse, repentance, shame, responsibility and atonement have no place in the universe of Karla. Perhaps she simply lacks the moral gene," wrote another Globe columnist, Margaret Wente.[26] The complexities and challenges of completing behavioural studies of women who are suspected of having psychopathic traits have been noted in the forensic literature.[36] The various different masks that the female psychopathic killer displays at different times often have more to do with the audience and the manipulation at that moment that will benefit the individual wearing the mask than the true nature of the individual wearing the mask.[37] Dr. Graham Glancy, a forensic psychiatrist hired by Bernardo's chief defence lawyer, John Rosen, had offered an alternative theory to explain Homolka's behaviour, noted Williams in Invisible Darkness, his

first book on the case. She appears to be a classic example of hybristophilia, an individual who is sexually aroused by a partner's violent sexual behaviour, Dr. Glancy suggested."[38] Williams, who wrote Invisible Darkness,[39] later reversed his opinion about her and began corresponding with her. This formed the basis for his second book, Karla – a Pact with the Devil. In her letters Homolka also disparaged a number of the professionals who had examined her and said she did not care "what conditions I would receive upon release. I would spend three hours a day standing on my head should that be required."[40] Upon her release Homolka vigorously fought a string of conditions imposed upon her by a court (see Post-Prison, below).

Homolka participated in every treatment program recommended by prison authorities, until she was asked to participate in a program that had been designed for male sex offenders. She refused, on the grounds that she was neither male nor a convicted sex offender.

During Homolka's release hearing (under section 810.2 of the Criminal Code), Morrisette said the then-35-year-old did not represent a threat to society.[41] Various hearings over the years have left a mixture of opinions. If she posed any kind of danger, said Dr. Hubert Van Gijseghem, a forensic psychologist for Correctional Services Canada, it lay in the ominous but not unlikely possibility of her linking up with another sexual sadist like Bernardo. "She is very attracted to this world of sexual psychopaths. It's not for nothing that she did what she did with Bernardo," he told the National Post after reviewing her file. A scheduled newspaper interview with Homolka was quashed by her lawyer.

[38] It was not just the facts of the case that shredded Homolka's cloak of victimization. Her demeanour on the witness stand had been at times "indifferent, haughty and irritable".[38] Release[edit] Where other inmates might apply for parole at the first opportunity, Homolka refrained from doing so. "Because she was deemed a risk to reoffend, she was denied statutory release two-thirds of the way through her sentence,"[42] Maclean's reported in explaining what had exempted Homolka from the parole restrictions meant to ease an offender's integration into mainstream society. In 2004, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation noted that "The National Parole Board has ruled that Karla Homolka must stay in prison for her full sentence, warning that she remains a risk to commit another violent crime."[43] While the NPB noted that she had made some progress toward rehabilitation[43] it expressed concern that Homolka had begun corresponding with a convicted murderer whom she had met when they were both being held in different parts of a prison handling unit in Sainte-Annedes-Plaines, Quebec. As a result it decided to keep her in prison.[43] The Toronto Sun reported that Homolka had had sex in prison with "a male inmate she now wants to marry, a former cell pal says."[44] According to former inmate and Homolka confidante Chantel Meuneer, the Sun reported, Homolka and the inmate stripped at a flimsy fence, touched one another sexually and exchanged underwear.

At the same time, Meuneer told the Sun, Homolka was still in a lesbian relationship with Lynda Véronneau, who had spent $3,000 on her at Victoria's Secret.[44] The NPB reprimanded Homolka: "you have secretly undertaken an emotional relationship with another inmate, and evidence gathered seems to indicate that this relationship rapidly became sexual," the panel stated.[44] On 6 December 2001, only seven days before Homolka dumped Véronneau, Meuneer said she asked Homolka why she continued her lesbian relationship while being in love with a man. Meuneer recalls Homolka saying, "I don't let go right now because I want my clothes and I want my computer."[44] According to the Sun, Meuneer later began living with Véronneau.[44] Véronneau, together with writer Christiane Desjardins, wrote Lynda Véronneau: Dans L'Ombre de Karla, published in 2005 by Les Éditions Voix Parallèles.

Homolka gave her the incentive to finish her schooling, Véronneau said.[45] Véronneau, who identified as a man and was scheduled to undergo gender reassignment surgery, said Homolka "liked to be tied up, something that disturbed Véronneau, who was serving a sentence for robbery. She said one game seemed to simulate rape," the Post reported.[45] This article, along with numerous others, whipped up public opinion as the date of Homolka's release neared. A rumour that Homolka intended to settle in Alberta caused an uproar in that province.[42] Maclean's weighed in with a series of possible scenarios: "The most educated speculation has Homolka staying in Quebec, where language and cultural differences supposedly muted the media coverage of her case, and where she'll be less recognizable. Another rumour suggests she will flee overseas, restarting in a country where her case is unknown. Or sneak into the United States, using an illegal identity to cross the border and living out her life under a pseudonym."[42] Michael Bryant, Ontario's Attorney General fought to get Homolka on the agenda at a meeting of Canada's justice ministers. "He wants the federal government to expand the category of dangerous offenders to ‘catch those slipping between the cracks.’"[46] "Bilingual and armed with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Queen's University, Homolka may choose to try to live a quiet life in Quebec, where her crimes are not as well known as they are in English-speaking Canada," reported CTV in May 2005.[47] On 2 June 2005, the network said, "the Ontario Crown will ask a Quebec judge to impose conditions under Section 810 of Criminal Code on Homolka's release."[47] "The French and Mahaffy families want even tighter restrictions on Homolka, including asking that she submit to electronic monitoring or yearly psychological and psychiatric assessment," CTV said. These conditions are not allowed under Section 810 because they cross the line between preventive justice versus punitive measures, but "that's why [Toronto lawyer Tim Danson, acting on their behalf] believes the families want the government to amend the Section."[47] A two-day hearing was held before Judge Jean R. Beaulieu in June 2005. He ruled that Homolka, upon her release on 4 July 2005, would still pose a risk to the public-at-large. As a result, using section 810.2 of the Criminal Code, certain restrictions were placed on Homolka as a condition of her release: She was to tell police her home address, work address and with whom she lives.

She was required to notify police as soon as any of the above changed.

She was likewise required to notify police of any change to her name.

If she planned to be away from her home for more than 48 hours, she had to give 72 hours' notice.

She could not contact Paul Bernardo, the families of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French or that of the woman known as Jane Doe (see above), or any violent criminals.

She was forbidden to be with people under the age of 16.

She was forbidden from consuming drugs other than prescription medicine.

She was required to continue therapy and counselling.

She was required to provide police with a DNA sample.[5][48] There was a penalty of a maximum two-year prison term for violating such an order. While this reassured the public that Homolka would find it difficult to offend again, it was felt by the court that it might be detrimental to her as well, because public hostility and her high profile might endanger her upon release.[49] On 10 June 2005, Senator Michel Biron declared that the conditions placed on Homolka were "totalitarian", according to an interview with CTV Newsnet.[50] Two weeks later, Biron apologized.

[51] Homolka then filed a request in the Quebec Superior Court for a wide-ranging injunction aimed at preventing the press from reporting about her following her release.

While at Joliette Institution, Homolka received death threats and was transferred to Ste-Anne-desPlaines prison north of Montreal.[citation needed] On 4 July 2005, Homolka was released from Ste-Anne-des-Plaines prison. She granted her first interview to Radio-Canada television, speaking entirely in French.[52] Homolka told interviewer Joyce Napier that she chose Radio Canada because she had found it to be less sensationalist than the English-language media. She said that she had likewise found Quebec to be more accepting of her than Ontario. She affirmed that she would be living within the province but refused to say where. She said she had paid her debt to society legally, but not emotionally or socially. She refused to speak about her alleged relationship with Jean-Paul Gerbet, a convicted murderer serving a life sentence at Ste-Anne-des-Plaines.[52] During the interview, her solicitor, Sylvie Bordelais, sat beside Homolka; however, she did not speak. Homolka's mother was also present but off-screen, and was acknowledged by Homolka.[52] Freedom and relocation to Guadeloupe; subsequent return to Canada[edit] The national media reported in July 2005 that Homolka had relocated to the Island of Montreal. On 21 August 2005, Le Courrier du Sud reported that she had been sighted in the South Shore community of Longueuil, across the St. Lawrence River from Montreal.[53] On 30 November 2005, Quebec Superior Court Judge James Brunton lifted all restrictions imposed on Homolka, saying there was not enough evidence to justify them.[54] On 6 December 2005, the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld Brunton's decision.[55] The Quebec Justice Department decided not to take the case to the Supreme Court, despite Ontario's urging.[56] TVA reported on 8 June 2006, that Homolka's request to have her name changed was rejected. She had attempted to change her name legally to Emily Chiara Tremblay (Tremblay being one of the most common surnames in Quebec).[1] Sun Media reported in 2007 that Homolka had given birth to a baby boy.[57] Quebec Children's Aid said that despite Homolka's past, the new mother would not automatically be scrutinized. Several nurses had refused to care for Homolka before she gave birth.[6] On 14 December 2007, CityNews reported that Homolka had left Canada for the Antilles so that her now one-year-old could lead a "more normal life."[6][58] On Friday 17 October 2014, the jury in the first degree murder trial of Luka Magnotta heard that Karla Homolka is living in Quebec.[8] A poll of 9,521 voters concluded that 63.27% believed that the public had the right to know Homolka's location, 18.57% of voters believed that she deserved anonymity, and 18.16% believed that Homolka should be permitted to receive anonymity in about 50 years.[59] News reports as of 20 April 2016 placed Homolka as living with her children in Châteauguay, Quebec.

Homolka was reportedly angry with reporters' attempts to speak with her.[60] Parents of children attending the same school as Homolka's children expressed great concern, despite reassurances from the school and the school board.[61] Possibility of pardon[edit] On 19 April 2010, The Vancouver Sun reported that Homolka would be eligible to seek pardon for her crimes in the summer of 2010.[62][needs update] Offenders convicted of first- or second-degree murder or with indeterminate sentences cannot apply for a pardon due to the fact that their sentences are for life, but Homolka was convicted of manslaughter, and received less than the

maximum life sentence, making her eligible. If she is successful her criminal record will not be erased but will be covered up in background checks, except those required for working with children or other vulnerable persons. The Canadian government introduced legislation later in the year to make pardons more difficult to get. On 16 June 2010, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said an agreement had been reached between all federal parties to pass a bill that would prevent notorious offenders like Karla Homolka from obtaining a pardon.[63] In popular culture[edit] In 1997, Lynn Crosbie, Canadian poet, novelist and cultural critic, published Paul's Case, termed a "theoretical fiction". After systematically analyzing the couple's crimes it provided an examination of the cultural effects of the shocking revelations and controversy surrounding their trial.[64] The MSNBC documentary series Dark Heart, Iron Hand devoted an episode to the case, which was later rebroadcast as an episode of the series MSNBC Investigates, retitled "To Love and To Kill".[65] [66] In 2004, Quantum Entertainment released the film Karla (which had the working title Deadly),[67] starring Laura Prepon as Homolka and Misha Collins as Bernardo. Tim Danson, lawyer for the French and Mahaffy families, was given a private screening, and announced that the families had no objection to the film's release.[citation needed] Nevertheless, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty called for a boycott.[citation needed] The film was given a limited release in Canada by Christal Films.

Homolka was also featured on the Investigation Discovery network show Deadly Sins, hosted by Darren Kavinoky, as well as an episode of CBC's The Fifth Estate.

A 2000 episode of Law & Order (Season 10 Episode 15, "Fools For Love") is inspired by this case[citation needed]. So too was a 2007 episode of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (Season 6 Episode 2, "Know Thine Enemy").

See also[edit] List of serial killers by country References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b "Homolka loses bid to change name". CBC News. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 17 May 2009.

Jump up ^ The life of convicted killer Karla Homolka: [Final Edition] The Province [Vancouver, B.C] 5 July 2005: A4.

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Jump up ^ Tu Thanh Ha, "Karla Homolka lives in Guadeloupe and has three children, new book reveals", Globe and Mail, 21 June 2012 ^ Jump up to: a b "Karla Homolka is living in Canada again, Magnotta trial hears", CTV, 17 October 2014 Jump up ^ Williams, Stephen: Invisible Darkness, Little, Brown Company (1996) ^ Jump up to: a b c "Key events in the Bernardo/Homolka case". CBC News. 17 June 2010.

Jump up ^ "Bernardo Trial Gets Underway". Thecanadianencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 13 February 2011.

^ Jump up to: a b "Murder Trial in Canada Stirs Press Freedom Fight." New York Times. 10 December 1993.

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Jump up ^ R. v. Domm (1996), 31 O.R. (3d) 540 (C.A.).

Jump up ^ "Microsoft Word – Word_rr_English.doc" (PDF). Justice.gc.ca. 14 November 2007.

Retrieved 13 February 2011. ^ Jump up to: a b "Paul Bernardo's former lawyer continues his testimony". CBC News. 18 April 2000.

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Justice.gc.ca. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2011.

Jump up ^ Henry Hess and Michael Grange (24 January 1997). "Bernardo's ex-lawyers charged". The Globe & Mail.

Jump up ^ Plea bargains; Necessary function of justice, or deals with the devil? Archived 22 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Plea bargaining". Justice.gc.ca. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2011. ^ Jump up to: a b ""A moral vacuity in her which is difficult if not impossible to explain": law, psychiatry and the remaking of Karla Homolka". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2013.

Jump up ^ Williams SJ (2004). "Cellblock A". Karla: a pact with the devil. Toronto: Seal Books. ISBN 07704-2962-9.

Jump up ^ "Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka – Timeline: Apr 18, 1992". Bad Girls Do It. Jump up ^ Harris, Michael. Con Game: The Truth about Canada's Prisons, 2003. p. 133 ISBN 9780771039621 Jump up ^ "Homolka sues Ottawa for violating her rights", National Post, 3 November 1999, Janice Tibbetts ^ Jump up to: a b Margaret Wente (6 November 1999). "The new and self-improved Karla Homolka".

The Globe and Mail. ^ Jump up to: a b c "June 2005 – Posts". Opinionated Lesbian. Retrieved 13 February 2011. ^ Jump up to: a b Blatchford, C (30 June 2005). "Homolka – In letters: With Karla Homolka's release imminent, her exchanges with author Stephen Williams shed new light on the mind of a 'good girl'".

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Toronto Sun – via Canadian Children's Rights Council.

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Jump up ^ Perri, Frank S. and Lichtenwald, Terrance G. (2010). "The Last Frontier: Myths & The Female Psychopathic Killer". Forensic Examiner, 19:2, 50–67.

Jump up ^ Perri, Frank S. and Lichtenwald, Terrance G. (2008). "The Arrogant Chameleons: Exposing Fraud Detection Homicide" Forensic Examiner, 26–33. ^ Jump up to: a b c Post, National (30 May 2005). "Karla the victim?". Canada.com. Retrieved 13 February 2011.

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16 December 2004. Archived from the original on 26 August 2007. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Alan Cairns (19 January 2003). "CRUEL KARLA: Homolka's former cell pal speaks out about love gone wrong". Toronto Sun. ^ Jump up to: a b The National Post, 14 November 2005, by Rollande Parent Jump up ^ "Serial killer news – Homolka, Karla". Crimezzz.net. 4 July 2005. Retrieved 13 February 2011. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Homolka readies for life on the outside". Ctv.ca. Retrieved 13 February 2011.

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Jump up ^ Homolka spotted in Montreal suburb: newspaper 22 August 2005 Jump up ^ To represent her before this jurisdiction, Homolka had hired high-profile lawyer Christian Desrosiers.Homolka now free without conditions Jump up ^ "Court rejects Crown appeal of Homolka conditions". Ctv.ca. 7 December 2005. Retrieved 13 February 2011.

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Jump up ^ Wilton, Katharine (20 April 2016). "Karla Homolka calls police after reporters show up at her house hoping to speak to her". National Post. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

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Jump up ^ Homolka movie to debut at Montreal film fest CBC News – 25 July 2005 (accessed 21 November 2010) Further reading[edit] Williams, Stephen (2004). Karla: A Pact with the Devil. Seal Books. ISBN 0-7704-2962-9.

Pron, Nick (2005). Lethal Marriage: The Uncensored Truth Behind the Crimes of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. Toronto: Seal Books. ISBN 0-7704-2936-X. Scott Burnside; Cairns, Alan (1995). Deadly innocence. New York: Warner Books. ISBN 0-446-60154-3.

Davey, Frank (1994). Karla's web: a cultural investigation of the Mahaffy-French murders. New York: Viking. ISBN 0-670-86153-7.

Pron, Nick (2005). Lethal Marriage (Updated Edition): The Uncensored Truth Behind the Crimes of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. Seal. ISBN 0-7704-2936-X. Williams, Stephen Joseph (1998). Invisible darkness: the strange case of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. New York: Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-56854-X.

Peter Vronsky: "Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters", Berkley Books, New York (2007), p. 328,368 ff.

Todd, Paula (18 June 2012). Finding Karla: How I Tracked Down an Elusive Serial Killer and Discovered a Mother of Three.

External links[edit] The Ken and Barbie Killers documentary Letters between Homolka and Stephen Williams Timeline of Homolka/Bernardo trials Karla Homolka at the Internet Movie Database This Story Can't Be Told in Canada. And So All Canada Is Talking About It... The Washington Post, November 23, 1993 Wayne Boden From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wayne Boden Born Wayne Clifford Boden c. 1948 Died 27 March 2006 (aged 57–58) Kingston, Ontario Cause of death Skin cancer Nationality Canadian Other names The Vampire Rapist Years active 1969–1971 Criminal charge Murder Criminal penalty Four life sentences Conviction(s) Four counts of murder Killings Victims 4 Date apprehended 19 May 1971 Wayne Clifford Boden (c. 1948 – 27 March 2006) was a Canadian serial killer and rapist active between 1969 and 1971. He was raised in Dundas, Ontario, near Hamilton.[1] He earned the nickname "The Vampire Rapist" because he had the penchant of biting the breasts of his victims, a modus operandi that led to his conviction due to forensic odontological evidence. His was the first such conviction in North America, several years before Ted Bundy, another serial killer.

Wayne Boden attended Glendale Secondary School (High School) in Hamilton, Ontario in the early to mid-1960s. He was quiet, muscular, and played on the school senior football team.[citation needed] He dated girls from the school. In 1964 or 1965 he was once observed by numerous students on school property in a violent, bloody fist fight with a fellow student (George Tirone) where Boden was victorious.[citation needed] Contents [hide] 1 Deaths in Montreal 1.1 Shirley Audette 1.2 Marielle Archambault 1.3 Jean Way 2 Boden's last victim and arrest 2.1 Elizabeth Anne Porteous 3 Bite-mark evidence 4 Conviction, imprisonment, and death 5 See also

6 References 7 External links Deaths in Montreal[edit] This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Shirley Audette[edit] On 3 October 1969, Shirley Audette was found dumped at the rear of an apartment complex in downtown Montreal. Although she was fully clothed, she had been raped and strangled, and showed savage bite marks on her breasts. There were no signs of bloody skin under the fingernails of the victim which led one biographer to theorize that she did not struggle against her assailant. The victim's boyfriend had been at work on the night shift. Boden, who lived next door, met her outside the building where she sat when she felt nervous.

One of Audette's former boyfriends told the police that he believed that she got involved with a very dominant, attractive man because she was "getting into something dangerous"; she never mentioned the man's name.

Marielle Archambault[edit] On 23 November, a jewelry clerk named Marielle Archambault left work at closing time with a young man whom she introduced as "Bill" to her co-workers, who afterwards remarked that she seemed happy and entranced by the man.

When she did not report for work the following morning, Archambault's employer went to check on her in her apartment to see if she was ill. Together with her landlady, they discovered her fully clad body on the couch. The room was tidy. The killer had ripped her pantyhose and bra, raped her and left his telltale teeth marks on her breasts.

The police were able to find a crumpled photograph amid the wreckage of Archambaut's apartment, which was readily identified as the mysterious "Bill" by her co-workers. However, despite this apparent break, the police were not successful in connecting the photograph to any known suspect, even through a police sketch based on the picture was distributed for publication in the newspapers.

The photo was not of the right person. It was the victim's dead father.

Jean Way[edit] "Bill" waited two months before he struck again. On 16 January 1970, Brian Caulfield, the boyfriend of Jean Way, 24, came to pick her up for a scheduled date at her apartment on Lincoln Street in downtown Montreal. When she did not answer the door, he decided to come back a little later. Upon returning, he found the door unlocked and found her naked body on the bed. Her breasts were unmolested. It seemed that the killer had been in the apartment when Way's boyfriend was knocking at the door earlier that evening. An autopsy conducted by Dr. Jean-Paul Valcourt found two small fibers under the fingernails of her left hand, indicating that – contrary to legend – the victim had indeed struggled against her assailant. (Rapport Medico-Legal from the Institut de MÊdecine Legal et de la police scientifique 20 January 1970, page 4).

The resulting publicity from the murders put the city under a grip of fear. But it turned out that Jean Way's murder was the last in that city, as "Bill" had disappeared, only to turn up in another city 2500 miles to the west more than a year later.

Boden's last victim and arrest[edit] Elizabeth Anne Porteous[edit]

In the city of Calgary, a 33-year-old high school teacher named Elizabeth Anne Porteous did not report to work on the morning of 18 May 1971. Her apartment manager was called, and found her body on the bedroom floor. As with Marielle Archambault, her apartment showed considerable signs of a struggle. Raped and strangled, her breasts were likewise mutilated with bite marks. Amid the wreckage, however, the police recovered a broken cufflink under the victim's body.

In their investigation of the murder, the police were able to find out from two of her colleagues that she was seen at a stoplight riding in a blue Mercedes on the night she died; the car was reported as having a distinctive advertising bull-shaped decal in the rear window. A friend of the victim also informed police that she had been recently dating a man named "Bill", described as a "flashy" dresser with neat, short hair. Clearly, there was a link between Elizabeth Porteous' death and the murders in Montreal.

The following day, on 19 May, the blue Mercedes was spotted by patrolmen, parked near the murder scene. Boden, a former fashion model, was arrested half an hour later as he went to his car. He told the police that he moved from Montreal a year previous and admitted that he had been dating Porteous and was with her on the night of the murder. When the broken cufflink was presented to him, he admitted its ownership. However, he insisted that Porteous was fine when he left her that night.

The police in Calgary were in possession of a copy of the photograph recovered from Archambaut's apartment and, as Boden resembled the man in the picture, they held him for suspicion in murdering Porteous. They then turned their attention to the marks on the victim's breasts.

Bite-mark evidence[edit] The police turned to a local orthodontist, Gordon Swann, to prove that the marks on Porteous' breasts and neck were Boden's bite marks, with the intent to verify them as having been left by Boden. As there was nothing in Canadian forensic literature on bite mark evidence, Swann wrote to the FBI, hoping for any information on the matter. What he got in reply was a letter from thendirector J. Edgar Hoover, who directed him to England, where he met a man who had dealt with 20 or 30 cases.

Eventually Swann was able to get the information he needed and based on a cast made of Boden's teeth he demonstrated 29 points of similarity between the bite marks in Elizabeth Porteous' body and Boden's teeth. This evidence was sufficient for the jury of Boden's trial to find him guilty of murder for which he was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment.

Conviction, imprisonment, and death[edit] Boden returned to Montreal to face trial, where he confessed to three of the related murders, but denied involvement in the death of Norma Vaillancourt, a 21-year-old student killed on 23 July 1968.

Boden had been suspected in that homicide as well, but, in 1994, Raymond Sauve was convicted of the crime and sentenced to ten years in prison.

Boden was sentenced to three additional life terms and he was sent to the Kingston Penitentiary, where he began serving his sentence on 16 February 1972.

In 1977, with Boden five years into his life sentence, American Express granted him a credit card, which he used while out on a day pass from Laval prison. He escaped and was recaptured 36 hours later while eating lunch in a restaurant in the Mount Royal Hotel in downtown Montreal. Three prison guards were disciplined and American Express conducted an internal investigation to find out how a prisoner serving a life sentence for murder managed to get a credit card.[2][3]

Boden died from skin cancer at Kingston General Hospital on 27 March 2006 after being confined in the hospital for six weeks.

See also[edit] List of serial killers by country References[edit] Jump up ^ Noel, Albert (13 April 1972), "Doesn't Look Like a Killer", Montreal Gazette, p. 33 Jump up ^ Wall Street Journal, 9 May 1984 Page 1 Jump up ^ Toronto Globe and Mail p. 9, 23 May 1984 Richard Monaco and Bill Burt, The Dracula Syndrome, New York: Avon Books, 1993. ISBN 0-38077062-8 Article by Kim Guttormson, Edmonton Journal, 31 March 2006 External links[edit] A Crime Library profile (incorrectly associates Boden to the Vaillancourt murder.)

Coolopolis – a report with photos on Boden based on primary source documentation.[1] Crime Stories: The Vampire Rapist, Documentary (2006) via crimedocumentary.com / runtime: 45 minutes.

John Martin Crawford From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the American physician and scholar, see John Martin Crawford (scholar).

John Martin Crawford Born John Martin Crawford March 29, 1962 (age 54) Steinbach, Manitoba Other names The Lady Killer Criminal penalty Life imprisonment Killings Victims 4+ Span of killings 1981–1992 Country Canada Date apprehended 1993 John Martin Crawford (born 29 March 1962) is a Canadian serial killer.

Contents [hide] 1 Crimes 2 Media reaction 3 Footnotes 4 References 5 External links Crimes[edit] Crawford was sentenced in 1981 to 10 years imprisonment for manslaughter in the killing of Mary Jane Serloin, in Lethbridge, Alberta.[1] While under police surveillance, Crawford sexually assaulted Theresa Kematch,[2] who was herself arrested, while Crawford was not.[1] Crawford was convicted in 1996 of killing three First Nations women in Saskatoon in 1992, Eva Taysup, Shelley Napope, and Calinda Waterhen.[3] He is currently serving three concurrent life sentences in Saskatchewan Penitentiary.[4]

Media reaction[edit] Crawford is discussed in Warren Goulding's book, Just Another Indian, A Serial Killer and Canada's Indifference with the message that crimes by marginalized minorities go unheeded by an uncaring society at large. The theory is posited that Crawford's case was played down by the media because his victims were Aboriginal women.[1] Footnotes[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b c Goulding, Warren (2001). Just Another Indian: A Serial Killer and Canada's Indifference. Fifth House. ISBN 1894004515.

Jump up ^ Serial Killer - John Martin Crawford Jump up ^ Serial killer who roamed Saskatoon met with indifference Jump up ^ edmontonsun.com - Andrew Hanon - A story that no one wanted told References[edit] Goulding, Warren. 2001. Just Another Indian: A Serial Killer and Canada's Indifference. Calgary: Fifth House Publishers.

External links[edit] Discrimination and violence against Indigenous women in Canada - Report Summary (mentions John Martin Crawford) John Martin CRAWFORD on Murderpedia Léopold Dion From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (July 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Léopold Dion Born February 25, 1920 Quebec, Canada Died November 17, 1972 (aged 52) Other names Monster of Pont-Rouge Criminal penalty Death Commuted to Life Imprisonment Killings Victims 4 Span of killings 1960s– Country Canada Date apprehended May 27, 1963 Léopold Dion (February 25, 1920 - 17 November 1972) was a Canadian sex offender and serial killer who was active in Quebec in the 1960s. He was nicknamed the “Monster of Pont-Rouge”.

Contents [hide] 1 Crimes 2 Arrest 3 Trial 4 Death 5 External links 6 References Crimes[edit]

His first sexual assault, which also involved an attempted murder, was against a young woman from Pont-Rouge. Léopold Dion and his brother raped and stabbed the woman on the railway track linking the Rang Petit-Capsa (a street) to the village of Pont-Rouge. They left her for dead, but she survived, albeit with both physical and psychological injuries.

Dion sexually abused 21 boys, killing four. He lured his victims by posing as a photographer.

His first murder victim was 12-year-old Guy Luckenuck, in Quebec City that day for piano lessons.

Dion lured the boy by taking a series of snapshots with an old camera that had no film before claiming to want to continue elsewhere. He drove the boy into the country, where, in a remote spot, Dion then strangled him, and then buried him.[1] On 5 May 1963, Dion crossed paths with eight-year-old Alain Carrier and 10-year-old Michel Morel.

He used the same ploy to lure them into his car, driving them to a run-down building in SaintRaymond-de-Portneuf. With Alain, he pretended to play prisoner so that he could tie the boy up in the cottage. Once the younger boy had been overcome, Dion turned to the older one, Michel, whom he led outside, whereupon he asked the child to take his clothes off. Dion then strangled him with a garrote, before going back inside and smothering the other boy.[1] On 26 May 1963, he met 13-year-old Pierre Marquis, who was also taken in by the fake photographer’s promises. They were a couple of paces from a dune, the same one that had become Guy Luckenuck’s grave a bit more than a month earlier. Once again, Dion asked his victim to pose naked. The child complied, but when Dion tried to assault him, he fought back before succumbing to the assault. Dion strangled Marquis.

Arrest[edit] Dion, who was then on conditional release for raping a schoolteacher several years earlier, was arrested the day after his last murder. It was a description of Dion from another boy whom he had waylaid, but who had got away from him, that led to the police apprehending Dion. Once in prison, Dion held out for a month before he finally admitted his crimes to his interrogators, in detail. He then led investigators to the spot where he had buried the children's bodies.[1] Trial[edit] Criminal lawyer Guy Bertrand defended Dion at his trial. Dion was, in the end, charged with only one murder, Pierre Marquis’s, for lack of evidence in the other cases. On 10 April 1964, Judge Gérard Lacroix sentenced him to be hanged.

The death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by then Governor General of Canada Georges Vanier after Bertrand's appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in the matter had failed.[2] Death[edit] On 17 November 1972, Dion was stabbed to death by a fellow inmate named Normand “Lawrence d'Arabie” Champagne, who was later found not guilty of this crime by reason of insanity.[3] External links[edit] Léopold Dion References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b c http://www2.canoe.com/cgi-bin/imprimer.cgi?id=127221 Réseau Canoë Jump up ^ http://www.b3avocats.com/fmset_contenue.htm Guy Bertrand's own account Jump up ^ http://www.erudit.org/revue/crimino/1976/v9/n1-2/017057ar.pdf "Littérature carcérale québécoise", issue of "Érudit"

William Patrick Fyfe From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other individuals of the same name, see William Patrick (disambiguation).

This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (August 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) William Patrick Fyfe Born William Patrick FYFE February 27, 1955 (age 61) Toronto, Ontario, Canada Other names The Killer Handyman Criminal penalty Life imprisonment Conviction(s) Murder Killings Victims 5-9+ Span of killings 17 October 1979–15 December 1999 Date apprehended 22 December 1999 William Patrick Fyfe (born February 27, 1955) is a Canadian serial killer convicted of killing five women in the Montreal area of Quebec, although he claims to have killed four others. He allegedly killed his first victim in 1979 at age of 24.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Murders 2.1 Known victims 3 References Early life[edit] Billy Fyfe was born in Toronto, Ontario. He was raised by an aunt and moved from Central Canada to Montreal (Parc Extension) in 1958. He lived as a normal child, although friends did have suspicions about the boy as he grew up.[citation needed] As an adult, he worked as a handyman.

Murders[edit] DNA evidence on the door frame at Mary Glen's house led police to charge Fyfe for the murders. [citation needed] The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested him on 22 December 1999, while he was returning to his pick-up truck after eating at a Husky Truck Stop near Barrie, Ontario. He has confessed to only a portion of the crimes he is suspected of committing.

Fyfe's preliminary hearing began on 6 November 2000. Jean Lecours was the crown prosecutor heading up the case against Fyfe. He is now serving a life sentence in a psychiatric hospital in Saskatchewan[citation needed]. The four last victims he admitted to only after being incarcerated[citation needed].

He is also suspected by Montreal Police of being the serial rapist commonly known as "The Plumber" who was responsible for a string of violent rapes during the 1980s in downtown Montreal[citation needed] .

Known victims[edit] Hazel Scattolon, a 52-year-old woman who was stabbed to death and sexually assaulted in 1981.

Anna Yarnold, a 59-year-old woman who was bludgeoned to death on 15 October 1999 in Senneville, Quebec Monique Gaudreau, a 46-year-old woman who was stabbed to death on 29 October 1999 in SainteAgathe-des-Monts, Quebec.

Teresa Shanahan, a 55-year-old woman who was stabbed to death in November 1999 in Laval, Quebec.

Mary Glen, a 50-year-old woman who was beaten and stabbed to death on 15 December 1999 in Baie-D'Urfé, Quebec Gilbert Paul Jordan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gilbert Paul Jordan Born Gilbert Paul Elsie December 12, 1931 Vancouver, British Columbia Died July 7, 2006 (aged 74) Victoria, British Columbia Cause of death Unknown Other names The Boozing Barber Paul Pearce Gilbert Paul Elsie Criminal penalty 15 years, reduced to 9 years on appeal. Served 6 years.

Conviction(s) Manslaughter Killings Victims 8-10 Span of killings 1965–c. 2004 Country Canada Gilbert Paul Jordan (December 12, 1931 – July 7, 2006),[1] known as the "Boozing Barber", was a Canadian serial killer who is believed to have committed the so-called "alcohol murders" in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Contents [hide] 1 Background 2 Killings 3 Investigation 4 Convictions and arrests 4.1 Police warning 5 Cultural impact 6 See also 7 References 7.1 Further reading Background[edit] Jordan, a former barber, was linked to the deaths of between eight and ten women between 1965 and 1988; he was the first Canadian to use alcohol as a murder weapon. Jordan's lengthy criminal record started in 1952 and includes convictions for rape, indecent assault, abduction, hit and run, drunk driving and car theft.[2][3][4] In 1976, Jordan was examined by Dr. Tibor Bezeredi as part of a court proceeding. Dr. Bezeredi diagnosed Jordan as having an antisocial personality, defined by Dr. Bezeredi as "a person whose conduct is maladjusted in terms of social behaviour; disregard for the rights of others which often results in unlawful activities".[5]

Killings[edit] In 1965, Jordan was said to begin serial killing. He is considered a serial killer as he was linked to the deaths of between eight and ten women, but was only convicted in the manslaughter death of one woman.[6] His victims were Aboriginal women in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Typically he would find women in bars, and buy them drinks, or pay them for sex and encourage them to drink with him.

When they passed out, he would pour liquor down their throats.[7] The resulting deaths were reported as alcohol poisoning and police paid little attention, because some of his victims were alcoholics. Although the newspapers often described the women as prostitutes, not all were involved in prostitution.[6] Jordan was known for drinking more than 50 ounces of vodka each day.

The first woman known to have died by alcohol poisoning while in Jordan's company was in 1965. As would become a pattern, a switchboard operator named Ivy Rose was found naked and dead in a Vancouver hotel. Her blood alcohol level was 0.51. No charges were laid.[8] Court proceedings show "he sought out approximately 200 women per year for binge drinking episodes covering the period from 1980 to 1988. He was also looking for sexual gratification."[5] Further, the Crown provided evidence that Jordan was linked to the deaths of six other Aboriginal women. Similar fact evidence showed Jordan had been with the following women at the time of their death:[9] Mary Johnson, November 30, 1980, at the Aylmer Hotel, Blood alcohol level: .34 Barbara Paul, September 11, 1981, at the Glenaird Hotel, Blood alcohol level: .41 Mary Johns, July 30, 1982, at 2503 Kingsway (his barbershop) Blood alcohol level: .76 Patricia Thomas, December 15, 1984, at 2503 Kingsway (his barbershop) Blood alcohol level: .51 Patricia Andrew, June 28, 1985, at 2503 Kingsway (his barbershop) Blood alcohol level: .79 Vera Harry, November 19, 1986, at the Clifton Hotel, Blood alcohol level: .04 Investigation[edit] On October 12, 1987, Vanessa Lee Buckner was found naked on the floor of the Niagara hotel after a night of drinking with Jordan.[10] There is some debate regarding the victim. Some sources indicate that she was a white woman, not a heavy drinker, nor was she a prostitute.[8] However, in official court records describe Ms. Buckner death as the result of Jordan "...supplying a lethal amount of liquor to a female alcoholic, who died as a result".[11] Ms. Buckner had recently lost custody of her newborn baby, who had been born with a drug dependency. She "was an alcoholic and a taker of various kinds of drugs."[9] Jordan's fingerprints were found and linked to Ms. Buckner's death. A month after her death, another woman, Edna Shade, was found dead in another hotel.

After being questioned, Jordan had not been charged with any crime related to Ms. Buckner's death.

However, police initiated surveillance on Jordan. Between October 12 and November 26, 1987, police watched him "search out native Indian women in the skid row area of Vancouver. On 4 different occasions they [the police] rescued the woman involved before she too became a victim". Those women were:[9] Rosemary Wilson, November 20, 1987, at the Balmoral Hotel, Blood alcohol level: .52 Verna Chartrand, November 21, 1987, at the Pacific Hotel, Blood alcohol level: .43 Sheila Joe, November 25, 1987, at the Rainbow Hotel, Blood alcohol level: unknown Mabel Olson, November 26, 1987, at the Pacific Hotel, Blood alcohol level: unknown According to the court records, police listening outside the hotel rooms heard Jordan say such things as: "Have a drink, down the hatch baby, 20 bucks if you drink it right down; see if you're a real woman; finish that drink, finish that drink, down the hatch hurry, right down; you need another drink, I'll give

you 50 bucks if you can take it; I'll give you 10, 20, 50 dollars, whatever you want, come on I want to see you get it all down; you get it right down, I'll give you the 50 bucks and the 13 bucks; I'll give you 50 bucks. I told you that. If you finish that I'll give you $75; finish your drink, I'll give you $20 ..."[9] Convictions and arrests[edit] This similar fact evidence was important in the 1988 trial. Jordan was tried before a judge alone.

Justice Bouck found Jordan guilty of manslaughter in the death of Ms. Buckner.[9] He was sentenced to fifteen years in prison, but that was reduced to nine years on appeal.[12] Jordan served six years for the manslaughter conviction. After his release, he was placed on probation which restricted him to Vancouver Island. In June 2000, he had been charged with sexual assault, assault, negligence causing bodily harm and administering a noxious substance—alcohol.[13] In 2000, Jordan attempted to change his name to Paul Pearce.[14] At the time, a name change in British Columbia did not require fingerprinting or a criminal check. After the loophole was closed, he dropped the application.[14] Jordan was arrested again, in 2002 for breach of probation because he was found drinking, and in the presence of a woman while in possession of alcohol. He was found guilty and sentenced to 15 months in jail, followed by three years probation and strict conditions.[13] However, on August 11, 2004, he was arrested in Winnipeg for violating that probation order for an incident at the York Hotel in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, August 9, 2004.[3] He had been identified as being a party to binge drinking with Barb Burkley. Ms. Burkley was a long term resident of the hotel and had a serious drinking problem. Ms. Burkley was taken to the hospital by her friend and hotel employee, Cathy Waddington, after finding Ms. Burkley in very bad condition. Ms. Waddington identified Jordan as being there, but he was acquitted of those charges in 2005.[15] Upon his release, police issued a public warning.[16] Jordan died in 2006.[7] Police warning[edit] On February 3, 2005, the Saanich Police Department issued an alert warning the public to be cautious of the recently released Jordan: JORDAN, Gilbert Paul, age 73, is the subject of this alert. JORDAN is 175cm (5'9") tall and weighs 79kgs (174lbs). He is partially bald with grey hair and a grey goatee. He has blue eyes and wears glasses. JORDAN is currently in the Victoria area but has no fixed address. JORDAN has a significant criminal record including manslaughter and indecent assault of a female. He uses alcohol to lure his victims. JORDAN's target victim group is adult females. JORDAN is subject to court ordered conditions including: - Abstain absolutely from the consumption of alcohol.

- Not to be in the company of any female person or persons in any place where alcohol is being either consumed or possessed by that person or persons.

If you observe the subject in violation of any of the above conditions please call the Saanich Police Department at 475-4321, 911 or your local police agency. If you have questions concerning the public notification process please contact the BC Corrections Branch at 250-387-6366.[16] Cultural impact[edit] Jordan was the subject of the 1997 Canadian television program Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science in an episode called "Dead Drunk". The program described the forensic work used to convict him in 1988.[17]

A dramatization, The Unnatural and Accidental Women was written by Vancouver playwright Marie Clements and performed in, among other places, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto (2004). In the play, the writer focused on the story of the victims in an attempt to redress the failure of the news media to do so.

Marie Clements later wrote a script for the movie Unnatural & Accidental which premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival.[18] Jordan and his crimes served as inspiration for the first several episodes of Da Vinci's Inquest. The crime series, set in Vancouver, portrayed a serial killer using alcohol as a murder weapon and stalking prostitutes. The portrayal departed from the facts by having the killer die before he could be arrested; he was murdered by one of his victims' brother, tipped to his identity by a detective.[19] See also[edit] Robert Pickton References[edit] Jump up ^ Jordan Dead - http://serial-killers.findthedata.org/detail/303/Gilbert-Paul-Jordan Jump up ^ CBC: Boozing Barber: http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2000/08/31/bc_jordan000831.html ^ Jump up to: a b CTV: Boozing Barber: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1092327960246_87737160 Jump up ^ R. v. Jordan [1991] B.C.J. No. 2908 ^ Jump up to: a b Quoted in the court decision, R. v. Jordan [1991] B.C.C.A. CA010272 ^ Jump up to: a b Justice Canada. Technical Report. Violence Against Persons Who Prostitute: The Experience in British Columbia by John Lowman and Laura Fraser. (Ottawa: Department of Justice Canada, 1995), online: http://24.85.225.7/lowman_prostitution/HTML/violence/Violence_Against_Persons_Who_Prostitute. pdf. ^ Jump up to: a b National Post: History of Serial Killers: http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2007/12/12/a-sordid-history-of-canadiankillers.aspx ^ Jump up to: a b First Nations Drum: http://www.firstnationsdrum.com/2009/april/gpj.html ^ Jump up to: a b c d e R. v. Jordan [1988] B.C.J. No. 1927 Jump up ^ R. v. Jordan, [2003] B.C.J. No. 237 Jump up ^ R. v. Jordan [2002]BCCA 330 Jump up ^ R. v. Jordan [1991] B.C.J. No. 3490 ^ Jump up to: a b GPJ: http://members.shaw.ca/pdg/gilbert-paul-jordan.html ^ Jump up to: a b CBC: Name change: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2001/12/27/names011227.html Jump up ^ R. v. Jordan - Excerpt Reasons for Sentence [2005] BCPC 0068 ^ Jump up to: a b Saanich Police- Public Warning: http://www.saanichpolice.ca/crimewatch/media/archives/notificationjordan.htm Jump up ^ Exhibit A: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0574359/ Jump up ^ Unnatural & Accidental: http://www.northernstars.ca/titles/2006/unnatrural_and_accidental.html Jump up ^ Da Vinci's Inquest: http://www.davincisinquest.com/ Further reading[edit] Marie Clements, The Unnatural and Accidental Women, 2005, Talon Books. ISBN 0-88922-521-4 The Vancouver Sun Special Report, "Death by Alcohol", October, 1987 p. A1-A 13.

Chris Rose, "Alcohol defense a surprise, man says", Vancouver Sun, Oct. 20, 1988, p. A8.

Chris Rose, "Barber linked to drink deaths, trial told", The Vancouver Sun, October 7, 1988, p. A 10.

Chris Rose, "Death trial told of money-to-drink-offer", The Vancouver Sun, Oct. 8, 1988, p. A1.

"Race bias charged in [GPJ] case", The Vancouver Sun, October 22, 1987, p. A1.

Cody Legebokoff From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cody Alan Legebekoff (born c. 1990) is a Canadian serial killer convicted in 2014 by the British Columbia Supreme Court of murdering three women and a teenage girl, between 2009 and 2010, in or near the City of Prince George, British Columbia. This trial of one of Canada's youngest serial killers[1] drew national attention.[2] Contents [hide] 1 Background 2 2010 arrest 3 Victims 4 Trial proceedings 5 Outcomes 5.1 Verdict 5.2 Sentencing 5.3 Appeal 6 Legacy 7 References 8 External links Background[edit] Cody Legebokoff is a Canadian citizen who was raised in Fort St. James, a district municipality in rural British Columbia. He has been described by friends and family members as a popular young man who competed in ice hockey and showed no propensity for violence.[3] Though Legebokoff had a minor criminal record, he was not "on the radar" of local police.[4] After graduating Fort St. James Secondary School, Legebokoff lived briefly in Lethbridge before moving to Prince George. There, he shared an apartment with three close female friends and worked as a mechanic at a Ford dealership. In his spare time Legebokoff frequented the Canadian socialnetworking site Nexopia, using the handle "1CountryBoy."[5] 2010 arrest[edit] On November 27, 2010, at approximately 9:45 p.m., a rookie Royal Canadian Mounted Police ("RCMP") officer observed Legebokoff pull his truck onto British Columbia Highway 27 from a remote logging road.[6][7] According to a case report prepared by the officer, the 2004 GMC pick-up truck was speeding erratically, and on a hunch, the officer decided to pull over the vehicle for a routine traffic stop. It was odd and even suspicious that someone would be on that road, that late, in frigid November, so he suspected Legebokoff of poaching in the backwoods and signaled for him to pull over.[8] The officer was joined by a second RCMP officer. Upon approaching the vehicle, the officers say they noticed Legebokoff had blood smears on his face and chin, blood on his legs, and a pool of blood on the driver's mat.[7] The officers claim that upon searching the pickup truck, they discovered a multitool and wrench covered in blood, as well as a monkey backpack and a wallet containing a children's hospital card bearing the name Loren Leslie. When questioned about the blood on him, Legebokoff purportedly stated that he was poaching and had clubbed a deer to death because: "I’m a redneck, that’s what we do for fun."[9] There wasn't a deer carcass with him.[8] The officers arrested Legebokoff under the Canada Wildlife Act and called for a conservation officer with animal tracking skills. The warden retraced the tire tracks of Legebokoff's vehicle back up the road and in the freshly fallen snow found footprints leading to Loren Donn Leslie's remains.[9] After

Legebokoff's arrest in connection with Leslie's death, he was linked by DNA to the deaths of Jill Stacey Stuchenko, Cynthia Frances Maas, and Natasha Lynn Montgomery.[10] Victims[edit] The police allege Legebokoff is responsible for the murders of: Jill Stacey Stuchenko, 35-year-old mother of five, last seen on October 9, 2009. She was found dead four days later in a gravel pit on the outskirts of Prince George, British Columbia.[11] Natasha Lynn Montgomery, 23, last seen August 31 or early September 1, 2010. Her body has never been found, but her DNA was later found in samples taken in Legebokoff's apartment.[11] Cynthia Frances Maas, 35, last seen September 10, 2010. Her body was found in a Prince George park the following month. Maas died of blunt-force trauma to the head and penetrating wounds. She had a hole in her shoulder blade, a broken jaw and cheekbone, and injuries to her neck consistent with someone's stomping on it.[11] The Crown has said Stuchenko, Montgomery and Maas had worked in the sex trade, and that Legebokoff was addicted to cocaine and used sex workers to get him the drug.[9] Loren Leslie, 15, murdered on November 27, 2010.[12] Leslie is something of an outlier, as she was far younger than the other victims and allegedly met Mr. Legebokoff online at the website Nexopia.

Leslie was legally blind, having one completely blind eye and only 50% vision in the other.[13] She is considered one of the victims in the infamous Highway of Tears murders.[14] Trial proceedings[edit] Legebokoff's trial on four counts of murder was originally scheduled to begin in September 2013, but was delayed a month until October and then again until June 2014. Legebokoff pleaded not guilty to all four counts of murder.[15] The judge and 12 jurors heard testimony from 93 Crown witnesses and the defendant.[1] Legebokoff testified during the trial that he was "involved" in three of the deaths but claimed that he did not actually commit the killings. He alleged that a drug dealer and two accomplices, whom he would only name as "X, Y and Z", were the actual murderers.[16] Prosecutors did not accept this attempt to plead guilty to the lesser charge of second-degree murder.

Outcomes[edit] Verdict[edit] Legebokoff was convicted on four counts of first-degree murder on September 11, 2014.[17] Sentencing[edit] On September 16, 2014, Legebokoff was sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 25 years.

Additionally, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Glen Parrett added him to the national sex offender registry, given the sexual assaults committed as part of the murders and Legebokoff's apparent degradation of the victims' bodies. "He lacks any shred of empathy or remorse," Parrett said of the killer. "He should never be allowed to walk among us again."[18] Appeal[edit] In February 2015, Legebokoff filed an appeal due to decisions against change of venue and defendant's legal representation.[19] In September 2016, all three judges in the BC Court of Appeal case endorsed the original judge's decision.[20] Legacy[edit] The Legebokoff and Loren Leslie case is covered in the 2015 documentary Highway of Tears.[21] Floridian writer J.T. Hunter also profiled Legebokoff in the book The Country Boy Killer: The True Story of Cody Legebokoff, Canada's Teenage Serial Killer, published in 2015.[22]

References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b Canadian Press (Sep 11, 2014). "Cody Legebokoff convicted in murders of three women, teen girl". Globe and Mail.

Jump up ^ Blatchford, Christie (Sep 11, 2014). "Christie Blatchford: Cody Legebokoff found guilty in murder of four B.C. women". National Post.

Jump up ^ McMahon, Tamsin (October 18, 2011). "Cody Alan Legebokoff: The country boy accused in the murders of four B.C. women". National Post. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

Jump up ^ Hawkins, Christine; Pelisek (October 23, 2011). "A Teen Serial Killer in Canada?". dailybeast.com. Daily Beast. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

Jump up ^ Hawkins, Kristal. "Cody Legebokoff: Canada's Accused "Country Boy" Killer". crimelibrary.com. truTV. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

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External links[edit] 2014 BCSC 1746. Regina v. Cody Alan Legebokoff. Oral Reasons for Sentence Allan Legere From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Coordinates: 44°13′16″N 76°30′53″W Allan Legere Born February 13, 1948 (age 68) Chatham, New Brunswick

Other names The Monster of the Miramichi Criminal penalty Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 25 years Conviction(s) Murder, Arson Killings Victims 5+ Span of killings June 21, 1986–November 24, 1989 Country Canada State(s) New Brunswick Date apprehended November 24, 1989 Imprisoned at Special Handling Unit (?-2015) Edmonton Institution (2015-present) Allan Legere (born February 13, 1948) is a Canadian serial killer and arsonist, also known as the Monster of the Miramichi, in reference to a reign of terror he inflicted upon residents of the Miramichi River valley of New Brunswick in 1989.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 First murder 3 Trial and escape 4 More murders and eventual capture 5 Conviction 6 Present 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links Early life[edit] Allan Joseph Legere was born in Chatham, New Brunswick.

First murder[edit] Legere was convicted in the murder of shopkeeper John Glendenning, of Black River Bridge, New Brunswick, which occurred on the evening of June 21, 1986.[1] After cutting the power, Legere and his accomplices Todd Matchett and Scott Curtis, broke into the elderly couple's store. After repeatedly beating John and his wife Mary, the trio fled the scene. Mary then discovered her husband (who had been beaten to death); she crawled up the stairs to the phone and dialed 911. The dispatcher spoke with Mary on the phone until the emergency forces arrived. Police tracked down the three and arrested them. Matchett pleaded guilty to murdering John Glendenning and brutally beating his wife Mary; Curtis and Legere were convicted at trial.[2] Trial and escape[edit] Legere was serving his murder sentence at the Atlantic Institution maximum security penitentiary in Renous-Quarryville, under the responsibility of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). On May 3, 1989, Legere was transported by CSC personnel from the penitentiary to the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre[3] in Moncton, New Brunswick, for the treatment of an ear infection.

Legere managed to convince the CSC personnel to let him use a washroom at the hospital alone, and there he picked the lock on his handcuffs with a homemade key he had hidden in a cigar. He then used a piece of television antenna that he had concealed on his body as a weapon, and held the officers at bay before fleeing the building. Legere escaped the hospital property and through a combination of carjacking and motor vehicle theft, was able to evade recapture.

More murders and eventual capture[edit]

Legere was at large for a period of seven months and during this time committed four additional murders in and around the towns of Chatham, New Brunswick, and Newcastle, New Brunswick, and adjoining communities (now part of the city of Miramichi). The individuals he murdered were Annie Flam (May 29, 1989; during this incident, Flam's sister was also assaulted); sisters Linda and Donna Daughney (October 13, 1989; Legere set fire to the Daughney home before leaving), and Father James Smith (November 24, 1989).[4] Legere was recaptured on November 24, 1989 following a failed carjacking that began in Saint John, New Brunswick, and ended outside Rogersville, New Brunswick; rewards of $50,000 were collected for the information that led to his arrest.

Conviction[edit] In August 1990, Legere was convicted on charges pertaining to his escape, and sentenced to an additional nine years.[4] His trial for the murders began with an indictment in November of that year.

Legere's trial featured the first Canadian uses of DNA fingerprinting to convict rather than exonerate; [5] in November 1991, Legere was convicted of the murders committed while he had been at large.[4] Present[edit] In 2015, Legere was transferred from the Super-Maximum security penitentiary (the "SHU", in SainteAnne-des-Plaines, Quebec)[6] to the Edmonton Institution in Alberta.[7] In 1996, the city of Fredericton shut down its old jail, and in 1999 the building was repurposed into a science museum; the cell in which Legere was held during his 1991 trial is now used for an exhibit on DNA fingerprinting.[8] References[edit] Jump up ^ PROFILES of 5 SHU INMATES: Canada's most dangerous cons, by Corey Cameron, at Canoe News (archived at douglaschristie.com); published November 25, 2001; retrieved March 22, 2014 Jump up ^ Legere murder accomplice granted day parole, at CBC.ca; published January 5, 2006; retrieved March 22, 2014 Jump up ^ Allan Legere Digital Archive, at the University of New Brunswick Law Library; retrieved March 22, 2014] ^ Jump up to: a b c Timeline of Terror, from the Daily Gleaner; published November 4, 1996; archived at Murderpedia (retrieved March 22, 2014) Jump up ^ The Genetic Imaginary: DNA in the Canadian Criminal Justice System, by Neil Gerlach; published 2004 by University of Toronto Press (via Google Books) Jump up ^ Michael Wayne McGray's killing didn't stop in prison — just like he said it wouldn’t, by Graeme Hamilton; at the National Post; published November 29, 2011; retrieved March 22, 2014 Jump up ^ Transfert d’Allan Legere: «Je tiens à rassurer les gens du Nouveau-Brunswick», by Mathieu Roy-Comeau; at L'Acadie Nouvelle; published February 13, 2015; retrieved October 22, 2015 Jump up ^ Monster of the Miramichi's cell now museum exhibit on DNA, from the Edmonton Journal (archived on Canada.com); published November 28, 2007; retrieved March 22, 2014 Further reading[edit] Raymond Fraser. "TODD MATCHETT: Confessions of a Young Criminal (The Story Behind Allan Legere and the Murder at Black River Bridge). New Ireland Press, 1994. (ISBN 978-0920483473) External links[edit] NFB film, Allan Legere: The Monster of Miramichi Allan Legere's long shadow, by David Adams Richards Crime Stories: The Monster of Miramichi, Documentary (1998) via crimedocumentary.com / runtime: 45 minutes.

Michael Wayne McGray From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Michael Wayne McGray

Born July 11, 1965 (age 51) Collingwood, Ontario Canada Criminal penalty Life imprisonment Conviction(s) Murder Killings Victims 7-18+ Span of killings 1984–1998 Country Canada Date apprehended February 29, 1998 Michael Wayne McGray (born July 11, 1965) is a Canadian serial killer. He was convicted for killing 7 individuals but claims to have killed 11 others.

Early life[edit] McGray was born in Collingwood, Ontario, but was raised in Argyle, Nova Scotia.[1] Crimes[edit] On 1 May 1985, he murdered Elizabeth Gale Tucker in Digby County, Nova Scotia, while he was nineteen; his victim was a 17-year-old hitchhiker.[2] Gregory George Ashford had been interviewed previously in connection with this murder.[3] In 1987, McGray killed Mark Gibbons, an alleged accomplice in a Saint John robbery.[2] The National Parole Board expressed concern in 1995 about McGray's problems with anger and substance abuse. The board also expressed concern that McGray disappeared for more than a year while on parole, "which clearly indicated a serious breach of trust and a blatant disregard for conditions of release."[4] On 29 February 1998, McGray was arrested for the murder of Joan Hicks and her 11-year-old daughter Nina, which occurred the day before.[5] He later confessed to stabbing in 1991 Robert Assaly and Gaetan Ethier, whom he met at a gay bar in Montreal while on a three-day pass from prison.[5] He pleaded guilty on 20 March 2000 to the murder of Joan Hicks.[2] McGray claims to have killed 11 other victims in Halifax, Saint John, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver and Seattle. He claimed that he will provide information to the authorities on these killings in exchange for specific demands being met.[6][2] In May 2001, McGray was charged with a sixth murder, the 1985 killing of Nova Scotia teenager Elizabeth Gail Tucker. This charge occurred as a result of several interviews he gave the previous year; as a result of the interviews, police across the country re-opened cold files.[7] McGray blamed his urge to kill on beatings he received as a child, and warned he would kill again if he didn't received proper treatments.[8] In November 2010, following a transfer to the Mountain Institution medium-security prison in Agassiz, B.C., McGray killed again by murdering his cellmate Jeremy Phillips, 33. The Crown prosecutor related that McGray claimed that Phillips invented a false hostage taking scenario where McGray would tie him up, and Philips would then be brought to an infirmary; McGray complied with the plan, and then strangled Philips, killing him. Lawyers of the victim's family doubted the claims, as Phillips was going to be released on parole soon, while two inmates related that Phillips had had his request to escape McGray turned down by prison officers. A resulting coroner's inquest

recommended that serial killers be housed in single cells. The Ste-Anne-des-Plaines Institution, which was reputed to be the highest-security prison in Canada, housed McGray in 2012.[9] References[edit] Jump up ^ thechronicleherald.ca: "McGray gets another life term", 30 Nov 2011 ^ Jump up to: a b c d G+M: "'I got very good at it,' killer says", 24 Mar 2000 Jump up ^ The Ottawa Citizen: "Murder suspect returned to Toronto", 30 Dec 1985 Jump up ^ Canadian Press: "Police looking at unsolved cases for links to McGray's claims", 24 Mar 2000 ^ Jump up to: a b cbc.ca: "Possible serial killer in custody in Moncton", 29 Oct 1999 Jump up ^ crimezzz.net: "serial killers by name - McGRAY Michael Wayne" Jump up ^ cbc.ca: "Serial killer charged with Nova Scotia teen's murder", 23 May 2001 Jump up ^ nationalpost.com: "Prison couldn’t keep Michael Wayne McGray from killing — just like he said it wouldn’t", 29 Nov 2011 Jump up ^ nationalpost.com: "Don't make serial killers roomies in prison, coroner's jury recommends", 1 Nov 2012 Clifford Olson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Clifford Olson Born Clifford Robert Olson, Jr. January 1, 1940 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Died September 30, 2011 (aged 71) Laval, Quebec, Canada Cause of death Cancer Other names The Beast of British Columbia Criminal penalty Life imprisonment Conviction(s) Murder Killings Victims 11 Span of killings 1980–1981 Country Canada Date apprehended August 12, 1981 Clifford Robert Olson, Jr. (January 1, 1940 – September 30, 2011) was a convicted Canadian serial killer who confessed to murdering 11 children and young adults between the ages of nine and 18 years in the early 1980s.[1] Olson scored 38/40 on the Psychopathy Checklist.[2] Contents [hide] 1 Murders 2 Arrest and plea bargain 3 Parole application 4 Old Age Security pension controversy 5 Illness and death 6 In the media 7 See also 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External links Murders[edit]

Christine Weller, 12, from Surrey, British Columbia, was abducted on November 17, 1980.[3] Her body was found more than a month later on Christmas Day; she had been strangled with a belt and stabbed repeatedly. On April 16, 1981, Colleen Marian Daignault, 13, vanished. Five months later her body was found. On April 22, 1981, Daryn Todd Johnsrude, 16, was abducted and killed; his body was found less than two weeks later. On May 19, 1981, 16-year-old Sandra Wolfsteiner was murdered, and 13-year-old Ada Anita Court was murdered in June 1981.

Six victims followed in quick succession in July 1981. Simon Partington, nine, was abducted, raped and strangled on the second day of the month. Judy Kozma, a 14-year-old from New Westminster, was raped and strangled a week later. Her body was discovered on July 25 near Weaver Lake.[4] The next victims were Raymond King II, 15, abducted on July 23, raped and bludgeoned to death; Sigrun Arnd, an 18-year-old German tourist, raped and bludgeoned two days later; Terri Lyn Carson, 15, raped and strangled on July 27; and Louise Chartrand, age 17, the last victim identified, who died on July 30.

Arrest and plea bargain[edit] Olson, who had an extensive criminal history,[5] was arrested on August 12, 1981, on suspicion of attempts to abduct two girls.[3] By August 25, Olson had been charged with the murder of Judy Kozma.[4] He reached a controversial deal with authorities, agreeing to confess to the 11 murders and show the RCMP the location of the bodies of those not yet recovered. In return, authorities agreed that $10,000 for each victim was paid into a trust for his wife, Joan, and then-infant son, Clifford III.[6] His wife received $100,000 after Olson cooperated with the RCMP, the 11th body being a 'freebie'.[5] In January 1982, Olson pleaded guilty to 11 counts of murder and was given as many concurrent life sentences to be served in Canada's super-maximum security Special Handling Unit in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec, which houses many of the country's most dangerous criminals.[1] Olson was a dangerous offender, meaning it was very unlikely he would ever have been released from prison.

Parole application[edit] At his sentencing January 14, 1982, the trial judge remarked, "My considered opinion is that you should never be granted parole for the remainder of your days. It would be foolhardy to let you at large."[7] In 1997, Olson was denied parole, for which he applied under Canada's "faint hope clause", which allowed a parole hearing for convicts who had served at least 15 years.[5][8] Canadian law allows inmates convicted of first-degree murder to apply for parole after serving a minimum of 25 years. Olson's second parole hearing, on July 18, 2006, was also denied.[8] Olson made many bizarre and false claims, including that the United States had granted him clemency for providing information about the September 11 attacks and that the hearing had no jurisdiction over him because of that.[8][9] Under Canadian law, Olson was then entitled to make a case for parole every two years.[10] Olson was once again refused parole in November 2010.[11] Old Age Security pension controversy[edit] Controversy developed in March 2010 when the media disclosed that Olson was receiving two federal government benefits from Canada while imprisoned, a total of $1,169.47 monthly.[12] Olson was eligible to receive the Canadian Old Age Security (OAS) pension. All persons who meet residency requirements as to length of time in Canada are eligible to receive this pension at age 65, and Olson turned 70 on January 1, 2010. Olson was also eligible to receive the Guaranteed Income Supplement

(GIS), awarded to pensioners with low income. The money in question was being held in trust for Olson.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation testified before the federal standing committee for Human Resources Development to have MPs pass Bill C-31, which would terminate pension benefits for prisoners.[13] The organization also presented the government with 46,000 petition signatures requesting that Olson no longer receive the benefits.[14] Prime Minister Stephen Harper asked government officials to look into the issue;[15] on June 1, 2010, the government moved to terminate Olson's payments, calling the fact that he had been receiving them "outrageous" and "offensive".[16] In September 2010, Olson sent one of his Old Age Security cheques to a Sun Media reporter, Peter Worthington, with a note asking him to forward the cheque to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's campaign for re-election.[17] Illness and death[edit] In September 2011, media reports indicated that Olson had terminal cancer and had been transferred to a hospital in Laval, Quebec. He died on September 30, 2011, at the age of 71.[18] In the media[edit] The Investigation, a TV movie, was made in 2002, focusing on allegations that Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) bureaucracy delayed the arrest of Olson. It starred Nicholas Lea, Reece Dinsdale, David Warner and Lochlyn Munro.[19] Olson's controversial plea bargain is referred to in a panel discussion at a serial killers' convention in the second volume of Neil Gaiman's Sandman series.[20] See also[edit] List of serial killers by country References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b "Parole hearing being planned for Clifford Olson". CTV News. June 21, 2006.

Retrieved 2011-09-21.

Jump up ^ "The Psychopath Next Door". Doc Zone. Season 2014-15. Episode 7. November 27, 2014. 3 minutes in. CBC Television. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved April 24, 2015. ^ Jump up to: a b Kerr, Jan Bouchard. "Clifford Olson: The Case of the Missing Lower Mainland Children". Crime Library. truTV. Retrieved 2011-09-21. ^ Jump up to: a b "Probe of 3 slayings continues, police say". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. The Canadian Press. August 25, 1981. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Clifford Olson: The Beast of British Columbia". CBC News. July 19, 2006. Retrieved 2011-09-21.

Jump up ^ Serial killer Clifford Olson dying of cancer - http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1057272 Jump up ^ The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver. Harbour Publishing. 2012. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Clifford Olson 'will kill again' if freed, parole board says in ruling". CBC News. July 18, 2006. Retrieved 2011-09-21.

Jump up ^ "Serial killer Clifford Olson denied parole". CTV News. July 18, 2006. Retrieved 2011-09-21.

Jump up ^ Lyumes, Glenda (October 7, 2010). "Reviled B.C. serial murderer Clifford Olson can return to torment victims' families every two years". The Province. Archived from the original on 2010-1109. Retrieved 2010-10-08.

Jump up ^ "Timeline for killer Clifford Olson". Toronto Sun. Sun Media. 2011-09-21. Retrieved 201109-21.

Jump up ^ Harding, Lee (March 22, 2010). "Clifford Olson collects social security benefits". Fighting for Taxpayers Blog. Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Retrieved 2011-09-21.

Jump up ^ "Taxpayers Federation testifies against payments to prisoners". Fighting for Taxpayers Blog.

Canadian Taxpayers Federation. October 19, 2010. Retrieved 2011-09-21.

Jump up ^ "CTF delivers 46,000 names on Olson petition". Fighting for Taxpayers Blog. Canadian Taxpayers Federation. April 26, 2010. Retrieved 2011-09-21.

Jump up ^ "Clifford Olson Gets Over $1000 per month in Federal Old Age Pension – Stephen Harper Upset". Cornwall Free News. March 26, 2010. Retrieved 2011-09-21.

Jump up ^ Taber, Jane (June 1, 2010). "Harper cuts Clifford Olson's government pension payments".

The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2011-09-21.

Jump up ^ Worthington, Peter (September 25, 2010). "Olson stirs things up". Toronto Sun. Sun Media.

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Jump up ^ "Notorious serial killer Clifford Olson dies". CTV Ottawa. September 30, 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.

Jump up ^ "The Investigation (2002)". Internet Movie Database. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-09-21.

Jump up ^ Gaiman, Neil (October 19, 2010). The Doll's House. Vertigo. ISBN 1-4012-2799-6.

Further reading[edit] William L. Holmes; Bruce L. Northorp (2000). Where shadows linger: the untold story of the RCMP's Olson murders investigation. Heritage House Publishing Co. ISBN 978-1-895811-92-6.

External links[edit] The Beast of British Columbia - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation July 19, 2006 Robert Pickton From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Pickton Born Robert William Pickton October 24, 1949 (age 66)[1] Port Coquitlam, British Columbia Other names The Pig Farmer Killer, The Pigheaded Killer, Pork Chop Rob Criminal penalty Life imprisonment Conviction(s) Murder Killings Victims 6–49 Span of killings 1983–2002 Country Canada Date apprehended February 22, 2002 Robert William "Willie" Pickton (born October 24, 1949)[2] of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, is a former multi-millionaire pig farmer[3] and serial killer convicted in 2007 of the seconddegree murders of six women.[4][5] He was also charged in the deaths of an additional twenty women,[6] many of them from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside; however, these charges were stayed by the Crown in 2010.[7] In December 2007, he was sentenced to life in prison, with no possibility of parole for 25 years – the longest sentence then available under Canadian law for murder.[8] During the trial's first day of jury evidence, January 22, 2007, the Crown stated he confessed to 49 murders to an undercover police officer posing as a cellmate. The Crown reported that Pickton told the officer that he wanted to kill another woman to make it an even 50, and that he was caught because he was "sloppy".[9] Contents [hide] 1 Background 2 Murders 3 Preliminary inquiry 4 Trial 5 British Columbia Court of Appeal 5.1 Crown appeal 5.2 Defense appeal

5.3 Decisions of the Court of Appeal 6 Supreme Court of Canada 7 Reaction and aftermath to the court proceedings 7.1 Discontinuance of prosecution of other counts against Pickton 7.2 Vancouver Police Department management review of investigation 7.3 VPD apology 7.4 The Missing Women Commission of Inquiry 7.5 Transfer to penitentiary 8 Stay of final 20 murder charges 9 Victims 9.1 More victims 10 August 2006 'Pickton Letters' 11 2015 filming 12 2016 autobiography 13 See also 14 References 15 Further reading 16 External links Background[edit] By 1992, Robert William Pickton and his brother David owned a Port Coquitlam farm. Worker Bill Hiscox called it a "creepy-looking place", noting that it was patrolled by a 600-lb. (270 kg) boar, one of the few actual pigs on the farm. "I never saw a pig like that, who would chase you and bite at you," he said. "It was running out with the dogs around the property." He later described Pickton as a "pretty quiet guy, hard to strike up a conversation with," whose occasionally bizarre behavior, despite no evidence of substance abuse, would draw attention. Pickton's only vehicle was a converted bus, with deeply tinted windows, to which he was emotionally attached.

The Pickton brothers gradually neglected the site's farming operations. They registered a non-profit charity, the Piggy Palace Good Times Society, with the Canadian government in 1996 as aiming to "organize, co-ordinate, manage and operate special events, functions, dances, shows and exhibitions on behalf of service organizations, sports organizations and other worthy groups." Its events included raves and wild parties featuring Vancouver prostitutes and gatherings in a converted slaughterhouse.

These events attracted as many as 2,000 people. Hell's Angel members were known to often frequent the farm.

On March 23, 1997, Pickton was charged with the attempted murder of prostitute Wendy Lynn Eistetter, whom he stabbed several times during an altercation at the farm. The victim informed police that Pickton handcuffed her, but that she escaped after suffering several lacerations, disarming him, and stabbing him with his weapon. Pickton sought treatment at Eagle Ridge Hospital, while Eistetter healed at the nearest emergency room. He was released on C$2,000 bond, but the charge was dismissed in January 1998. Months later, the Picktons were sued by Port Coquitlam officials for violating zoning ordinances – neglecting the agriculture for which it had been zoned, and having "altered a large farm building on the land for the purpose of holding dances, concerts and other recreations." The Picktons ignored the pressure from the officials and held a 1998 New Years party, after which they were faced with an injunction banning future parties; the police were "authorized to arrest and remove any person" attending future Piggy Palace Good Times Society events at the farm.

The society's non-profit status was removed the following year, for inability to procure financial statements, and it subsequently disbanded.

Murders[edit] Over the course of the next three years, Hiscox noticed that women who visited the farm eventually went missing. On February 6, 2002, police executed a search warrant for illegal firearms at the

property owned by the brothers. After they were taken into custody, police obtained a second court order to search the farm as part of the BC Missing Women Investigation. Personal items (including a prescription asthma inhaler) belonging to one of the missing women were found at the farm, which was sealed off by members of the joint RCMP–Vancouver Police Department task force. The following day Pickton was charged with storing a firearm contrary to regulations, possession of a firearm while not being holder of a licence, and possession of a loaded restricted firearm without a licence. He was later released and was kept under police surveillance.

On February 22, Pickton was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Sereena Abotsway and Mona Wilson. On April 2, three more charges were added for the murders of Jacqueline McDonell, Diane Rock and Heather Bottomley. A sixth charge for the murder of Andrea Joesbury was laid on April 9, followed shortly by a seventh for Brenda Wolfe. On September 20, four more charges were added for the slayings of Georgina Papin, Patricia Johnson, Helen Hallmark and Jennifer Furminger. Four more charges for the murders of Heather Chinnock, Tanya Holyk, Sherry Irving and Inga Hall were laid on October 3, bringing the total to fifteen, making the investigation the largest of any serial killer in Canadian history. On May 26, 2005, 12 more charges were laid against him for the killings of Cara Ellis, Andrea Borhaven, Debra Lynne Jones, Marnie Frey, Tiffany Drew, Kerry Koski, Sarah de Vries, Cynthia Feliks, Angela Jardine, Wendy Crawford, Diana Melnick, and Jane Doe (unidentified woman) bringing the total number of first-degree murder charges to 27.

Excavations continued through November 2003; the cost of the investigation is estimated to have been $70 million by the end of 2003, according to the provincial government.[10] As of 2015 the property is fenced off, under lien by the Crown in Right of British Columbia.[11][12][13] In the meantime, all the buildings on the property had been demolished. Forensic analysis proved difficult because the bodies may have been left to decompose or be eaten by insects and pigs on the farm.

During the early days of the excavations, forensic anthropologists brought in heavy equipment, including two 50-foot (15-meter) flat conveyor belts and soil sifters to find traces of remains. On March 10, 2004, it was revealed that Pickton may have ground up human flesh and mixed it with pork that he sold to the public; the province's health authority later issued a warning.[14][15][16][17] Another claim was made that he fed the bodies directly to his pigs.[18] Preliminary inquiry[edit] A preliminary inquiry was held in 2003, the testimony from which was covered by a publication ban until 2010. At the inquiry, the fact that Pickton had been charged with attempted murder in connection with the stabbing of prostitute Wendy Lynn Eistetter in 1997 was revealed. Eistetter testified at the inquiry that after he had driven her to the Port Coquitlam farm and had sex with her, Pickton slapped a handcuff on her left hand and stabbed her in the abdomen. She stabbed Pickton in self defense. Later, both she and Pickton were treated at the same hospital, where staff used a key they found in Pickton's pocket to remove the handcuffs from the woman's wrist. The attemptedmurder charge against Pickton was stayed on January 27, 1998, because the woman had drug addiction issues and prosecutors believed her too unstable for her testimony to help secure a conviction. The clothes and rubber boots Pickton had been wearing that evening were seized by police and left in an RCMP storage locker for more than seven years. Not until 2004 did lab testing show that the DNA of two missing women were on the items seized from Pickton in 1997.[19] In 1998, according to Vancouver police detective constable Lori Shenher, Shenher learned of a call made to a police tip phoneline stating that Pickton should be investigated in the case of the disappearances. According to Shenher's account, described at length in her 2015 book about the case, she struggled to attract sufficient police resources and attention to the case until a 2002 search of Pickton's farm by the RCMP.[20]

In 1999, Canadian police had received a tip that Pickton had a freezer filled with human flesh on his farm. Although they interviewed Pickton and obtained his consent to a search of his farm, the police never conducted one.[21] Trial[edit] Pickton's trial began on January 30, 2006 in New Westminster.[22] Pickton pleaded not guilty to 27 charges of first-degree murder in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The voir dire phase of the trial took most of the year to determine what evidence might be admitted before the jury. Reporters were not allowed to disclose any of the material presented in the arguments. On March 2, one of the 27 counts was rejected by Justice James Williams for lack of evidence.[23] On August 9, Justice Williams severed the charges, splitting them into one group of six counts and another group of twenty counts.[24] The trial proceeded on the group of six counts. The remaining 20 counts could have been heard in a separate trial, but ultimately were stayed on August 4, 2010.[7] Because of the publication ban, full details of the decision are not publicly available; but the judge has explained that trying all 26 charges at once would put an unreasonable burden on the jury, as the trial could last up to two years, and have an increased chance for a mistrial. The judge also added that the six counts he chose had "materially different" evidence from the other 20.[25] The date for the jury trial of the first six counts was initially set to start January 8, 2007, but later delayed to January 22.[26][27] On that date, Pickton faced first-degree murder charges in the deaths of Frey, Abotsway, Papin, Joesbury, Wolfe and Wilson. The media ban was lifted and for the first time Canadians heard the details of what was found during the long investigation: skulls cut in half with hands and feet stuffed inside; the remains of one victim found stuffed in a garbage bag, and her blood-stained clothing found in Pickton's trailer; part of another victim's jawbone and teeth found beside Pickton's slaughterhouse; and a .22 calibre[28] revolver with an attached dildo containing both his and a victim's DNA.[29] In a videotaped recording played for the jury, Pickton claimed to have attached the dildo to his weapon as a makeshift silencer.[18] As of February 20, 2007, the following information has been presented to the court:[30] During Pickton's trial, lab staff testified that about 80 unidentified DNA profiles, roughly half male and half female, have shown up on evidence.

The items police found inside Pickton's trailer: A loaded .22 revolver with a dildo over the barrel and one round fired, boxes of .357 Magnum handgun ammunition, night-vision goggles, two pairs of faux fur-lined handcuffs, a syringe with three millilitres of blue liquid inside, and "Spanish fly" aphrodisiac.

A videotape of Pickton's friend Scott Chubb saying Pickton had told him a good way to kill a female heroin addict was to inject her with windshield washer fluid. A second tape was played for Pickton, in which an associate named Andrew Bellwood said Pickton mentioned killing prostitutes by handcuffing and strangling them, then bleeding and gutting them before feeding them to pigs.

Photos of the contents of a garbage can found in Pickton's slaughterhouse, which held some remains of Mona Wilson.

In October 2007, a juror was accused of having made up her mind already that Pickton was innocent.

The trial judge questioned the juror, saying "It's reported to me you said from what you had seen you were certain Mr. Pickton was innocent, there was no way he could have done this. That the court system had arrested the wrong guy." The juror denied this completely. Justice Williams ruled that she could remain on the jury since it had not been proven she made the statements.[31] Justice James Williams suspended jury deliberations on December 6, 2007 after he discovered an error in his charge to the jury.[32] Earlier in the day, the jury had submitted a written question to Justice James requesting clarification of his charge, asking "Are we able to say 'yes' [i.e., find Pickton guilty] if we infer the accused acted indirectly?"[33]

On December 9, 2007, the jury returned a verdict that Pickton is not guilty on 6 counts of first-degree murder, but is guilty on 6 counts of second-degree murder.[34] A second-degree murder conviction carries a punishment of a life sentence, with no possibility of parole for a period between 10 and 25 years, to be set by the trial judge. On December 11, 2007, after reading 18 victim impact statements, British Columbia Supreme Court Judge Justice James Williams sentenced Pickton to life with no possibility of parole for 25 years – the maximum punishment for second-degree murder – and equal to the sentence which would have been imposed for a first-degree murder conviction. "Mr. Pickton's conduct was murderous and repeatedly so. I cannot know the details but I know this: What happened to them was senseless and despicable," said Justice Williams in passing the sentence.[35] British Columbia Court of Appeal[edit] The B.C. Court of Appeal rendered judgment in June 2009 on two appeals, one brought by the Crown (prosecution) and the other brought by the defence.

Crown appeal[edit] On January 7, 2008, the Attorney General filed an appeal in the British Columbia Court of Appeal, against Pickton's acquittals on the first-degree murder charges.[36] The grounds of appeal relate to a number of evidentiary rulings made by the trial judge, certain aspects of the trial judge’s jury instructions, and the ruling to sever the six charges Pickton was tried on from the remaining twenty.

[37][38] Some relatives of the victims in the case were taken aback by the announcement of a Crown appeal, especially because Attorney-General Wally Oppal had said a few days earlier that the prosecution would likely not appeal.[39] Although Pickton had been acquitted on the first-degree murder charges, he was convicted of second-degree murder and received the same sentence as he would have on first-degree murder convictions. The relatives of the victims expressed concern that the convictions would be jeopardized if the Crown argued that the trial judge had made errors.[40] Opposition critic Leonard Krog criticized the Attorney-General for not having briefed the victims’ families in advance.

[41] Oppal apologized to the victims’ families for not informing them of the appeal before it was announced to the general public.[41][42] Oppal also said that the appeal was filed largely for “strategic” reasons, in anticipation of an appeal by the defence. The prosecution’s rationale was that if Pickton appeals his convictions, and if that appeal is allowed, resulting in a new trial, the prosecution will want to hold that new trial on the original 26 charges of first-degree murder. But the Crown would be precluded from doing so unless it had successfully appealed the original acquittals on the first-degree murder charges, and the severance of the 26 counts into one group of six and one group of twenty.[43] Under the applicable rules of court,[44] the time period for the Crown to appeal expired 30 days after December 9, when the verdicts were rendered, while the time period for the defence to appeal expired 30 days after December 11, when Pickton was sentenced.[41] That is why the Crown announced its appeal first, even though the Crown appeal is intended to be conditional on an appeal by the defence. If the defence had not filed an appeal, then the Crown could have withdrawn its appeal.

Defense appeal[edit] On January 9, 2008, lawyers for Pickton filed a notice of appeal in the British Columbia Court of Appeal, seeking a new trial on six counts of second-degree murder.[45][46] The lawyer representing Pickton on the appeal was Gil McKinnon, who had been a Crown prosecutor in the 1970s.[47]

The notice of appeal enumerated various areas in which the defense alleged that the trial judge erred: the main charge to the jury, the response to the jurors’ question, amending the jury charge, similar fact evidence, and Pickton’s statements to the police.[48] Decisions of the Court of Appeal[edit] The British Columbia Court of Appeal issued its decisions on June 25, 2009, but some parts of the decisions were not publicly released because of publication bans still in place.[49][50][51] The Court of Appeal dismissed the defence appeal by a 2:1 majority.[52] Because there was a dissent on a point of law, Pickton was entitled to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, without first seeking leave to appeal.[53] His notice of appeal was filed in the Supreme Court of Canada on August 24, 2009.[54] The Court of Appeal allowed the crown appeal, finding that the trial judge erred in excluding some evidence and in severing the 26 counts into one group of 20 counts and one group of 6. The order resulting from this finding was stayed, so that the conviction on the six counts of second degree murder would not be set aside.[55] Supreme Court of Canada[edit] On June 26, 2009, Pickton's lawyers confirmed that they would exercise his right to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. The appeal was based on the dissent in the British Columbia Court of Appeal.[56] While Pickton had an automatic right to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada based on the legal issues on which Justice Donald had dissented, Pickton's lawyers applied to the Supreme Court of Canada for leave to appeal on other issues as well. On November 26, 2009, the Supreme Court of Canada granted this application for leave to appeal. The effect of this was to broaden the scope of Pickton's appeal, allowing him to raise arguments that had been rejected unanimously in the B.C. Court of Appeal (not just arguments that had been rejected by the 2-1 majority).[57][58][59] On July 30, 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered its decision dismissing Pickton's appeal and affirming his convictions.[60] The argument that Pickton should be granted a new trial was unanimously rejected by the Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada.[61] Although unanimous in its result, the Supreme Court split six to three in its legal analysis of the case.

The issue was whether the trial judge made a legal error in his instructions to the jury, and in particular in his "re-instruction" responding to the jury's question about Pickton's liability if he was not the only person involved. Writing for the majority, Madam Justice Charron found that "the trial judge's response to the question posed by the jury did not adversely impact on the fairness of the trial". She further found that the trial judge's overall instructions with respect to other suspects "compendiously captured the alternative routes to liability that were realistically in issue in this trial.

The jury was also correctly instructed that it could convict Mr. Pickton if the Crown proved this level of participation coupled with the requisite intent."[62] Mr. Justice LeBel, writing for the minority, found that the jury was not properly informed "of the legal principles which would have allowed them as triers of fact to consider evidence of Mr. Pickton’s aid and encouragement to an unknown shooter, as an alternative means of imposing liability for the murders." However, LeBel J. would have applied the so-called curative proviso[63] so as not to overturn Pickton's convictions.[62] Reaction and aftermath to the court proceedings[edit] Discontinuance of prosecution of other counts against Pickton[edit]

B.C. Crown spokesman Neil MacKenzie announced that the prosecution of Pickton on the 20 other murder charges would likely be discontinued. "In reaching this position," he said, "the branch has taken into account the fact that any additional convictions could not result in any increase to the sentence that Mr. Pickton has already received."[64] Families of the victims had varied reactions to this announcement. Some were disappointed that Pickton would never be convicted of the 20 other murders, while others were relieved that the gruesome details of the murders would not be aired in court.[65] Vancouver Police Department management review of investigation[edit] In 2010, the Vancouver Police Department issued a statement that an "exhaustive management review of the Missing Women Investigation" had been conducted, and the VPD would make the Review available to the public once the criminal matters are concluded and the publication bans are removed. In addition, the VPD disclosed that for several years it has "communicated privately to the Provincial Government that it believed a Public Inquiry would be necessary for an impartial examination of why it took so long for Robert Pickton to be arrested."[66] In August of that year, the VPD released the Missing Women: Investigation Review.[67] VPD apology[edit] At a press conference, Deputy Chief Constable Doug LePard of the VPD apologized to the victims' families, saying "I wish from the bottom of my heart that we would have caught him sooner. I wish that, the several agencies involved, that we could have done better in so many ways. I wish that all the mistakes that were made, we could undo. And I wish that more lives would have been saved. So on my behalf and behalf of the Vancouver Police Department and all the men and women that worked on this investigation, I would say to the families how sorry we all are for your losses and because we did not catch this monster sooner."[68] The Missing Women Commission of Inquiry[edit] After Robert Pickton lost his final appeal at the Supreme Court of Canada, the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry chaired by Wally Oppal was called to examine the role of the Vancouver police and the RCMP in the disappearances and murders of women in the Downtown Eastside. Families of the missing and murdered women have been calling for public hearings since before Pickton was arrested and eventually convicted of six murders.[69] The Commission's final report submission to the Attorney General was dated November 19, 2012 and was released to the public on December 17.

[70] During the inquiry, lawyers for some of the victims' families sought to have an unpublished 289page manuscript authored by former police investigator Lori Shenher entered as evidence and made entirely public. Several passages were read into the inquiry's record but Commissioner Oppal declined to publicize the entire manuscript.[71] Transfer to penitentiary[edit] During a court hearing on August 4, 2010, Judge Williams stated that Pickton should be committed to a federal penitentiary; up to that point he had been held at a provincial pretrial institution.[65] Stay of final 20 murder charges[edit] Pickton had faced a further 20 first degree murder charges involving other female victims from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.[72] On February 26, 2008, a family member of one of the 20 women named as alleged victims told the media that the Crown had told her a trial on the further 20 counts might not proceed.[73] On August 4, 2010, Crown prosecutors stayed the balance of the pending murder charges against Pickton, ending the prospect of any further trials.[74][75]

The 20 charges were formally stayed by crown counsel Melissa Gillespie shortly after 4 p.m. during a British Columbia Supreme Court hearing at New Westminster.[7] Most (but not all) of the publication bans in the case were lifted by the trial judge, James Williams of the British Columbia Supreme Court, after lawyers spent hours in court going through the various complicated bans.[76] On August 6, 2010, various media outlets released a transcript of conversations between an RCMP undercover operator and Pickton in his holding cell. While the RCMP censored the undercover officer's name throughout most of the document, his name was left uncensored in several portions of the document that the RCMP released to the public. This uncensored version was available to the public, through Global News, CTV News, and the Vancouver Sun, for about an hour before being pulled and re-edited. It is not known the extent of the damage this mistake caused the undercover officer.[76] Victims[edit] On December 9, 2007, Pickton was convicted of second-degree murder in the deaths of six women: Count 1, Sereena Abotsway[77] (born August 20, 1971), age 29 when she disappeared in August 2001; her foster mother reported her missing on Aug. 22, 2001.

Count 2, Mona Lee Wilson[78] (born January 13, 1975), age 26 when she went to her doctor on Nov. 30, 2001, and was reported missing that night.

Count 6, Andrea Joesbury, age 22 when last seen in June 2001 and was reported missing June 8, 2001.

Count 7, Brenda Ann Wolfe,[79] age 32 when last seen in February 1999 and was reported missing on April 25, 2000.

Count 16, Marnie Lee Frey,[80] last seen August 1997 and reported missing on Dec. 29, 1997.Vancouver Police Missing Persons Case #98-209922.

Count 11, Georgina Faith Papin, last seen in January 1999 and reported missing in March 2001.

More victims[edit] Pickton also stood accused of first-degree murder in the deaths of twenty other women until these charges were stayed on August 4, 2010.

Count 3, Jacqueline Michelle McDonell,[81] 23 when she was last seen in January 1999. Vancouver Police Missing Persons Case # 99-039699.

Count 4, Dianne Rosemary Rock[82] (born September 2, 1967), 34 when last seen on October 19, 2001. Reported missing December 13, 2001.

Count 5, Heather Kathleen Bottomley[83] (born August 17, 1976), 25 when she was last seen (and reported missing) on April 17, 2001.

Count 8, Jennifer Lynn Furminger, last seen in 1999.

Count 9, Helen Mae Hallmark,[84] last seen August 1997. Vancouver Police Missing Persons Case #98226384.

Count 10, Patricia Rose Johnson,[85] last seen in March 2001.

Count 12, Heather Chinnook, 30 when last seen in April 2001.

Count 13, Tanya Holyk, 23 when last seen in October 1996.

Count 14, Sherry Irving,[86] 24 when last seen in 1997.

Count 15, Inga Monique Hall,[87] 46 when last seen in February 1998. Vancouver Police Missing Persons Case # 98-047919.

Count 17, Tiffany Drew, last seen December 1999.

Count 18, Sarah de Vries,[88] last seen April 1998.

Count 19, Cynthia Feliks,[89] last seen in December 1997.

Count 20, Angela Rebecca Jardine,[90] last seen November 20, 1998 between 3:30- 4p.m. at Oppenheimer Park at a rally in the downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Vancouver Police Missing Persons Case # 98.286097.

Count 21, Diana Melnick,[91] last seen in December 1995.

Count 22, Jane Doe – charge lifted; see below.

Count 23, Debra Lynne Jones,[92] last seen in December 2000.

Count 24, Wendy Crawford, last seen in December 1999.

Count 25, Kerry Koski, last seen in January 1998.

Count 26, Andrea Fay Borhaven,[93] last seen in March 1997. Vancouver Police Missing Persons Case # 99.105703.

Count 27, Cara Louise Ellis[94] aka Nicky Trimble (born April 13, 1971), 25 when last seen in 1996.[95] Reported missing October 2002.

As of March 2, 2006, the murder charge involving the unidentified victim has been lifted. Pickton refused to enter a plea on the charge involving this victim, known in the proceedings as Jane Doe, so the court registered a not-guilty plea on his behalf. "The count as drawn fails to meet the minimal requirement set out in Section 581 of the Criminal Code. Accordingly, it must be quashed," wrote Justice James Williams. The detailed reasons for the judge's ruling cannot be reported in Canada because of the publication ban covering this stage of the trial.

Pickton is implicated in the murders of the following women, but charges have not yet been laid (incomplete list): Mary Ann Clark[96] aka Nancy Greek, 25, disappeared in August 1991 from downtown Victoria.

Yvonne Marie Boen (sometimes used the surname England)[97] (born November 30, 1967), 34 when last seen on March 16, 2001 and reported missing on March 21, 2001.

Dawn Teresa Crey,[98] reported missing in December 2000. Crey is the main subject of a 2006 documentary film about murdered and missing Aboriginal women in Canada, entitled Finding Dawn.

[99][100] Two unidentified women.

After Pickton was arrested many people started coming forward and talking to police about what was going on at the farm. One of these witnesses that came forward was Lynn Ellingsen. Ellingsen claimed to have seen Pickton skinning a woman hanging from a meat hook years earlier; she did not tell anyone about this out of fear for her life.[101] Additionally, Ellingsen admitted that she blackmailed Pickton[102] about the incident on more than one occasion.

The victims' children filed a civil lawsuit in May 2013 against the Vancouver Police Department, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Crown for failing to protect the victims.[103] They reached a settlement in March 2014, where each of the children was to be compensated $50,000, without an admission of liability.[104] August 2006 'Pickton Letters'[edit] In August 2006, Thomas Loudamy, a 27-year-old Fremont, California resident, claimed that he had received three letters from Robert Pickton in response to letters Loudamy sent under an assumed identity.

In the letters, Pickton allegedly speaks with concern about the expense of the investigation, asserts his innocence, quotes and refers to the Bible,[105][106] praises the trial judge, and responds in detail to (fictional) information in Loudamy's letters, which were written in the guise of Mya Barnett, a 'down on her luck' woman.

The news of the letters' existence was broken by The Vancouver Sun, in an exclusive published on Saturday, September 2, 2006, and as of that date, neither law enforcement nor any representative of

Pickton has verified the authenticity of the letters. The Sun, however, has undertaken several actions to confirm the documents' authenticity, including: Confirming that the outgoing stamps are consistent with those of the North Fraser Pretrial Centre (NFPC), where Pickton is being held; Confirming through a representative of Canada Post that the outgoing stamps are not forgeries; and Confirming that the machine (identifiable with a serial number included in the stamp) used to stamp the envelopes is the machine used by the NFPC. Loudamy claims not to have kept copies of his outgoing letters to Pickton, and as of September 4, 2006, no information on their existence has been forthcoming from Pickton or his representatives.

Loudamy has a history of writing to accused and convicted criminals, in some instances under his own identity (as with his correspondence with Clifford Olson), and in others in the guise of a character he believes will be more readily accepted by the targets of the letters. Loudamy, an aspiring journalist, claims that his motivation in releasing the letters is to help the public gain insights into Pickton.[107] 2015 filming[edit] In 2015, a film with the working title of Full Flood began production in Vancouver by CBC-TV. Based on Stevie Cameron's book On The Farm it was to use the life experiences of Pickton's victims for a fictional story about women in the Downtown Eastside who became victims of a serial killer.[108] 2016 autobiography[edit] In 2016, a book claimed to have been written by Pickton and titled Pickton: In his Own Words went up for sale and initiated controversy, critical petitions and actions by government to prevent Pickton from profiting from the work.

Pickton was described as getting his manuscript out of prison by passing it to a former cellmate who then sent it to a retired construction worker from California named Michael Chilldres — who typed it up and is credited as the author of the 144-page book.[109] Provincial Solicitor General Mike Morris and an online petition on Change.org each sought to remove the book from sale on Amazon.com.

[109] Premier Christy Clark expressed interest in introducing new legislation similar to laws in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Ontario to prevent criminal profits from such books.[110] Colorado publisher Outskirts Press ceased publication of the book and asked Amazon to remove it from their site after finding out that although Chilldres had his name on the book cover, the author was actually an incarcerated criminal.[110] See also[edit] List of serial killers by country Gilbert Paul Jordan References[edit] Jump up ^ "Who is Robert Pickton". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. 2007-11-30. Retrieved 2008-11-10.

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Further reading[edit] Stevie Cameron (30 May 2007). The Pickton File. Random House Digital, Inc. ISBN 978-0-676-97953-4.

Stevie Cameron (25 October 2011). On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver's Missing Women. Random House Digital, Inc. ISBN 978-0-676-97585-7.

External links[edit] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robert Pickton.

Missing Women Commission of Inquiry ("Oppal") Report (November 19, 2012) Wikinews has related news: Robert Pickton found guilty of 6 counts of second degree murder R. v. Pickton, Full text of Supreme Court of Canada decision available at LexUM and CanLII (July 30, 2010) R. v. Pickton, decision of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia (June 25, 2009) (defence appeal) R. v. Pickton, decision of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia (June 25, 2009) (Crown appeal) R. v. Pickton, decision of the Supreme Court of British Columbia (December 13, 2007) (ruling re: reinstructing the jury) R. v. Pickton, decision of the Supreme Court of British Columbia (January 16, 2007) (ruling re: media application to access and publish exhibits #1) Robert William Pickton Trial Information (Court Services, Ministry of Attorney General) Covering The Trial: Former Sex Trade Workers Work As Citizen Correspondents For Orato CBC Backgrounder TruTV article on Robert Pickton Vancouver Eastside Missing Women BBC Article on Pickton (2007-01-21) Excerpts from 'The Pickton letters' Pat Casanova testimony, June 4–6, 2007 History of Sex Work in Vancouver (downloadable PDF book written by sex workers) PDFs of the Pickton letters obtained by The Vancouver Sun. Interviews and oral histories with victims' families and community workers, part of research stored at Simon Fraser University Library.

Peter Woodcock From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Michael Krueger Peterwoodcock.jpg Krueger (then Woodcock) in 1957.

Born Peter Woodcock March 5, 1939 Peterborough, Ontario Died March 5, 2010 (aged 71) Penetanguishene, Ontario Killings Victims 4 Span of killings 1956–1957, 1991 Country Canada

Date apprehended January 21, 1957 David Michael Krueger (March 5, 1939 – March 5, 2010), best known by his birth name, Peter Woodcock, was a Canadian serial killer and child rapist who gained notoriety for the murders of three young children in Toronto in the late 1950s, as well as for a murder on his first day of unsupervised release from the psychiatric institution he was incarcerated in for his earlier crimes.

An adopted child, Krueger was shuttled around numerous foster homes as an infant, and showed signs of severe emotional trauma when he found a permanent foster home at the age of three.

Unable to adjust to most social situations, he would be bullied by and isolated from his peers. He would often wander from his home by foot, bicycle or train to parts of Toronto where he would molest dozens, and ultimately murder three young children. Found not guilty by reason of insanity for these crimes, he was placed in a psychiatric facility where he was deemed to be psychopathic.

Experimental treatment programs for psychopathy tried with Woodcock proved ineffective when he murdered a fellow psychiatric patient in 1991; and, after his death in 2010, he was described in the Toronto Star as "the serial killer they couldn't cure."[1] Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Early crimes 2.1 Murder of Wayne Mallette 2.2 Murder of Gary Morris 2.3 Murder of Carole Voyce 3 Apprehension and trial 4 Imprisonment 4.1 Murder of Dennis Kerr 4.2 Death 5 See also 6 References Early life[edit] Peter Woodcock was born in Peterborough, Canada to a 17-year-old factory worker, Waita Woodcock, who gave him up for adoption after breastfeeding him for a month. Adoption agency records report that the newborn, Peter, showed feeding problems and cried constantly.[2] As an infant, he stayed in various foster homes; unable to bond with any of his foster parents.[3] After his first birthday, he became terrified of anybody approaching him, and his speech was incoherent—described as strange whining animal noises.[4] He was also physically abused by at least one of his early foster parents, with a 2-year-old Woodcock having to be given medical treatment for an injured neck after receiving a beating.[4] He was placed into a stable home at the age of three, to foster parents Frank and Susan Maynard – an upper-middle-class couple with another son. Susan Maynard, who was described as a "forceful woman with an exaggerated sense of propriety",[4] became strongly attached to the maladjusted child who would still scream when someone approached him. By the age of five, Woodcock would no longer scream when approached, but he remained a strange child and became the target of neighbourhood bullies. He often wandered far away from his neighbourhood, once being found cowering in some bushes, in an attempt to hide from other children.[4] Worried about the child's fragile emotional state, Frank and Susan Maynard would regularly bring him to the Hospital for Sick Children, where Woodcock received extensive treatment. Woodcock was sent to a private school, but again failed to make friends or interact successfully with his peers and remained isolated.[5] By the age of eleven, he was described as an 'angry little boy', with a Children's Aid Society report on him from that time reading:

Slight in build, neat in appearance, eyes bright, and wide open, worried facial expression, sometimes screwing up of eyes, walks briskly and erect, moves rapidly, darts ahead, interested and questioning constantly in conversation ... He attributes his wandering to feeling so nervous that he just has to get away. In some ways, Peter has little capacity for self-control. He appears to act out almost everything he thinks and demonstrates excessive affection for his foster mother. Although he verbalizes his resentment for other children, he has never been known to physically attack another child ... Peter apparently has no friends. He plays occasionally with younger children, managing the play. When with children his own age, he is boastful and expresses determinedly ideas which are unacceptable and misunderstood.[5] Signs of Woodcock's violent fantasies were present at this time also, seen when a social worker was walking with him at the Canadian National Exhibition and Woodcock muttered, "I wish a bomb would fall on the Exhibition and kill all the children".[5][6] Woodcock was sent to a school for emotionally disturbed children in Kingston, Ontario, and began acting on his strong sexual urges with other children – with Woodcock stating that here he had consensual intercourse with a 12-year-old girl when he was thirteen.[5] When he turned fifteen, he was discharged from this school and returned to live with his foster parents, but was soon re-enrolled at his original private school, where he again failed to connect with his peers.[5] At the age of sixteen, he left the private school again and was sent to a public high school, where children from the neighborhood instantly recognized him and resumed the bullying; he transferred to a private high school six weeks later.[5] While his peers again shunned him, his teachers there remembered him as a very bright student who excelled in science, history, and English, and who frequently scored 100 percent on his tests.[7] Early crimes[edit] Peter Woodcock’s prized possession was a red and white Schwinn bicycle on which he satisfied his continuing compulsion to wander. He rode the bike to the far reaches of the city—even during the deep, cold Toronto winters—and evolved a fantasy in which he led a gang of 500 invisible boys on bikes called the 'Winchester Heights Gang'.[7] His foster parents were aware of this fantasy and his compulsion to wander, but they, as well as everyone else, were unaware that he had begun traveling around Toronto on his bike and sexually assaulting children.[1] Murder of Wayne Mallette[edit] On September 15, 1956, Woodcock was riding his bike around the grounds of the Exhibition Place when he met 7-year-old Wayne Mallette. He lured the boy out of sight and then proceeded to strangle him to death.[1] Mallette's body was found in the early hours of September 16. He was dressed in a British schoolboy blazer, shirt and plaid pants. It appeared that his clothing had been removed and he had then been re-dressed. His face was pushed into the dirt and two bite marks were found on the body — one on the boy’s calf and the other on his buttock. There was no evidence of rape, however. Pennies were found ritualistically scattered near the body and someone had defecated next to the victim as well.[7] Murder of Gary Morris[edit] On October 6, 1956, Woodcock was riding his bike around Cabbagetown when he picked up 9-yearold Gary Morris. He then drove the boy to Cherry Beach, where he strangled and beat him to death with a coroner later determining that Morris had died from a ruptured liver.[1] Morris' body was found with a bite mark on his throat and this time paper clips seemed to have been ritualistically sprinkled near the corpse. Again, the clothing had been removed from the victim and then he had been re-dressed.[8] Murder of Carole Voyce[edit] On January 19, 1957, Woodcock was riding his bike when he approached 4-year-old Carole Voyce and offered her a ride. He then drove her under the Bloor Viaduct and murdered her.[1] When she was

found, her clothes had been pulled off. It appeared that she had been choked into unconsciousness and sexually molested, and that her death was caused by a tree branch being forcibly inserted into her vagina.[8] Apprehension and trial[edit] Witnesses saw a teenager cycling away from Carole Voyce's crime scene, and an accurate composite sketch was created based on those witnesses' descriptions. This sketch ran on the front page of the Toronto Star and would lead to Woodcock's arrest on January 21, 1957, and his subsequent confession to all three murders.[1] He recalled upon his arrest: "My fear was that Mother would find out. Mother was my biggest fear. I didn’t know if the police would let her at me."[9] Woodcock was tried only for the murder of Carole Voyce.[6] On April 11, 1957, after a four-day trial, he was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was sent to the Oak Ridge division of the maximumsecurity Penetanguishene Mental Health Centre in Penetanguishene, Ontario.[1][10] Imprisonment[edit] While imprisoned, Woodcock underwent various forms of psychiatric therapy, including LSD treatments when they were popular in the 1960s. He was also given other personality-breaking drugs: scopolamine, sodium amytal, methedrine and dexamyl.[11] He was subjected to "dyads" — a personality-breaking therapy in which inmates challenged each other’s belief systems — which inmates referred to as "The Hundred-Day Hate-In".[1] Dyads were developed in the late 1950s to early 1960s by a Harvard psychologist and former CIA interrogation and psychological warfare expert, Henry A. Murray. In the 1960s, one of Murray’s volunteer personality-destruction subjects had been a young Harvard student—Ted Kaczynski, the future Unabomber.[11] Woodcock did not respond well to these treatments, and was not an ideal prisoner. He engaged in homosexual acts and exploited his fellow inmates, who were often less intelligent or less sane than he was. He formed an imaginary gang, the Brotherhood. He convinced inmates that he had contact with the mythical group on the outside, and that in order to be initiated, inmates had to perform oral sex on him and bring him gifts of cigarettes.[11] Woodcock was eventually transferred to less restrictive institutions, and ultimately arrived at the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital. Here, staff indulged his passion for trains by taking him to the Smiths Falls Railway Museum, and even took him to see Silence of the Lambs. During this time, he legally changed his name to David Michael Krueger and rekindled a relationship with Bruce Hamill, an Ottawa killer who had been released from Oak Ridge and was working as a security guard at the Ottawa courthouse.[1] Krueger convinced Hamill an alien brotherhood would solve his problems if he helped kill another Brockville inmate, Dennis Kerr.[1] Murder of Dennis Kerr[edit] On July 13, 1991, Bruce Hamill went to a hardware store, bought a plumber's wrench, hatchet, knives and a sleeping bag, then went to the Brockville hospital and signed out Krueger on his first publicly escorted day pass. During the first hour of his first weekend pass (unsupervised release) in 34 years, [6] Krueger arranged to meet Dennis Kerr in the woods near Brockville where Krueger would loan Kerr five hundred dollars.[12] When Dennis Kerr arrived as instructed, Krueger struck him in the head with the pipe wrench and continued to beat him into unconsciousness. Krueger and Hamill then seized the hatchet and knife they had hidden in the bushes while waiting for Kerr's arrival and hacked and stabbed Kerr, mutilating his body, cutting it open, and nearly severing his head. Drenched in Kerr’s blood, they then stripped themselves naked and sodomized the corpse.[13] Krueger then left the scene, walked to a police station about two miles away, and turned himself in.[13] Death[edit]

For the murder of Dennis Kerr, Krueger was transferred back to the Oak Ridge division of the Penetanguishene Mental Health Centre, where he had spent the majority of his 34 preceding years in custody. In the years after Kerr's murder, he was the focus of a biography and several documentary films and sometimes tried to explain why he killed, but he never came up with rational reasons. He said in a 1993 interview: "I'm accused of having no morality, which is a fair assessment, because my morality is whatever the system allows."[1] On March 5, 2010, his 71st birthday, Krueger died of natural causes.[1][6] Julio Pérez Silva From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Julio Pérez Silva Born Julio Pérez Silva July 15, 1963 (age 53) Puchuncaví, Valparaíso, Chile Other names The Psychopath from Alto Hospicio Criminal penalty Life imprisonment Conviction(s) Murder Killings Victims 14 Span of killings 1998–2001 Country Chile Date apprehended October 4, 2001 This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish. (July 2015) Click [show] for important translation instructions. [show] Julio Pérez Silva is a Chilean serial killer active between 1998 and 2001. Known as the Psychopath from Alto Hospicio, his crimes took place in the Tarapacá Region, specifically in the city of Iquique and in the town of Alto Hospicio, hence his nickname.

He was convicted of killing 14 women and was sentenced to life imprisonment on February 26, 2004.

Viña del Mar psychopaths From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish. (April 2014) Click [show] for important translation instructions. [show] Jorge Sagredo Born Jorge José Sagredo Pizarro August 22, 1955 Viña del Mar, Chile Died January 29, 1985 (aged 29) Quillota, Chile Cause of death Executed by gunshot Other names Viña del Mar psychopath Criminal penalty Death Conviction(s) Murder, Rape Killings Victims 10 Span of killings August 5, 1980–November 1, 1981

Country Chile Date apprehended March 8, 1982 Carlos Topp Born Carlos Alberto Topp Collins January 25, 1950 Viña del Mar, Chile Died January 29, 1985 (aged 35) Quillota, Chile Cause of death Executed by gunshot Other names Viña del Mar psychopath Criminal penalty Death Conviction(s) Murder, Rape Killings Victims 10 Span of killings August 5, 1980–November 1, 1981 Country Chile Date apprehended March 8, 1982 The Viña del Mar psychopaths (Spanish: Psicópatas de Viña del Mar) was the name given to the Chilean serial killer duo Jorge José Sagredo Pizarro (August 22, 1955 - January 29, 1985) and Carlos Alberto Topp Collins (January 25, 1950 - January 29, 1985). They committed ten murders and four rapes from August 5, 1980 to November 1, 1981, in the city of Viña del Mar. They are also known for being the last men to be executed in Chile.[1] Crimes[edit] Murder of Enrique Gajardo Casales on August 5, 1980 on the El Olivar trail, close to the intersection with the Achupallas pass.

Murder of Alfredo Sánchez Muñoz on November 12, 1980 in the Estadio Sausalito sector; during the attack, they also raped Sánchez Muñoz's companion, Fernanda Bohle Basso.

Murder of Fernando Lagunas Alfaro and Delia González Apablaza on February 28, 1981 on the Marga Marga estuary.

Murder of Luis Morales Álvarez on May 25, 1981 on the Camino Granadilla.

Murder of Jorge Inostroza Letelier on May 26, 1981 in Reñaca; during the attack, they also raped Inostroza's companion Margarita Santibáñez Ibaceta.

Murder of Raúl Aedo León on July 28, 1981in the National Botanical Garden of Viña del Mar. Murder of Oscar Noguera Inostroza on July 28, 1981 in Limache; during the attack, they also raped Noguera's companion Ana María Riveros Contreras.

Murder of Jaime Ventura Córdova and Rosana Venegas Reyes on November 1, 1981, under the Capuchinos Bridge.

Cultural references[edit] During 2013 and 2014 Canal 13 issued a series called Secretos en el Jardín, inspired by the case.

The movie Pena de Muerte, released in 2012.

References[edit] Jump up ^ "El Caso Completo". sicopatasdevina.cl. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-26.

Liu Pengli From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Liu Pengli Prince of Jidong Born 劉彭離

2nd Century BC House Han Father Liu Wu Question book-new.svg This article relies largely or entirely upon a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. (July 2015) This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu. Liu Pengli (Chinese: 劉彭離), Prince of Jidong (濟東王), was a 2nd-century bc Han prince. He is one of the earliest serial killers attested by historical sources.

Family[edit] Liu Penglai was the third son of Liu Wu (posthumously known as Prince Xiao of Liang), the grandson of the Emperor Wen and the nephew of the Emperor Jing. Liu Wu's other sons included (in order) Liu Mai, Liu Ming, Liu Ding, and Liu Bushi.[citation needed] Biography[edit] Liu was created Prince of Jidong in the sixth year of the middle era of the Emperor Jing of Han (144 bc), the year of his father's banishment from the capital and death. The empress dowager Xiaowen grieved greatly for her younger son and, to placate her (and weaken the powerful fief of Liang), Emperor Jing divided Liang in five and granted a part to each of Liu Wu's sons.

Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian relates that, "twenty-nine years later, he was arrogant and cruel and would go out on marauding expeditions with tens of slaves or young men who were in hiding from the law, murdering people and seizing their belongings for sheer sport. Confirmed victims exceeded 100, and these murders were known across the kingdom, so people were afraid of going out of their houses at night. Eventually, the son of one of his victims accused him to the Emperor, and the officials of the court requested that Liu Pengli be executed; however, the Emperor could not bear to have his own nephew killed, and Liu Pengli was made a commoner and banished to the county of Shangyong [now Zhushan in Hubei Province]. In 116 bc, his sovereignty was abolished and his land was reclaimed[1] by the Emperor Jing".[citation needed][2] References[edit] Jump up ^ Book of Han. Gong Runbo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gong Runbo Born Gong Runbo 1972 China Died December 31, 2006 (aged 33–34) Cause of death Execution Criminal penalty Death Conviction(s) Murder Killings Victims 6-20+ Span of killings March 2005–February 2006 Country China Date apprehended February 28, 2006 This is a Chinese name; the family name is Gong.

Gong Runbo (simplified Chinese: 宫润伯; traditional Chinese: 宮潤伯; pinyin: Gōng Rùnbó; 1972 - 31 December 2006) was a Chinese serial killer who, between March 2005 and February 2006, murdered six children between the ages of 9 and 16. Forensic evidence led police to believe he may have killed over twenty.[1] Gong was imprisoned in October 1996 for the rape of a 15-year-old girl. He was released in 2004 after serving an eight-year sentence. He sexually assaulted and murdered six children in the city of Jiamusi, in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. He also lured and molested five others aged 12 and 13.

Gong was arrested on February 28, 2006 when a boy escaped from his apartment and called the police. The police captured Gong in a nearby Internet cafe and found four decomposing bodies and children's clothes in his apartment. He was executed on 31 December 2006.

References[edit] Jump up ^ "RUNBO Gong". Retrieved 16 February 2014.

External links[edit] Notorious serial killer sentenced to death in NE. China - China Daily.

Man charged with child murders after controversial probe - The Chinese Central Government's Official Web Portal.

Huang Yong (murderer) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Chinese. (August 2012) Click [show] for important translation instructions. [show] This is a Chinese name; the family name is Huang.

Huang Yong Born Huang Yong November 18, 1974 Henan, China Died December 26, 2003 (aged 29) Cause of death Executed by firing squad.

Criminal penalty Death Killings Victims 17-25 Span of killings September, 2001–2003 Country China State(s) Henan Date apprehended November 2003 Huang Yong (Chinese: 黄勇; pinyin: Huáng Yǒng; November 18, 1974 – December 26, 2003) was a Chinese serial killer accused of murdering 17 teenage boys (although he is suspected of 25 murders) between September 2001-03.[1] In September 2001 Huang started to lure young boys from video halls, Internet cafes and video arcades to his house by offering to recommend them for well-paying jobs or to fund their schooling or sightseeing tours. In his house, Huang drugged the youths and raped them after strangling them with a rope.

In November 2003 a 16-year-old boy named Zhang Liang went to the police. Investigators at first were not convinced of Liang's story but the boy claimed that Huang had invited him to his apartment by

offering him a job. Once he got there, Zhang said that Huang tried to strangle him and that he went into unconsciousness three times. Afterwards, when the young boy awoke, Huang said to him, "I killed at least 25 people. You're number 26" but Liang escaped and reported him to the police.[2] Everntually the police believed Liang's story and arrested Huang, who was convicted of 17 murders and sentenced to death on December 9, 2003. He was executed by a firing squad on December 26, 2003.

Huang described the motive for his crimes by saying, "I've always wanted to be an assassin since I was a kid, but I never had the chance."[3] Shen Changyin and Shen Changping From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is a Chinese name; the family name is Shen.

Shen Changyin and Shen Changping Born Shen Changyin: 1976 (age 39–40) Shen Changping: 1984 (age 31–32) Criminal penalty Death Killings Victims 12 Span of killings 1999–2004 Country China State(s) Henan · Gansu · Shanxi Anhui · Inner Mongolia Hebei Date apprehended August 2004 The brothers Shen Changyin (born 1976) and Shen Changping (born 1984) are Chinese serial killers and cannibals who murdered and ate the livers of 11 prostitutes between June 2003 and August 2004. They were aided by Li Chunling and three other female accomplices.

Murders[edit] In June 2003, the Shen brothers began murdering prostitutes in Lanzhou, Gansu, China. Their first victim was Yao Fang, whom they lured to a house and tied up. After forcing her to provide her bank account PIN, they strangled and dismembered her.[1] In late November 2003, the Shens robbed Li Chunling in the same manner as Yao; however, they decided against killing her when she offered to bring them more victims. When Li brought them a prostitute several days later, the brothers robbed her then forced Li to kill her. Then they removed her kidney, burned her body with sulphuric acid, and flushed it down the toilet.[1] After murdering three more women in this manner, the Shens and Li moved to Taiyuan, Shanxi in April 2004. There they lured Zhao Meiying and forced her to bring a prostitute to their home. The Shens then forced Zhao to stab the woman and put the body in a meat processor before flushing the chemical-dipped pieces down the toilet.[1] After Zhao surrendered to police and Li was caught, the Shens continued to murder women in Hefei, Anhui; Baotou, Inner Mongolia; and Shijiazhuang, Hebei.[1] Arrest and sentencing[edit]

In August 2004, the Shens and an accomplice, Du Surong, were caught in a Shijiazhuang apartment while trying to douse the dismembered body of a victim with acid.[1][2] The Shens confessed to robbing and killing 11 women.[3] They had plotted the murders after they lost money when their Lanzhou auto parts business failed.[1][4] Shen Changyin also confessed to murdering a man in their hometown of Nanwu, Henan in 1999, after which the brothers fled in 2000.[2][5] The Shens and Li were sentenced to death in September 2005. Three other female accomplices were sentenced to three to 20 years in prison.[1] References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Ji, Mi (2005-09-03). "Killer duo gets death". Shanghai Daily. Retrieved 200809-09. ^ Jump up to: a b "Brothers 'confess' to butchering 11 women: report". The Sydney Morning Herald.

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Wang Qiang (serial killer) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wang Qiang Born Wang Qiang 16 January 1975 China Died 17 November 2005 (aged 30) China Criminal penalty Death Killings Victims 45+ Span of killings 1995–2003 Country China This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang.

Wang Qiang (simplified Chinese: 王强; traditional Chinese: 王強; pinyin: Wáng Qiáng) (16 January 1975 - 17 November 2005) was a serial killer from Budayuan Town, Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County, Liaoning, China[1] and one of the most notorious murderers and rapists in Chinese history.

Wang grew up in the small village of Kaiyuan, Liaoning city. His father was abusive, addicted to drinking and gambling, and denied Wang the chance to enter school.[2] Wang committed his first murder on 22 January 1995. He was arrested on 14 July 2003. Official records show he was convicted of 45 murders and 10 rapes. Some young girls were raped postmortem.

Wang never lost any sleep or his appetite after killing.[3] References[edit] Jump up ^ 辽特大系列杀人、强奸案告破 百日会战显成效 (in Chinese). 搜狐网 来源：东北新闻 网. 2003-07-19. Retrieved 2010-07-30.

Jump up ^ 残杀 45 人，嗜血魔头没有父母没有家 (in Chinese). 家庭期刊集团 原载《家庭》2005 年 6 期 文/肖 宁. 1 June 2005. Retrieved 30 July 2010.

Jump up ^ "辽宁连环杀人犯王强的双面人生：杀了人从来不跑 (untranslated)". Sina.cn. 7 April 2005. Retrieved 24 Aug Yang Xinhai From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yang Xinhai Born 29 July 1968 Zhengyang County, Zhumadian, Henan, China Died 14 February 2004 (aged 35) Cause of death Execution by firing squad Other names The Monster Killer Criminal penalty Death Killings Victims 67 Span of killings 1999–2003 Country China State(s) Anhui, Hebei, Henan, Shandong Date apprehended 3 November 2003 Yang Xinhai (Chinese: 杨新海; 29 July 1968 – 14 February 2004), also known as Yang Zhiya, and Yang Liu,[1][2][3] was a Chinese serial killer who confessed to committing 65 murders and 23 rapes between 1999 and 2003, and was sentenced to death and executed for 67. He was dubbed the "Monster Killer" by the media. He is the most prolific known serial killer China has seen.

Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Crimes 3 Arrest, trial and execution 4 Motive 5 List of his serial murders 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Biography[edit] Yang was born on 29 July 1968 in Zhengyang County, Zhumadian, Henan Province, China. His family was one of the poorest in their village. The youngest of four children, Yang was clever and introverted. He dropped out of school in 1985, at age 17, and refused to return home, instead travelling around China and working as a labourer.[1][4][5][6][7] Crimes[edit] In 1988 and 1991, Yang was sentenced to labour camps for theft in Xi'an, Shaanxi and Shijiazhuang, Hebei.[4] In 1996, he was sentenced to five years in prison for attempted rape in Zhumadian, Henan and released in 1999.[4][8] Yang's killings took place between 1999 and 2003 in the provinces of Anhui, Hebei, Henan and Shandong. At night, he would enter his victims' homes, and kill all of the occupants—mainly farmers —with axes, hammers and shovels, sometimes killing entire families. Each time he wore new clothes and large shoes.[8][9][10][11] In October 2002, Yang killed a father and a six-year-old girl with a shovel and raped a pregnant woman, who survived the attack with serious head injuries.[3]

Arrest, trial and execution[edit] Yang was detained on 3 November 2003 after acting suspiciously during a routine police inspection of entertainment venues in Cangzhou, Hebei. Police took him in for questioning and discovered that he was wanted for murder in four provinces. As news of his arrest and crimes spread, the media dubbed him the "Monster Killer".[1][2][3][9][12][13] Shortly after he was arrested, Yang confessed to 65 murders, 23 rapes and five attacks causing serious injury: 49 murders, 17 rapes and five attacks in Henan; eight murders and three rapes in Hebei; six murders and two rapes in Anhui; and two murders and one rape in Shandong. Police also matched his DNA with that found at several crime scenes.[3][14] Later it was discovered that Yang contracted HIV from one of his victims.[3][14] On 1 February 2004, Yang was found guilty of 67 murders and 23 rapes, and sentenced to death in Luohe City Intermediate People's Court, Henan. At the time of his sentencing, official Chinese media believed he had carried out China's longest and grisliest killing spree.[4][8][14][15] Yang was executed on 14 February 2004 by shooting.[16] Motive[edit] According to some media reports at the time of his arrest, Yang's motive for the killings was revenge against society as a result of a break up.[2][9] Allegedly his girlfriend had left him because of his previous sentences for theft and rape.[2][9] Later media reports claimed that his enjoyment of robbery, rape and murder was the motive.[3][14] While Yang never formally provided a motive, he was quoted as saying: "When I killed people I had a desire. This inspired me to kill more. I don't care whether they deserve to live or not. It is none of my concern...I have no desire to be part of society. Society is not my concern."[14][17] List of his serial murders[edit] 19 September 2000, Guozhuang Village, Beijiao Township, Chuanhui District, Zhoukou City, Henan Province, 2 murders 1 October 2000, Chunshuzhuang, Xiaoying Village, Wangdian Town, Yingzhou District, Fuyang City, Anhui Province, 3 murders, 1 rape 15 August 2001, Fangcheliu Village, Juling Township, Linying County, Luohe City, Henan Province, 3 murders, 1 rape Autumn 2001, Kanglou Township, Xihua County, Zhoukou City, Henan Province, 2 murders Winter 2001, a village southeast of the county town of Ye County, Pingdingshan, Henan Province, 2 murders 27 January 2002, Tongxu County, Kaifeng City, Henan Province, 3 murders, 1 rape 30 June 2002, Chaigang Township, Fugou County, Zhoukou City, Henan Province, 4 murders, 1 rape 28 July 2002, Dengzhou City, Nanyang City, Henan Province, 4 murders, 2 rapes 22 October 2002, Zhaihu Village, Songji Township, Xiping County, Zhumadian City, Henan Province, 2 murders, 1 rape, 1 seriously injured 8 November 2002, Gaoli Village, Shaodian Township, Shangcai County, Zhumadian City, Henan Province, 4 murders, 2 rapes, 1 seriously injured 16 November 2002, Liuzhuang Village, Zhangshi Town, Weishi County, Kaifeng City, Henan Province, 2 murders, 1 rape 19 November 2002, Shiguai Village, Wangmeng Township, Linying County, Luohe City, Henan Province, 2 murders

1 December 2002, Yanwan Village, Wangpiliu Town, Luyi County, Zhoukou City, Henan Province, 2 murders, 1 rape, 1 seriously injured 6 December 2002, Liuzhuang Village, Renhe Township, Xiping County, Zhumadian City, Henan Province, 5 murders, 1 rape 13 December 2002, Sijia Village, Malan Township, Yanling County, Xuchang City, Henan Province, 2 murders 15 December 2002, Xiaolizhuang, Miaocha Town, Linquan County, Fuyang City, Anhui Province, 3 murders, 1 rape 5 February 2003, Kuzhuang Township, Xiangcheng County, Xuchang City, Henan Province, 3 murders, 1 rape, 1 seriously injured 18 February 2003, Chiying Township, Xihua County, Zhoukou City, Henan Province, 4 murders, 2 rapes 23 March 2003, Chengguan Town, Minquan County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province, 4 murders, 1 rape 2 April 2003, Sanlizhai Village, Taoyuan Town, Cao County, Heze City, Shandong Province, 2 murders 5 August 2003, Lidao Village, Xingtai City, Hebei Province, 3 murders 8 August 2003, Dongliangxiang Village, Qiaoxi District, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, 5 murders Totals: 26 incidents, 67 murders, 23 rapes, 10 intentional serious injuries See also[edit] List of serial killers by number of victims List of serial killers by country References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b c "Man arrested over serial murders of 65 people". China Daily. 2003-11-18.

Archived from the original on 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2008-09-13. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Man arrested on suspicion of killing 65 people in China". ABC News. 2003-1115. Archived from the original on 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2008-09-13. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Cui, Vivian (2003-11-22). "Using hammer, shovel or axe, serial killer of 65 struck victims as they slept Yang Xinhai's motives were rape and robbery, police say of four-province rampage.". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2008-0913. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Liu, Li (2004-02-02). "Man faces death after killing 67". China Daily. Archived from the original on 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2008-09-15.

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"China executes mass murderer." BBC News. Saturday 14 February 2004.

Zhang Yongming From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zhang Yongming Born 1956 China Died January 10, 2013 (aged 56–57) Yunnan, China Cause of death Execution Other names The Cannibal Killer Cannibal Monster Criminal penalty Death Conviction(s) Intentional Homicide Cannibalism Killings Victims 11 Span of killings March 2008–April 2012 Country China State(s) Yunnan Date apprehended May 9, 2012 This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Yongming (1956 – January 10, 2013) was a Chinese serial killer who was convicted of, and subsequently confessed to, the murder of 11 males between March 2008 and April 2012. It is believed that he fed flesh from some of his victims to his dogs and sold other parts at the local market, calling it "ostrich meat". He was executed on January 10, 2013.

Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Crimes 3 Aftermath 4 References Biography[edit] Little is known about Zhang's early life. He was arrested and sentenced to death in 1979 for intentional homicide, but was released in September 1997 after receiving sentence reductions. Upon his release, he was given some land near his village of Nanmen in Jincheng Township, Jinning County, China.[1] Crimes[edit] In early May 2012, the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China sent a team of investigators to Yunnan Province after media reports of missing teenagers in the area. One of the

missing persons, a 19-year-old man, identified as Han Yao, was confirmed as having been murdered.

[2] The investigation showed that an alleged serial killer had begun attacking males who were walking along on a road near Zhang's home starting 2008. After the murders, it was alleged that Zhang used various means of disposing of the bodies, including dismemberment, burning and burial, to destroy the evidence.[1] Residents of Zhang's village stated they had seen plastic bags hanging from his home with what appeared to be bones protruding from them. Upon entering his home, police reported discovering human eyeballs preserved in bottles and what appeared to be human flesh drying. It was further alleged that Zhang fed his dogs flesh from some of his victims as well as selling it at the local market, calling it "ostrich meat".[3] Aftermath[edit] During his trial, it was reported that Zhang refused to apologize for the killings and did not show any remorse.[4] He was executed on January 10, 2013.[5] Twelve police officers were penalized for dereliction of duty regarding the murders, including Da Qiming, Jinning police chief, and Zhao Huiyun, head of the Jincheng Township police station, who were both dismissed from office.[2] References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b "Man arrested for killing 11 in SW China". Xinhua. May 27, 2012. ^ Jump up to: a b "Team sent to investigate missing children's case". Xinhua. May 23, 2012.

Jump up ^ "Flesh-selling killer cannibal put to death". The Standard. January 11, 2013.

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Zhou Kehua From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zhou Kehua (周克华) Zhou Kehua.jpg Born 6 February 1970 Chongqing Died 14 August 2012 (aged 42) Chongqing Cause of death Shot dead by police.

Killings Date August 14, 2012 Location(s) Jiangsu, Hunan and Chongqing, China Target(s) Bank depositor Killed 10 Injured 5 Weapons firearms This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhou.

Zhou Kehua (simplified Chinese: 周克华; traditional Chinese: 周克華; pinyin: Zhōu Kèhuá, February 6, 1970 – August 14, 2012[1]) was a Chinese gunman suspected of murder and robbery. According to Chinese media, he is believed to be involved in at least nine murder and robbery cases. He was therefore classified as an A-level wanted criminal of the Ministry of Public Security.[2] Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Crimes 3 Death

4 Controversy 5 References Early life[edit] Zhou was born in Jinkou Town, Shapingba District, Chongqing in February 6, 1970. In 1985, at age 15, Zhou was jailed for 14 days on molestation charges.[3] In 2005, he was jailed again for arms trafficking.[4] In 1991, Zhou stole a shotgun in Chongqing. Two years later, he was arrested and sentenced to Re-education through labor for illegal possession of firearms. In 1997, he purchased a Type 54 pistol near the border of China and Burma in Yunnan Province.[5] Crimes[edit] Zhou is suspected to have killed ten people and robbed millions of yuan in Jiangsu, Hunan and Chongqing between 2004 and 2012.[2] According to police investigators in Changsha, Zhou Kehua had been a mercenary soldier in Burma until 2004, which explained his familiarity with guns.[6] Death[edit] After a massive manhunt, Zhou was shot and killed by police on August 14, 2012.[7] Controversy[edit] Despite repeated confirmations from Chongqing authorities, many Chinese are suspicious that the killed person is not Zhou Kehua, but instead a plain clothes policeman killed by accident. Zhong Shan Commentary, a Hunan TV show, summarized the suspicion and accusation on August 21, 2012.

References[edit] Jump up ^ "Serial killer Zhou Kehua shot dead". China.org.cn. 2012-08-14. Retrieved 2012-08-14. ^ Jump up to: a b Paul Armstrong (2012-08-13). "Troops, police search for China's 'most wanted' robber". CNN. Retrieved 2012-08-14.

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Jump up ^ "China police: Suspected 'bank killer' shot dead". 2012-08-14.

Daniel Camargo Barbosa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Camargo and the second or maternal family name is Barbosa.

Daniel Camargo Barbosa Born Daniel Camargo Barbosa 22 January 1930 Colombia Died 13 November 1994 (aged 64) Cause of death Retaliatory murder Other names Manuel Bulgarin Solis Criminal penalty 25-year sentence, 16-year sentence Killings

Victims 72–150 Span of killings 1974–1986 Country Colombia, Ecuador State(s) Guayas, Pichincha, Tungurahua, El Oro, Los Rios Date apprehended 3 May 1974; escaped November 1984; re-apprehended 26 February 1986 Daniel Camargo Barbosa (22 January 1930 – 13 November 1994) was a Colombian serial killer. It is believed that he raped and killed up to 150 young girls in Colombia and Ecuador during the 1970s and 1980s.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Crimes and imprisonment 3 Escape from Colombia to Ecuador 4 Modus operandi 5 Arrest 6 Interview 7 Sentence 8 Death 9 References 10 External links Early life[edit] Camargo's mother died when he was a little boy and his father was overbearing and emotionally distant. He was raised by an abusive stepmother, who punished him and sometimes dressed him in girls' clothing, making him a victim of ridicule in front of his peers.[1] Crimes and imprisonment[edit] He was first arrested in Bogotá on 24 May 1958 for petty theft.[2] Camargo had a de facto union with a woman named Alcira and had two children with her. He fell in love with another woman, Esperanza (age 28), whom he planned to marry, but then found out that she was not a virgin. This became the root of Camargo's fixations. He and Esperanza formed an agreement that he would stay with her if she aided him in finding other virgin girls to have sex with.

This began a period of their partnership in crime. Esperanza was Camargo's accomplice, luring young girls to an apartment under false pretenses and then drugging them with sodium seconal sleeping pills so that Camargo could rape them. Camargo committed five rapes in this way, but did not kill any of the girls. The fifth child that they abused in this way reported the crime, and both Camargo and Esperanza were arrested and taken to separate prisons.[1] Camargo was convicted of sexual assault in Colombia on 10 April 1964.[3] A judge sentenced Camargo to three years in prison, and Camargo was initially grateful for the perceived leniency of the judge, swearing to repent and mend his ways. However, a new judge was given precedence over the case and Camargo was sentenced to eight years in prison. This provoked Camargo to rebellious anger. He served his full sentence, and was released.[1] In 1973 he was arrested in Brazil for being undocumented. Due to a delay in sending Camargo's criminal records from Colombia, he was deported and released with his false identity.[2] When he returned to Colombia, he took up a job as a street vendor in Barranquilla selling television monitors.

One day when passing by a school he kidnapped a nine-year-old girl, raping her and murdering her so that she could not inform the police as his previous victim had. This was his first assault involving murder.[1][3]

Camargo was arrested on 3 May 1974 in Barranquilla, Colombia when he returned to the scene of the crime to recover the television screens that he had forgotten beside the victim. Even though it is believed that he raped and killed more than 80 girls in Colombia, Camargo was imprisoned in Colombia after being convicted of raping and killing a nine-year-old girl. He was initially sentenced to 30 years in prison, but this sentence was reduced to 25 years, and he was interned in the prison on the island of Gorgona, Colombia[1] on 24 December 1977.[3] Escape from Colombia to Ecuador[edit] In November 1984 Camargo escaped from Gorgona prison (known as the Colombian Alcatraz) in a primitive boat after having carefully studied the ocean currents. The authorities assumed that he died at sea and the press reported that he had been eaten by sharks.[3] He eventually arrived in Quito, Ecuador. He then traveled by bus to Guayaquil on 5 or 6 December 1984.[1] On 18 December he abducted a nine-year-old girl from the city of Quevedo, in the province of Los RĂ­os, Ecuador. The next day a 10-year-old girl also disappeared.

From 1984 to 1986 Carmago committed a series of at least 54 rapes and murders in Guayaquil. The police at first believed that all the deaths were the work of a gang, not understanding that one man could have killed so many. Camargo slept on the streets, and lived off of the money he could gain by reselling ballpoint pens in the streets. Occasionally he supplemented his income by selling clothing or small valuables belonging to his victims.[3] Modus operandi[edit] Camargo selected helpless, young, lower-class girls in search of work and approached them, pretending to be a foreigner who needed to find a Protestant pastor in a church on the outskirts of town. He explained that he had to deliver a large sum of money, which he showed them as proof, and he offered them a reward if they would accompany him to show him the way. He pretended that he was a stranger to the area, and hinted at the possibility of the girls getting a job at the factory. No one was suspicious of an older man accompanying a girl or young woman who could be his granddaughter. Carmago would then enter into the woods, claiming to be looking for a shortcut in order to avoid arousing suspicion in his victims. If the girls grew suspicious and drew back, he did not prevent them from leaving. Camargo raped his victims before strangling them, sometimes stabbing them when they resisted. After his victims were dead, he left their bodies in the forest to be picked clean by scavengers.[3] Arrest[edit] Camargo was arrested by two policemen in Quito on 26 February 1986 only a few minutes after he had murdered a 9-year-old girl named Elizabeth. The policemen were on patrol and approached him at the height of the avenue Los Granados, thinking that he was acting suspiciously. They found that he was carrying with him a bag containing the bloody clothes and clitoris of his latest victim, and a copy of Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky.[1] He was taken into custody and later moved to Guayaquil for identification. When he was arrested he gave a false name, Manuel Bulgarin Solis, but he was later identified by one of his rape victims who escaped.[2] Daniel Camargo calmly confessed to killing 72 girls in Ecuador since escaping from the Colombian prison. He led authorities to the dumping grounds of those victims whose bodies had not yet been recovered. The bodies had been dismembered. While he told the Ecuadorean authorities of the locations of the bodies and how the sadistic crimes were committed, he showed no feelings of remorse. After raping his victims, he had hacked, slashed and crushed the girls with a machete. He gave a cynical explanation for choosing children. He wanted virgins "because they cried"; this apparently gave him greater satisfaction. According to Camargo, he killed because he wanted revenge

on woman's unfaithfulness. He hated them for not being what he believed women were supposed to be.

Interview[edit] In June 1986 Francisco Febres Cordero, a journalist for the newspaper Hoy (Today), managed to arrange an interview with Camargo. It was difficult to get the interview due to the police blocking all access to Camargo, and the fact that Camargo himself demanded a large fee before he would let himself be interviewed. The journalist pretended to be part of a group of psychologists that were allowed access to the prisoner, allowing him to ask Camargo questions without arousing his suspicion.[1] Sentence[edit] Camargo was convicted in 1989 and sentenced to 16 years in prison, the maximum sentence available in Ecuador. While serving his sentence in the Garcia Moreno de Quito jail, he claimed to have converted to Christianity. In this penitentiary he was imprisoned with Pedro Alonso López ("the Monster of the Andes"), who is believed to have raped and killed more than 300 girls in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

Death[edit] In November 1994, he was murdered in prison by Geovanny Noguera.[4] References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "La Infancia y La Virginidad: Dos Vertientes Del Crimen" [Children and Virginity: Twofold Crime]. Hoy (in Spanish). Ecuador. 15 November 1994. Retrieved 31 March 2010. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Cronologia de los Asesinatos de Camargo Barbosa" [Timeline of the Murders of Barbosa Camargo]. Hoy (in Spanish). Ecuador. 15 November 1994. Retrieved 31 March 2010. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Special Envoy Jose Comas (2 February 1988). "'El sádico del Chanquito'" [The Chanquito sadistic]. El Pais (in Spanish). Spain. Retrieved 31 March 2010.

Jump up ^ http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-250868 The New Encyclopedia Of Serial Killers, Brian Lane and Wilfred Gregg (Revised Edition 1996), Headline Book Publishing ISBN 0-7472-5361-7 Luis Garavito From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "La Bestia" redirects here. For the Mexican freight trains, see El tren de la muerte.

This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (July 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos Luis Garavito.jpg Mug shot Born Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos 25 January 1957 (age 59) Génova, Quindío, Colombia Other names The Beast Tribilín Criminal penalty 22 years in prison Killings Victims 138 confirmed Country Colombia

Date apprehended 22 April 1999 Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos (born 25 January 1957), also known as La Bestia ("The Beast") or TribilĂ­n (named after Disney character "Goofy"'s Latin American Spanish name) is a Colombian rapist and serial killer. In 1999, he admitted to the rape, torture and murder of 147 young boys.[1] His victims, based on the locations of skeletons listed on maps that Garavito drew in prison, could eventually exceed 300. He has been described by local media as "the world's worst serial killer".[2] Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Murders 3 Arrest, sentencing, and imprisonment 4 Public response 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References Early life[edit] Garavito was born on 25 January 1957 in GĂŠnova, QuindĂ­o, Colombia. He is the oldest of seven brothers, and was apparently physically and emotionally abused by his father. In his testimony, he described being a victim of sexual abuse as a child.

Murders[edit] Garavito's victims were poor children, peasant children, or street children between the ages of 8 and 16. Garavito approached them on the street or in the countryside and offered them gifts or small amounts of money. After gaining their trust, he took the children for a walk and when they got tired, he would molest and rape them, cut their throats, and usually dismembered their bodies. Most corpses showed signs of prolonged torture.[3] Arrest, sentencing, and imprisonment[edit] Garavito was arrested on 22 April 1999. He confessed to murdering 140 children, and was charged with killing 172 altogether throughout Colombia.[4] He was found guilty on 138 of the 172 accounts; the others are ongoing. Although the maximum sentence for murder in Colombia multiplied by 138 comes to 1,853 years and 9 days, Colombian law limits imprisonment to 30 years. Because he helped police find some bodies, as well as to his confessions, his sentence was further reduced to 22 years.

[5] He may possibly qualify for even earlier release for further cooperation and good behavior.[6] Public response[edit] Many Colombians criticized the possibility of Garavito's early release. In recent years, Colombians have increasingly felt that Garavito's sentence was not sufficient punishment for his crimes.

Some[citation needed] have argued he deserves either life in prison or the death penalty, neither of which exist in Colombia. Colombian law had no provision or method to impose a sentence longer than what Garavito received, which was seen as a deficiency in the law caused by the failure to address the possibility of a serial killer in Colombian society. The law has since increased the maximum penalty for such crimes to 60 years in prison.[7] TV host and journalist Guillermo Prieto La Rotta, popularly known as Pirry, interviewed Garavito for a show which aired on 11 June 2006. Pirry mentioned that, during the interview, Garavito tried to minimize his actions and expressed intent to start a political career in order to help abused children.

Pirry also described Garavito's conditions in prison and commented that due to good behavior, he could probably apply for early release within three years.

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List of serial killers by number of victims Notes[edit] Jump up ^ M. Benecke; A. Mätzler; M. Rodriquez; A. Zabeck (September 2005). "Two Homosexual Pedophile Sadistic Serial Killers:Jürgen Bartsch (Germany, 1946-1976) and Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos (Colombia, 1957)" (PDF). 125 (3). Minerva Medicolegale: 153–169. Retrieved 20 June 2010.

Jump up ^ "World: Americas: Colombian child killer confesses". BBC News. BBC Online Network. 30 October 1999. Retrieved 20 June 2010.

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Pedro López (serial killer) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (February 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Pedro López Born Pedro Alonso López 8 October 1948 (age 68) Santa Isabel, Tolima, Colombia Other names The Monster of the Andes Criminal penalty 16 years (Ecuador); freed after 14 years; committed to hospital (Colombia); freed after 3 years; found in 2002 and sentenced to life in prison after being released in 1998.

Conviction(s) Motor vehicle theft, murder Killings Victims 120–300+ Span of killings 1969–1980, 2002-Current Country Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Date apprehended 9 March 1980 Pedro Alonso López (born 8 October 1948[1]) is a Colombian serial killer, who was sentenced for killing 80 girls, but claims to have raped and killed more than 300 girls across his native country, then Peru and Ecuador, and possibly other countries. Aside from uncited local accounts, López’s crimes first received international attention from an interview conducted by Ron Laytner, a long time freelance photojournalist who reported interviewing López in his Ambato prison cell in 1980.

Laytner’s interviews were widely published, first in the Chicago Tribune on Sunday, 13 July 1980, then in the Toronto Sun and The Sacramento Bee on 21 July 1980, and later in many other North American papers and foreign publications over the years, including the National Enquirer. Apart from Laytner’s account and two brief Associated Press wire reports[2] the story was published in The World's Most Infamous Murders by Boar and Blundell.[3]

According to Laytnerโ s story,[4] Lรณpez became known as the "Monster of the Andes" in 1980 when he led police to 53 graves in Ecuador, all of girls around nine to twelve years old, and in 1983 he was found guilty of the murder of 110 girls in Ecuador, confessing to a further 240 murders in Peru and Colombia.

Lรณpez was released in 1998 from a psychiatric hospital on good behaviour after initially being found insane.[citation needed] Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Coverage 3 A.P. wire reports 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Biography[edit] Lรณpez's father, Midardo Reyes, was a member of the Colombian Conservative Party during La Violencia, Colombia's civil war. After an argument with his wife on 28 December 1947, Reyes cheated with a prostitute named Benilda Lรณpez De Casteneda, who soon became pregnant by Reyes. On 4 April 1948, when Benilda was three months pregnant with Lรณpez, Reyes was killed from a gunshot wound while defending a grocery store from a rebellious mob. Six months later, Pedro was born in Santa Isabel as the seventh of thirteen children.[citation needed] According to Lรณpez, his mother caught him fondling his younger sister in 1957, when he was eight years old, and evicted him from the family home. Following this, Pedro Lopez ran off to Bogotรก, Colombia's capital city. He was then picked up by a man, taken to a deserted house and repeatedly sodomized. At age twelve, he was taken in by an American family and enrolled in a school for orphans. He ran away after two years because he was allegedly molested by a male teacher. At 18, he stole cars for a living and sold the cars to local chop shops. These actions led him to get caught by authorities later on in his life. During his incarceration he claimed that he was brutally gang-raped in prison and that he hunted down his rapists and killed them all while still incarcerated.

Lรณpez said that after his jail term, he started murdering young girls in Peru. He claimed that, by 1978, he had killed over 100 of them and that he had been caught by a native tribe, who were preparing to execute him, when an American missionary intervened and persuaded them to hand him over to the state police. The police soon released him. He said he moved to Colombia and later Ecuador, killing about three girls a week. Lรณpez said: "I like the girls in Ecuador, they are more gentle and trusting, more innocent."

Lรณpez was arrested when an attempted abduction failed and he was trapped by market traders. He confessed to over three hundred murders. The police only believed him when a flash flood uncovered a mass grave containing many of his victims. According to the BBC: "He was arrested in 1980 but was freed by the government in Ecuador at the end of [1998]." In an interview from his prison cell, Lรณpez described himself as "the man of the century" and said he was being released for "good behaviour".

An A&E Biography documentary reports that he was released by Ecuadorian prison on 31 August 1994, rearrested an hour later as an illegal immigrant, and handed over to Colombian authorities who charged him with a 20-year-old murder. He was found to be insane and held in a psychiatric wing of a Bogotรก hospital. In 1998, he was declared sane and released on $50 bail, subject to certain conditions. He later absconded. The same documentary says that Interpol released an advisory for his rearrest by Colombian authorities over a fresh murder in 2002.

Coverage[edit] Lopez is written about mainly in articles written by Ron Laytner, and in serial killer encyclopaedias.

There was an English language documentary made by A&E better known as the Biography Channel. [citation needed] Guinness World Records briefly credited Lopez as being the "most prolific serial killer".[5] A.P. wire reports[edit] Two A.P. wire reports from July 1980 and January 1981 are extant.[2] The first is a late report of López's arrest in March, and his confession to killing 103 girls, including 53 whose bodies had been found. The second reports that he was convicted of three murders, and had confessed to three hundred sexual assaults and stranglings.[2] See also[edit] List of serial killers by number of victims References[edit] Jump up ^ Harle, James. "Birth Year". Thenationalstudent.com. Archived from the original on 201210-05. Retrieved 2013-08-25. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Who is Pedro Lopez?". Classic-web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 2013-08-25.

Jump up ^ The World's Most Infamous Murders by Roger Boar and Nigel Blundell – Octopus London 1983 ISBN 0-600-57008-8 pages 116–118 Jump up ^ "Worst Serial Killer Released". Edit International. Retrieved 2013-08-25.

Jump up ^ "Most prolific serial killer". Archived from the original on 2015-02-16.

Manuel Octavio Bermúdez From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Manuel Octavio Bermúdez Estrada Born Manuel Octavio Bermúdez Estrada 1961 Trujillo, Valle del Cauca, Colombia Other names The Monster of the Cane Fields Criminal penalty 40 years in prison Conviction(s) Murder Rape Killings Victims 21-50+ Span of killings 1999–2003 Country Colombia Date apprehended July 18, 2003 Manuel Octavio Bermúdez Estrada, a.k.a. "El Monstruo de los Cañaduzales" (The Monster of the Cane Fields) (born 1961) is a Colombian rapist and serial killer. He confessed to killing 21 children in remote areas of Colombia.

Biography[edit] Manuel Octavio Bermúdez was born in Trujillo, Valle del Cauca, Colombia in 1961 and was orphaned after birth. He was adopted by an abusive mother who threw him off a balcony, breaking his hand and foot. This gave him a permanent limp. He was given to another family in the city of Palmira. His new parents were alcoholics and his father was described as abusive. Bermudez later had several kids of his own.[1]

Bermúdez raped and killed at least 21 children in several towns of Valle del Cauca from 1999 to 2003.

He had worked as an ice cream vendor and would lure his victims to corn fields with offers of money for picking corn. Bermúdez would then rape and strangle them to death while sometimes injecting them with a syringe to drowsy their legs.

The mother of 12-year-old Luis Carlos Gálvez reported his disappearance and Bermúdez had been seen with him. He was arrested on July 18, 2003. Investigators inspected a room he had rented in El Cairo and found newspaper clippings of the murders, syringes, Lidocaine, and the wristwatch Luis Carlos Gálvez was wearing the day he disappeared.

Bermúdez confessed to the murders of 21 children, 17 of whom were found and was sentenced to 40 years in prison on March 20, 2004. He is suspected of killing over 300 children.

References[edit] Jump up ^ "La historia de cinco asesinos en serie de Colombia". KienyKe. July 20, 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2014.

Vinko Pintarić From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vinko Pintarić Vinko pintaric wanted poster.jpg A 1980s wanted poster of Pintarić Born 3 April 1941 Zrinski Topolovac, Banovina of Croatia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia Died 25 May 1991 (aged 50) Veliko Trgovišće, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia Cause of death Shot dead by the police Criminal penalty 20 years imprisonment (commuted from death penalty) (1974) 20 years imprisonment (1983) Killings Victims 5 Span of killings 1973–1990 Country Yugoslavia State(s) SR Croatia Date apprehended May 1973 (escaped September 1973) January 1974 (escaped February 1982) April 1983 (escaped September 1989) Vinko Pintarić (3 April 1941[1] – 25 May 1991) was a Croatian serial killer and outlaw who murdered five people over the course of 17 years and escaped from prisons and police stakeouts on multiple occasions. His violent, vindictive nature and proficiency with firearms struck fear into inhabitants of Hrvatsko Zagorje, a region of northern Croatia where he spent years at large, hiding from the law enforcement and engaging in various crimes, until his 1991 death in a shootout with the police.

Protracted media coverage of his exploits made Pintarić a household name in Croatia and Yugoslavia and even brought him a degree of sympathy from the general public, who saw him as a Robin Hoodlike figure, and dubbed him "Čaruga of Zagorje", after an infamous post-World War I outlaw Jovo Stanisavljević Čaruga.[2] Contents [hide]

1 Early life 2 First murders 3 Imprisonment and escape 4 Imprisonment in Lepoglava and final escape 5 Death 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Early life[edit] Pintarić was born in 1941 in Zrinski Topolovac near Bjelovar. During World War II, his father Ilija joined the Partisan resistance, but near the end of the war he was taken away by the Ustaše and spent several months with them. Because of this, in June 1945 Ilija was beaten by Department of National Security (OZNA) agents in the presence of his family, including Pintarić and his elder brother Josip, and then taken away. Pintarić's mother urged Ilija's Partisan comrades to intervene on his behalf, but they refused. Ilija never returned; according to rumors, he was shot the day after his arrest.[3] Pintarić's mother remarried after a couple of years, and his alcoholic stepfather physically abused him. All these traumatic events instilled a permanent sense of betrayal in Pintarić and fueled his anger and resentment; he would often talk about "avenging his father". In his adolescence, he developed an interest in firearms, using them for poaching. On several occasions he had his illegally owned weapons confiscated by the police.[3] His first marriage lasted only a couple of months. Angered by demeaning treatment from his in-laws, he assaulted them, for which he spent some time in prison. He never returned to his wife. Instead, he moved to Zabok and married Katica Tisanić, a divorced woman with a child. They built a house in Zabok and had a daughter. For a while, Pintarić was a good husband and father, a man who wanted to move away from his traumatic childhood and failed marriage.[3] First murders[edit] Pintarić committed his first murder on 26 April 1973. On that day, he applied for a job in a local factory, but was rejected. Disappointed over his repeated failures to secure a job in the factory and suspecting undue influence of his brothers-in-law, who were already employed there, he went to a local inn and drank heavily. On his way home, he got into a quarrel and physical confrontation with his neighbors. Pintarić went to his home to get a pistol, shot the neighbor dead, and wounded his neighbor's tenant. He hid for 18 days before turning himself in to the police. He was committed to Vrapče Psychiatric Hospital for evaluation, but he escaped from the institution on 18 September 1973 and went into hiding again.[4] Pintarić was suspicious towards his wife, believing that she was helping the police to capture or even kill him. On 24 October 1973 Pintarić shot her dead through the window of his brother's house and fled into the night. Again, Pintarić was drunk when he committed the crime, and had no recollection of the event on the following day. Only after inquiring about what had happened in Zabok, he realized that he had murdered his wife.[4] Pintarić was captured on 20 January 1974. The police learned of his whereabouts and surrounded the house in which he was hiding. After brief negotiations, Pintarić surrendered without resistance. He was tried for two murders, an attempted murder, and endangering his neighbors by shooting at their homes. He admitted the crimes, but pleaded not guilty, arguing that he was provoked into murder while intoxicated. On 18 November 1974 he was pronounced guilty and sentenced to death, an outcome Pintarić had feared the most. However, to his relief, this was quickly commuted to 20 years imprisonment, the maximum prison term under the law.[5]

Imprisonment and escape[edit] Pintarić served his sentence in Stara Gradiška prison. Due to his good behavior, he was assigned duties which were not accessible to other prisoners, such as preparing coffee and growing flowers.

Still, after eight years in prison some problems emerged, as Pintarić was issuing threats to his former neighbors. At the same time, he was petitioning for a leave. The authorities were aware of his threats and denied all his petitions, assessing that he might commit more crimes upon release.[5] On 21 February 1982 Pintarić managed to escape from the prison by simply adding his name to a list of prisoners to be released on a leave. Five days later, he wrote a letter to his attorney, saying that he escaped because writing petitions made no sense any more. He announced that he was going to kill "a lot of people", and that what he had done was just the beginning.[5] Pintarić got involved with Barbara Šipek, a woman from the village of Andraševec, near Donja Stubica.

They lived together in her house, and even went stealing together. She knew about his identity, as did the villagers. When she was apprehended by the police in April 1983, Pintarić barged into a nearby Kucelj family house armed with a shotgun, and threatened to kill "thirty people" unless she was released. However, Milan and Matija Kucelj managed to surprise Pintarić and overpower him, hacking him with a cleaver in the process. They left him for dead and promptly alarmed the Oroslavje police.

Pintarić was severely injured, but he survived. As a result of his injuries, he lost full use of his right arm.[1][2][5] Imprisonment in Lepoglava and final escape[edit] Pintarić was charged with threats, attempted murder, and 30 counts of burglary. He was again sentenced to 20 years and sent to Lepoglava prison. Life behind bars bored him, so he decided to escape again. On 3 September 1989 he was given a day's leave from which he did not return.[2] Pintarić went back to his outlaw lifestyle. He kept breaking into cottages across Hrvatsko Zagorje, carefully picking those which had a clear view towards the road and were close to a forest, making the escape easier.[2] In June 1990 the police received a tip about Pintarić having been seen in Prosenik Začretski, near Zabok. They talked to Rudolf Belina, owner of a nearby cottage. A couple of days later, he was visited and shot dead by Pintarić, who thought Belina had betrayed him to the authorities. Shortly after that, Pintarić murdered Barbara Šipek's neighbor for having killed one of her chickens. His fifth and final victim was Božo Habek, shot dead on 2 August 1990 simply for asking the already paranoid Pintarić if he was looking for somebody.[2][6] The police was closing in on Pintarić, and twice came very near to apprehending him. However, on both of these occasions Pintarić opened fire, wounded a policeman, and managed to escape.[6][7] Death[edit] By 1991, the Zabok police had set up a team dedicated to locating and capturing Pintarić. Over time, they learned more about his habits. He was getting increasingly careless, partly due to alcohol abuse.

In May 1991 they received an information that Pintarić was visiting his lover Ankica Buhiniček and decided to set up a stakeout on her house near Veliko Trgovišće. On the third night, the policemen saw a man coming from the woods and approaching the house. After they radioed for backup, they were joined by a special forces team from Kumrovec, and the compound was quickly surrounded.[7] [8] When Pintarić exited the house in the morning, he was called to surrender, but he opened fire instead. There was a brief exchange in which Pintarić was wounded and he ran back into the house.

He still refused to surrender, and asked for his attorney. When the attorney came, Pintarić asked him

to come to the house, which the police did not allow. By noon of the same day, it was apparent that voluntary surrender is very unlikely, and the police fired tear gas into the compound. Pintarić then shot Buhiniček in the stomach, accusing her of "ratting" him, and fired on the police. One of the policemen then entered the house and killed Pintarić by a single gunshot to the head. The woman survived the shooting.[7][8] Pintarić is buried in the Lepoglava cemetery, in an unmarked grave.[8] References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b Krmpotić, Željka (28 March 2008). "Vinko Pintarić: Casanova i monstrum s puškom u ruci". 24 sata (in Croatian). Retrieved 2010-04-03. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Lazarević, Branko (8 January 2003). "»Ako Baricu ne puste iz pritvora pobit ću 30 ljudi«" (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). Retrieved 2010-04-04. ^ Jump up to: a b c Lazarević, Branko (3 January 2003). "Legenda sazdana od rijeke krvi, grijeha, prkosa i osvete" (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). Retrieved 2010-04-03. ^ Jump up to: a b Lazarević, Branko (4 January 2003). "»Vinko bu sve susede poubijal«" (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). Retrieved 2010-04-03. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Lazarević, Branko (7 January 2003). "»Uzoran« zatvorenik starogradiške kaznionice, pa opet bjegunac..." (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). Retrieved 2010-04-03. ^ Jump up to: a b Lazarević, Branko (9 January 2003). "Od Ivke Tuđman »posudio« sedam milijuna dinara za pecivo" (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). Retrieved 2010-04-04. ^ Jump up to: a b c Lazarević, Branko (10 January 2003). "»Zadnja pošta« Domankuš: »Predaj se Vinko, policija«" (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). Retrieved 2010-04-04. ^ Jump up to: a b c Lazarević, Branko (11 January 2003). "Vinko se s policajcem našao oči u oči, ali je policajac bio brži" (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). Retrieved 2010-04-05.

Further reading[edit] Lazarević, Branko (2004). Vinko Pintarić - zagorski ubojica stoljeća (in Croatian). ISBN 953-99727-0-1.

Martin Lecián From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Czech. (February 2014) Click [show] for important translation instructions. [show] Martin Lecián Martin Lecián.jpg Born Martin Lecián October 31, 1900 Ostrožské Suburb, Czechoslovakia Died October 6, 1927 (aged 26) Olomouc, Czechoslovakia Other names Terror of Moravia Moravian horror Criminal penalty Death Conviction(s) Murder Killings Victims 4 Span of killings January 19, 1927–September 25, 1927 Country Czechoslovakia Date apprehended April 23, 1927

Martin Lecián (October 31, 1900 – October 6, 1927) was a Czech serial killer who murdered 3 policemen and a prison officer. He tried to kill 7 policemen. He was executed on October 6, 1927.[1] References[edit] Jump up ^ Marie Fikáčková From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marie Fikáčková Born Marie Schmidl September 9, 1936 Sušice, Czechoslovakia Died April 13, 1961 (aged 24) Prague, Czechoslovakia Cause of death Execution by hanging Criminal penalty Death Conviction(s) Murder Killings Victims 2–10+ Span of killings 1957–1960 Country Czechoslovakia Marie Fikáčková (September 9, 1936 – April 13, 1961) was a Czechoslovak serial killer, convicted for the killing of 2 newborn babies in Sušice in 1960. A neonatal nurse, Fikáčková claimed to have killed at least 10 newborns between 1957 and 1960, and was executed by hanging in 1961.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Murders 3 Death 4 External links Early life[edit] Marie Fikáčková (née Schmidl) was born on 9 September, 1936, in Sušice, Czechoslovakia, to German parents. She was raised in a dysfunctional family, and her marriage to a Czech man failed. In 1955, Fikáčková graduated from the medical school in Klatovy, and in 1957 began working as a nurse in the obstetrics department of the hospital in Sušice.

Murders[edit] On 23 February 1960, two newborn babies died at the obstetric department while Fikáčková was working. Both newborns were females, aged 20 hours and 5 weeks, and the following autopsy found the babies had died an unnatural violent death. Four days later, on February 27, Fikáčková was arrested directly in the workplace, and during the subsequent interrogation she confessed to killing the children. She admitted that both had their skull cracked, and broke one of their hands, and acknowledging she also used violence against a dozen other newborns, but those - in her words survived the attack. During the investigation, Fikáčková confessed to killing at least 10 newborn babies at Sušice hospital since she began working there in 1957.

The motive for the murders was never officially confirmed, but based on statements made by Fikáčková, claimed she developed temporary feelings of paedophobia (hatred of children) during her menstruation periods. While invoking crying in the newborn children as part of her work, the crying would cause her to enter a rage where she beat the children severely. The court doctors found Fikáčková to be sane, but prone to depression, hysteria and uncontrollable outbursts of anger.

At her trial, Fikáčková was charged and convicted for only the two murders on 23 February 1960, as it was not possible to prove the older killings she claimed to have committed. The hospital was found to have lacked properly functioning supervision mechanisms to deal with the deaths of newborns, and the murders were discovered only because she killed two children in one day and their corpses were properly examined. No responsible physician or administrator was charged or even demoted, and the whole affair was kept secret from the public for decades.

Death[edit] Fikáčková was sentenced to death, and was executed by hanging at Pankrác Prison in Prague on April 13, 1961.

External links[edit] Marie Fikáčková Zdravotní sestra zabíjela novorozence, nenáviděla dětský křik Václav Mrázek From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Václav Mrázek (October 22, 1925 – December 30, 1957 in Prague) was a Czech serial killer who was convicted of murdering seven people. All of his victims were women. His murders (or attempted murders) were primarily sexually motivated, although he also burgled his victims' homes. Besides murders, he was convicted of 127 other crimes.

Despite being searched for in relation to the murders in the Chomutov region (where he committed most of his crimes), he evaded capture for a long time. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1957, the same year he was captured and he was executed on December 30, 1957 in Pankrác Prison.

Contents [hide] 1 Childhood 2 Capture 3 References 3.1 Sources 4 External links Childhood[edit] Václav Mrázek was born in a small village of Svinařov as one of 12 children. His father was a miner, who was also a binge drinker and used to beat both his wife and the children. Often hungry at home, Mrázek started stealing from an early age, encouraged by his mother.

Capture[edit] Mrázek was caught in March 1957 during a house inspection following a theft in the Libušín mine, where he was working as a spa staff attendant.

References[edit] Sources[edit] J. Slušný, Černá kniha českých bestiálních vrahů - nejslavnější kriminální případy dvacátého století.

Prague : XYZ, 2006. 204 pages. ISBN 80-87021-06-1 External links[edit] Václav Mrázek on the Museum of Crime (Czech) Nedělní Svět: Chtěl „dostat ženu výstřelem“ (Czech) Mrázek: Serial killer who both raped and murdered! (Czech) Hubert Pilčík

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hubert Pilčík (October 14, 1891 – September 9, 1951) was a Czechoslovak serial killer.[1] After the Second World War, Pilčík started smuggling people across the border from the Czech Republic into Germany. He started killing his customers in 1948, when he was in his fifties. After his capture, Pilčík committed suicide in a prison in Plzeň on September 9, 1951. He was accused of 5 murders, although the exact number of his victims is unknown.[2] Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 In popular culture 3 See also 4 References 4.1 Sources 5 External links Biography[edit] Hubert Pilčík was born on October 14, 1891 in Nový Hrozenkov, Vsetín District in what is now the Czech Republic. He went from job to job, ending up in the Škoda factory in Plzeň, where he remained until his retirement. His wife, Antonie, was 11 years younger. They had no children.

After the communist party came to power in 1948, up to 250,000 people emigrated from Czechoslovakia. Many people used the services of human smugglers to go to Germany or Austria. On the evening of March 6, 1951, a fire broke out in an abandoned forestry cottage called "Lipovka".

Burnt human remains were found the next day. Investigators determined that the body was burnt using accelerants. An autopsy concluded that the remains belonged to a man who was likely to have been burnt alive, but no definite conclusion was reached.

On July 20, children playing in sand near the city of Senec found a human leg. This led to the discovery of a shallow grave containing the decaying remains of a young woman. She was gagged and had a rope around her neck. Through a specific dental work, the victim was identified as Renata Balleyova, a photographer from Pilsen. Interviews with relatives determined that Renata and her father Emanuel were intending to defect from Czechoslovakia. One of her relatives provided letters from Bavaria which "proved" that Renata, Emanuel, and his 12-year-old niece were in Germany. Soon, the investigators focused on Hubert Pilčík, then a retiree with a good reputation. Pilčík was known to be a nature-lover and claimed to have been a sailor who survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.

Pilčík was considered dangerous; therefore, in September, a special team of police officers entered his home, along with two members of SNB, disguised as electricians, and arrested him. They found four firearms and numerous items in suitcases (from various victims); they also rescued Emanuel's 12year-old niece. She had been kept by Pilčík in a hidden compartment of a pigsty, where she was belted to a structure that included a double-walled box for her head - to muffle the screaming. The girl was held there for most of the day and was regularly raped. Pilčík also forced her to write letters from "Bavaria". He then delivered the letters and demanded payment for this service in jewellery.

Pilčík killed Emanuel in his sleep at "Lipovka", while the man waited to be smuggled to Bavaria.

Renata, also planning to defect, was killed less than two weeks later, near Senec. Both victims were killed by baton blows to the head. In his confession, Pilčík stated that he had planned to kill Emanuel's niece, as well as another relative and his wife. However, by that time, he had been imprisoned, and committed suicide using two handkerchiefs.

Given the amount of jewellery (the only "currency" of value to emigrants) found in his house, it was believed that Pilčík had killed more people trying to escape the Iron Curtain.

In popular culture[edit] The story of Pilčík was used as a basis for one of the episodes of the TV series Thirty Cases of Major Zeman (30 případů majora Zemana), filmed in 1975. The episode inspired by Pilčík is called "The Beast" (Bestie).

Petr Zelenka (serial killer) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Petr Zelenka (born February 27, 1976) is a Czech serial killer. Zelenka, a nurse in Havlíčkův Brod, 100 kilometres (62 mi) southeast of Prague, murdered seven patients by lethal injection, and attempted to kill 10 others between May and December, 2006. He killed with a hidden vial of heparin — a bloodthinning drug causing internal bleeding when administered in large doses. Zelenka has already confessed and been taken into custody. His lawyer has been quoted as saying that Zelenka may have killed on an impulse to "test" doctors in Havlíčkův Brod, in the belief they were not good enough to discover the truth.[1] In February 2008, Zelenka was convicted of killing seven patients and attempting to kill 10 others,[2] and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Peter Lundin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Question book-new.svg This article relies largely or entirely upon a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. (August 2013) Peter Lundin Born Peter Kenneth Bostrøm Lundin 15 February 1972 (age 44) Solrød Strand, Denmark Other names Bjarne Skounborg Criminal penalty Life imprisonment Conviction(s) Murder Bjarne Skounborg (born 15 February 1972[1] as Peter Kenneth Bostrøm Lundin) is a Dane convicted of four counts of murder, in both the United States and Denmark.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 First conviction 3 Second conviction 4 Personal life 4.1 Incarcerated marriages 4.2 Violence against Peter Lundin 4.3 Lawsuit against journalist 4.4 Lawsuit against Pia Kjærsgaard 4.5 Name change 5 Media 6 Notes Early life[edit] Lundin was born Peter Kenneth Bostrøm Lundin in Solrød Strand, Denmark in 1971 to Ole Bostrøm Lundin (1935) and Anna (née Schaftner; 1932-1991). His family migrated to the United States when he was seven years old.[2] First conviction[edit] In April 1991, Lundin strangled his mother to death in Maggie Valley, North Carolina and, with the help of his father, he buried her body on a beach at Cape Hatteras, where it was found eight months

later.[2] In 1992, he was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for the murder: his father, Ole Lundin, was sentenced to two years as an accomplice.[2] While serving this sentence, Peter Lundin was interviewed by Danish television in 1994, with his face painted partially black and quoting a poem on the "light and dark sides of life".[2] After viewing this interview, a renowned Swedish psychiatrist, Professor Sten Levander, awarded Lundin 39 points (of a possible 40) on the Psychopathy Checklist.[3][4] In 1999, Lundin was released from prison for capacity reasons and deported to Denmark.[2] Second conviction[edit] After returning to Denmark, Lundin moved in with his wife in Måløv, but she kicked him out because he was violent with her.[2] He met Marianne Pedersen (born 1963), who worked in a brothel.

Pedersen and her two sons, who were living in Rødovre, near Copenhagen, were declared missing on 3 July 2000, and Lundin initially claimed that they had left on vacation and he had agreed to paint their house. Police discovered blood traces in Pedersen's car and the basement of her house on 5 July 2000, and Lundin was promptly arrested. Further examinations of the house led to the conclusion that Pedersen and her sons had been killed and dismembered.[2] The detective in charge of the investigation, Niels Kjøller of the Hvidovre Police Department, described the basement and garage of the house as resembling "slaughterhouses", despite Lundin's attempts to clean the crime scene. Discovery of human tissue revealed that Lundin had used an angle grinder, and more than 100 visible markings in the floors revealed that he had also used an axe.[2] Three weeks later, Lundin changed his statement, claiming he heard screaming on the night of the crime and discovered that Pedersen had killed her sons. He found her passed out on drugs and fatally hit her, after which he dismembered the bodies. He claimed to have withheld this information because he felt the police wouldn't believe him due to his criminal background. On 10 October 2000, Lundin again changed his statement, this time admitting to the murders. He admitted to first killing Pedersen because she had allegedly been "talking sweetly" to a man on the telephone, on the night between 16/17 June 2000, then killing her two sons. All three victims had their necks broken.[2] In 2001, a jury sentenced Lundin to life imprisonment for the crime.[2] In spite of extensive searches, the dismembered bodies have never been found. Lundin's father, Ole, was sentenced to four months in prison for theft of items owned by Pedersen.[5] Peter Lundin was found not to be insane.[2] He initially served his sentence in the Herstedvester prison in Albertslund near Copenhagen, but was later transferred to the new State Prison of East Jutland, near Horsens, then was sent back to Herstedvester prison.[6] Personal life[edit] Incarcerated marriages[edit] Following the program on TV 2 in 1994, many women contacted Lundin, and he married one of these, named Tina, while still serving in his US prison.[2] On 29 September 2008, it was reported that Lundin had remarried while incarcerated (this time for the Pedersen murders), but was quickly divorced.[7] After just 11 days, the woman filed for divorce, not because of his criminal past, but because she claimed he had lied to her about another woman who turned out to be his girlfriend at the time of the wedding.[8] On 26 May 2011 Lundin married a woman named Bettina.[9] They have been together since 2009.[9] Violence against Peter Lundin[edit]

On July 27, 2000, that is before Lundin was sentenced for the murders, several inmates in the State Prison in Vridsløselille assaulted Peter Lundin, supposedly because they were angry with his part in the murder of children.[10] Lawsuit against journalist[edit] A journalist on the Danish newspaper Information called Peter Lundin a psychopath by writing the sentence "We are, basically, not clinical psychopaths in the Peter Lundin category" (Danish: Vi er, kort sagt, ikke kliniske psykopater i Peter Lundin-klassen) in an editorial not otherwise about Peter Lundin.

[11] This prompted Lundin to file a lawsuit. The lawsuit was settled in court, clearing the journalist by explaining that the "sentence should be taken as a statement that the plaintiff is a clear-cut example of a psychopath in the sense of a deviating person" (Danish: Sætningen skal forstås som en udtalelse om, at sagsøgeren er et klart eksempel på en psykopat i betydningen karakterafvigende person).[12] Lawsuit against Pia Kjærsgaard[edit] In November 2008, leader of the Danish People's Party, Pia Kjærsgaard, called Peter Lundin callous (Danish: afstumpet) in a program on TV 2, which prompted Lundin to file a lawsuit against her demanding 100,000 kroner in compensation. However Lundin lost the lawsuit.[13] Name change[edit] While incarcerated in Denmark, Lundin changed his name to Bjarne Skounborg.[1] Media[edit] The publishing house of Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet sparked a lot of debate when it announced plans in 2001 to cooperate with Lundin to write a book about him. The plans, however, were dropped shortly after the announcement - on the grounds that the book would not contain enough "news and quality content".[citation needed] In 2003, the book Sagen Lundin. Forbrydelsen, opklaringen, medierne og ondskaben (The Lundin Case. The crime, the investigation, the media, and the evil) by Palle Bruus Jensen was released, including analyses by a psychiatrist, Henrik Day Poulsen.[14][15] Notes[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b "Kriminelle vilde med at få nyt navn". B.T. (in Danish). 27 August 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2009. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l "Lundin: Morderen der vidste at ligene sladrer" (in Danish). TV 2. 9 September 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2009.

Jump up ^ Den værste psykopat jeg har set Jump up ^ Lundin stemplet som psykopat Jump up ^ "Lundins far i fængsel for tyveri". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 7 June 2002. Retrieved 10 March 2009.

Jump up ^ "Peter Lundin er blevet gift igen" (in Danish). TV 2. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

Jump up ^ "Peter Lundin gift i fængslet" (in Danish). Politiken. 29 September 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2009.

Jump up ^ "Peter Lundins kone vil skilles" (in Danish). Politiken. 9 October 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2009. ^ Jump up to: a b "Bettina is the love of my life" (in Danish). B.T. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.

Jump up ^ "Han gav Peter Lundin en omgang store klø" (in Danish). B.T. 23 December 2000. Retrieved 10 March 2009.

Jump up ^ "www.danpedo.org" (in Danish). Information. 4 March 2004. Retrieved 10 March 2009.

Jump up ^ "Retten slår fast: Lundin må kaldes 'psykopat'" (in Danish). Politiken. 4 November 2005.

Retrieved 9 March 2009.

Jump up ^ "Lundin lægger sag an mod Pia Kjærsgaard" (in Danish). Politiken. 17 February 2009.

Retrieved 9 March 2009.

Jump up ^ Jensen, Palle Bruus (2003). Sagen Lundin. Forbrydelsen, opklaringen, medierne og ondskaben. Hellerup: Forlaget Documentas. ISBN 87-91345-00-6.

Jump up ^ Dorte M. Sestoft (2003). "Sagen Lundin. Forbrydelsen, opklaringen, medierne og ondskaben. Jensen PB. Boganmeldelse" (PDF). Ugeskrift for Læger. 165 (19): 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2009.

Dagmar Overbye From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dagmar Johanne Amalie Overby (April 23, 1887 – May 6, 1929) was a Danish serial killer. She murdered between 9 and 25 children – of which one was her own – during a seven-year period from 1913 to 1920. On March 3, 1921, she was sentenced to death in one of the most noted trials in Danish history, that changed legislation on childcare.[1] The sentence was later commuted to life in prison.

Overby was working as a professional child caretaker, caring for babies born outside of marriage, murdering her own charges. She strangled them, drowned them or burned them to death in her masonry heater. The corpses were either cremated, buried or hidden in the loft.

Overby was convicted of nine murders, as there were no proof of the others. Her lawyer based the case on Overby being abused herself as a baby, but that did not impress the judge. She became one of the three women sentenced to death in Denmark in the 20th century, but she – like the other two – was reprieved.[citation needed] She died in prison on May 6, 1929, at age 42. Notes relating to her case are included in the Politihistorisk Museum (Museum of Police History) in Nørrebro, Copenhagen.

The Danish author Karen Søndergaard Koldste wrote a fiction novel called Englemagersken (The Angel Maker) based on her.[2] Teatret ved Sorte Hest in Copenhagen has performed a play named Historien om en Mo(r)der (Morder meaning "murderer" and moder meaning "mother") based on her life.

References[edit] Jump up ^ Hanne Rimmen Nielsen (2003). "Dagmar Overby (1887–1929)". Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon (in Danish). KVINFO. Jump up ^ http://www.englemagersken.dk/ Gilberto Chamba is an Ecuadorian serial killer, convicted of murdering 9 people in Ecuador and Spain.

Known as the "Monster of Machala", he was convicted of several murders in Ecuador, but was released under an amnesty, and moved to Spain where he committed a murder. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison in Spain on November 5, 2006.

Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour ‫رمضان عبدالرحيم منصور‬ Al-Tourbini.jpg Born c. 1980 Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt

Died 2010 Other names Al-Tourbini (‫)التوربيني‬ Occupation Street gang leader Criminal penalty Death Criminal status executed Conviction(s) Rape and murder of at least 32 children Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour (Arabic: ‫ ;رمضان عبدالرحيم منصور‬c. 1980[1] – 2010), also known as "alTourbini" (‫)التوربيني‬, was a street gang leader and serial killer who raped and murdered at least 32 children in the course of seven years, throughout several locations in Egypt including Cairo, Alexandria, Qalyoubeya and Beni Sueif.[2][3][4] All of his victims were 10 to 14 years old, most of them boys.[4] Mansour was arrested in 2006 along with his six accomplices, and subsequently sentenced to death.[5] Crimes[edit] Mansour left his home in Tanta, a town north of Cairo, and joined a street gang at an early age. Gang leaders taught him skills of survival, allegedly cutting him with razors when he made any mistakes.[4] According to his confession, Mansour soon learned the method of getting back at those who crossed him by raping them, and murdered anyone who threatened to go to the police afterwards.[4] One of the victims, 12-year-old boy Ahmed Nagui, had been a member of Mansour's gang. When Mansour tried to sexually assault him, Nagui reported him to the police, and Mansour was arrested but was released for lack of evidence. Soon after Mansour raped and murdered Nagui in retaliation, according to the prosecutors.[4] Mansour frequently traveled between Cairo and Alexandria by train. He felt safer in Alexandria because it had fewer police officers.[4] The Vice Department of Borg El-Arab police station in Alexandria started keeping a profile on him during this time.[4] Mansour and his gang members lured street children onto the carriage roof of the trains, where they then raped and tortured them, and tossed them onto the trackside, dead or barely alive.[2][4] Some of the children were dumped into the Nile, or buried alive.[4] Mansour and his gang's crimes came to light in 2006 when two of his gang members were arrested, and Mansour acquired the nickname "al-Tourbini" meaning "Express Train", from his favorite location for the crimes.[2] After the arrest, Mansour reportedly told prosecutors that he was possessed by a female jinn who commanded him to commit the crimes.[4] Mansour, along with his accomplice Farag Samir Mahmoud, also known as "Hanata", were convicted and sentenced to death by the criminal court in Tanta in 2007.[5] He was executed in 2010.

Commercialization of the name[edit] Soon after the arrest, al-Ahram, a widely circulated Egyptian newspaper, reported that some products in Egypt were being named after Mansour's nickname, "al-Tourbini".[1][2] Several restaurants in Mansour's hometown, Tanta, started selling a so-called "al-Tourbini sandwich", allegedly in demand by young locals.[1][2] Sheep merchants gave the name "al-Tourbini" to the large-size lamb priced at more than 2,000 Egyptian pound.[1] Some tuk-tuk drivers named their vehicles "al-Tourbini" to attract customers.[1] According to al-Ahram, the "strangest such marketing ploy" was that of owners of supermarkets and communications centers in Tanta were renaming their businesses "al-Tourbini: The Butcher of Gharbia". Author and journalist John R. Bradley commented in his book Inside Egypt: The Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution that "this reaction borders on the incomprehensible, but what it clearly indicates is that something has gone terribly wrong with contemporary Egyptian society."[6] References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Maged, Ahmed (December 29, 2006). "'Turbini' murders sensationalized".

Daily News Egypt. Archived from the original on February 14, 2010. Retrieved January 20, 2009.

^ Jump up to: a b c d e Bradley, John R. (2008). Inside Egypt: The Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 199–200. ISBN 1-4039-8477-8.

Jump up ^ "Qatr an-Nada: Towards a Fair Start for Children in the Arab World" (PDF). Arab Resource Collective. 2007. Retrieved January 20, 2009. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j el-Jesri, Manal (January 2007). "Killing Kids". Egypt Today. Retrieved January 20, 2009. ^ Jump up to: a b "World News Quick Take: Gang leaders get death". The Taipei Times. May 25, 2007.

Retrieved January 20, 2009.

Jump up ^ Bradley, John R. (2008). Inside Egypt: The Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 200. ISBN 1-4039-8477-8.

Raya and Sakina From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [hide]This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page.

(Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. (April 2009) This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. (April 2009) Sakina (left) and Raya (right).[1] Raya and Sakina (Arabic: ‫) ريا و سكينة‬, Egypt's most infamous serial killers, began killing women in the Labban neighborhood of Alexandria in the early days of the 20th century. The police were plagued by increasing reports of missing women. Common details in the reports included the missing person's sex (all were females), the missing women were known to be wearing gold jewelry, and were known to be carrying a large amount of money. Another common detail was the report that many of the missing women were last seen with a woman called Sakina. Sakina was questioned several times because of the reports, but she managed to dodge any suspicions about her involvement.

On the morning of December 11, 1920 a passerby discovered human remains on the side of the road; the body was damaged beyond recognition (except for its long hair) and was completely dismembered. There was also a piece of black cloth and a striped black-and-white pair of socks near the body, however, these items did not help with the identification of the remains. In an unrelated incident, at about the same time in December, a nearsighted man reported finding human remains beneath his floor while digging to fix a water pipe.

Those findings provided the only evidence regarding the murders in the Labban neighborhood. After investigation, it was found that Raya and Sakina had been renting a home, where the bodies were buried, at the time when the women and girls disappeared.

Raya and Sakina and their husbands were tried for murder. All four were convicted and were sentenced to death on 16 May 1921. Raya and Sakina became the first Egyptian women to be executed by the modern state of Egypt.

Crime scenes[edit] Four homes where the crimes had been committed were all located near Mansheya Square. Most of the victims came from this area.

The addresses of the homes: No. 5 Makoris Street near the Labban Bakery.

No. 38 Ali Bay Elkebeer Street.

No. 6 El Negah Lane.

No. 8 El Negah Lane.

Raya and Sakina in the media[edit] Inspired by the story of the Raya and Sakina, many books and works of art have been published.

Raya and Sakina a film production from 1953 that stars Negma Ibrahim, Zouzou Hamdy El-Hakim, Farid Shawki, Anwar Wagdi, Shoukry Sarhan, Samira Ahmed and Berlanty Abdel Hamid, and was directed by Salah Abu Seif.

Ismail Yasin meets Raya and Sakina a film production from 1955 that stars Ismail Yasin, Negma Ibrahim, Zouzou Hamdy El-Hakim, Abdel Fattah Qasri and Reyad El Kasabgy, and was directed by Hamada Abdel Wahab.

Raya and Sakina a film production from 1983 that stars Sharihan, Younis Shalabi and Hassan Abdeen.

Raya and Sakina the theatrical production from 1985 that starred Sohair El Babli, Shadia, Abdel Moneim Madbouly and Ahmed Bedier.

Raya and Sakina, a television series that ran in 2005, it stars Abla Kamel, Somaya El Khashab, Sami Al Adel, Ahmed Maher, Salah Abdallah, and Ryad El Khouly, and was directed by Gamal Abdel Hamid.

There was also a television program entitled: Raya and Sakina, presented by Hala Fakher and Ghada Abdel-Razek.

References[edit] Jump up ^ L. Rizk, Yunan. "The women killers". Al-Ahram Weekly. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

Rizk, Dr Yunan Labib. "The women killers". Retrieved 2007-10-12.

Raya and Sakina Internet Movie Database.

Stinging Sisters Aleksandr Rubel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Aleksandr Rubel Born Aleksandr Rubel 25 December 1980 (age 35) Criminal penalty 8 years imprisonment Killings Victims 6-7+ Country Estonia Aleksandr Rubel (born 25 December 1980) is a serial killer convicted of six murders in Tallinn, Estonia.

Sentenced as a minor to the maximum punishment allowed by law (eight years of imprisonment), he was released from Tartu Prison on 8 June 2006. Now, Rubel lives in Ukraine.[citation needed] Murders[edit] Rubel, a solvent abuser, had huffed gasoline vapours before committing his crimes.

On 19 September 1997, Rubel killed Tõnu Põld (born 1952), a handicapped neighbour. According to Rubel's testimony he had a desire to kill anybody at that time, and had picked Tõnu as his first victim because he knew Tõnu Põld could not mount a spirited defense.

On 7 November 1997 Rubel's second victim, Aleksei Pavlov, was first stabbed four times by Rubel's father Andrei Rubel. According to his testimony Pavlov had been a guest of the Rubel's and Andrei Rubel had believed Pavlov had been courting his wife.

Pursuant to the stabbing, Aleksandr Rubel helped Pavlov into an empty room within the house, where he strangled him and threw him out the third-floor window.

Andrei Rubel was convicted as an accessory in this murder and sentenced to seven years imprisonment.

Between 22–24 January 1998, Rubel stabbed Jevgeni Shelest (born 1947) to death at the Stroomi Beach.

On 2 February 1998, Rubel decapitated Vladimir Ivanov (born 1954), a random passerby.

Rubel dispatched and decapitated Ivanov using an axe after asking him for a cigarette and five EEK "for gasoline".

On 9 February 1998, Rubel killed Olga Voronkova (born 1944), a neighbour tenant in the tenement house in which the Rubel resided in Kopli (Kopli 100B).

Between 28 February and 1 March 1998, Rubel killed Vladimir Kinzerski (born 1944) in his house.

On 4 June 1998, Rubel killed 15-year-old Alice Siivas (born 22 February 1983) in Paljassaare by slitting her throat.

Sources[edit] Postimees 11 February 1999: Sarimõrvar nautis verd ja surma by Tiiu Põld Postimees 16 February 1999: Sarimõrtsukas jäi süüdi seitsme inimese tapmises by Tiiu Põld SL Õhtuleht 5 April 2006: Kopli sarimõrvar pääseb vabadusse Postimees 7 June 2006: Sarimõrvar Rubel vabaneb homme vanglast SL Õhtuleht 9 June 2006: Kas tapakirg on taltunud?

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Matti Haapoja From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Matti Haapoja Matti Haapoja.jpg Born Matti Haapoja September 16, 1845 Isokyrö, Finland Died January 8, 1895 (aged 49) Turku, Finland Cause of death Suicide by hanging Criminal penalty Life imprisonment Killings Victims 3 confirmed Span of killings 1867–1894 Country Finland and Siberia Matti Haapoja (September 16, 1845, Isokyrö – January 8, 1895, Turku) was a Finnish serial killer who was much covered by the press at the time of the murders. The exact number of his victims is

unknown. He was convicted of two murders and was scheduled for a trial for his third murder trial when he committed suicide in his cell. He can be linked to seven other identified murder cases, but most of those happened during his exile in Siberia and are poorly documented, so his involvement is not certain. It is claimed that he confessed to 18 murders, but there are no details about this supposed confession, and the figure should be regarded as unreliable. Some sources estimate his total number of murders as 22–25. He also non-fatally wounded at least six men in knife fights.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Murders 3 Victims 3.1 Confirmed 3.2 Possible 3.3 Attempts Early life[edit] Haapoja started his criminal career as a brawler, graduating quickly to stealing horses. His first known murder happened on December 6, 1867, when he stabbed his drinking partner Heikki Impponen in a drunken brawl. He was sentenced to serve 12 years in prison at Turku for his murder. During the next 10 years he escaped from prison four times, spending months at large on each occasion. Around this time he gained great notoriety as a jailbreaker and a thief. His fame as a robber started to grow after the newspapers reported that he had robbed and shot at Esa Nyrhinen on August 12, 1876. Later it was found that Nyrhinen had been hiding Haapoja at his home and the men had had an argument.

Murders[edit] As a result of his escapes and continued thievery, Haapoja was sentenced to life in prison in 1874.

After his last escape, he petitioned for his sentence to be changed to an exile to Siberia. This was accepted and he was sent to Omsk oblast in 1880. During his stay there, he is reputed to have killed a man in 1886, after which he was exiled to East Siberia. Folk stories claim that during this time Haapoja killed two other famous Finnish criminals, Juha Antinpoika Leskenantti Anssin Jukka and Kaappo Sutki, but these tales are likely false as they offer no conclusive proof.

Around 1889, Haapoja decided to escape Siberia and return to Finland. He later claimed that he intended to emigrate to America. He raised money for this escape by committing a series of robberies and murders. He probably killed at least three men and participated in the murder of a fourth. He also obtained a passport that belonged to a Russian man whose fate remains unclear.

Haapoja returned to Finland in September 1890. A month later, he murdered and robbed a prostitute, Jemina Salo. He was captured at Porvoo a couple of days later and recognized. At his trial Haapoja behaved arrogantly, confessing to this murder as well as to one of the murders he had committed in Siberia. He hoped that he would be sent back to Siberia but instead the court gave him a second life term in prison.

On October 10, 1894, Haapoja tried to escape from prison yet again. During this attempt he killed a guard and wounded two others. When he realized that he couldn't get out, he attempted to commit suicide by stabbing himself, but the wound was not fatal. However, as soon as he had recovered from the self-inflicted stabbing wound, he hanged himself in his cell on January 8, 1895. His skeleton was kept in the Museum of Crime in Vantaa for a long time, until he was finally buried in Ylistaro in 1995.

Writer Kaijus Ervasti wrote a book about Matti Haapoja called Murhamiehen muotokuva – Matti Haapoja 1845–1895 ("Portrait of a murderer – Matti Haapoja 1845–1895").

Victims[edit]

Confirmed[edit] Farmer Heikki Antinpoika Impponen, who was stabbed to death on December 6, 1867.

Prostitute Maria Jemina Salo, strangled on October 8, 1890.

Prison guard Juho Rosted, stabbed on October 10, 1894.

Possible[edit] Farmers Matti Heikkilä and Hermanni Hautamäki who were clubbed to death by an unidentified man at Hämeenkyrö on November 15, 1869. Haapoja was in the area at the time and years later he confessed an unspecified murder "that had happened in November 1869".

An unknown man who was killed in Siberia in 1886.

A convict identified only as "Jaakko H." from Alajärvi, Finland, who was killed in Siberia in 1888.

Estonian barkeeper Rugis was killed by Haapoja in Tomsk in 1889.

"Rich-Matti" Kuivalainen, who was killed in Tomsk in 1889.

Estonian convict Gustaf Sepp vanished without trace in Simonjovka, Siberia, in 1889, after he was last seen in the company of Haapoja.

It is possible there were more victims, but only these ten cases can be identified as certain or probable.

Attempts[edit] Brawler Juho Tenkku who was stabbed around Christmas, 1866.

Farmer Hermanni Hösö was stabbed on December 6, 1867.

Farmer Esa Nyrhinen was shot three times (twice in the leg, once in the face) on August 12, 1876.

A farmer identified as "Koivuniemi from Vähäkyrö" who was stabbed when Haapoja was apprehended after his last prison escape in January 1879.

Prison guards Juho Jernvall and Sven Nyman were stabbed during Haapoja's last escape attempt.

During his last escape he had a chance to attack one more guard, but did not, because this guard had always been nice to the prisoners.

Authority control WorldCat Identities VIAF: 11534077 Aino Nykopp-Koski From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Aino Nykopp-Koski Born Aino Kerttu Annikki Nykopp Criminal penalty Lifetime Conviction(s) 5 murders, 5 attempted murders, 3 aggravated assaults, 4 thefts, 2 drug possessions Killings Victims 5 Span of killings 2004–2009 Country Finland Date apprehended March 2009 Aino Nykopp-Koski is a Finnish serial killer. She worked as a nurse and was found guilty of killing five patients and the attempted murder of five more. No motive was established for the murders.[1] Contents [hide]

1 Activities 2 Similar cases in Finland 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Activities[edit] Between 2004 and 2009 Nykopp-Koski worked at a range of hospitals, care homes and patients' homes. There she killed five elderly patients using sedatives and opiates. She was apprehended in March 2009.[1] Nykopp-Koski was tried in Helsinki District Court in December 2010 and pleaded not-guilty, though the court convicted her. She was sentenced to life in prison (minimum of 12 years before likely pardon). During the mental health assessment psychiatrists found out that Nykopp-Koski is psychopathic and have an antisocial personality disorder, but she was deemed culpable for her actions.[1] The sentence was upheld by Helsinki Court of Appeals in March 2012.[2] Supreme Court of Finland dismissed her leave to appeal in November 2012.[3] Similar cases in Finland[edit] In March 2010 Katariina Pantila, another Finnish nurse, was found dead in her prison cell. She had been convicted of the murder of a patient and the attempted murder of a baby in 2007.[4] See also[edit] Other nurses convicted of murdering patients: Dorothea Waddingham Stephan Letter Marianne Nölle Abraão José Bueno Edson Isidoro Guimarães Catherine Wilson References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b c Finnish nurse gets life for murdering five patients, Telegraph Jump up ^ Killer nurse's life sentence upheld, YLE News Jump up ^ Supreme Court upholds sentence in poison nurse case, Helsinki Times Jump up ^ Finland´s ´angel of death´ nurse found dead, Dalje.com External links[edit] A picture of Aino Nykopp-Koski appearing before the Helsinki District Court, Iltalehti 2010 Categories: Finnish serial killersFinnish female murderersNurses convicted of killing patientsLiving people Madame de Brinvilliers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the 1831 opera based on her life, see La marquise de Brinvilliers (opera).

Marie Madeleine Marguerite d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers, 1676, after her imprisonment, portrait by Charles Le Brun.

The Marquise de Brinvilliers being tortured before her beheading.

Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers (22 July 1630 – 17 July 1676) was a French aristocrat accused of three murders. She was convicted on the strength of letters written by her dead lover and a confession obtained by torture, so her guilt remains uncertain.

Contents [hide] 1 Crimes 2 Fictional portrayals 3 References 4 External links Crimes[edit] According to the charges laid against her in 1675, in 1666 Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite de Brinvilliers had conspired with her lover, Captain Godin de Sainte-Croix, also called the Chevalier de Sainte Croix, to poison her father Antoine Dreux d'Aubray, and in 1670 she had likewise killed two of her brothers, Antoine and François d'Aubray, in order to inherit their estates. Her alleged accomplice Sainte-Croix had died of natural causes in 1672, so could not be charged. There were also rumours that Brinvilliers had poisoned poor people during her visits to hospitals, but she was not charged with any such killings.[1] The charges against Brinvilliers originated from diaries and letters found in the possession of Sainte Croix after his death, contained in a red leather box which he had marked as not to be opened until after the death of Brinvilliers. She was accused of using Tofana poison and was reported to have learned how to make it from Sainte Croix, who had himself learned the method from Exili, an Italian poisoner who had been his cellmate in the Bastille.[1] In 1675, on being accused, Brinvilliers fled to England, the Netherlands, and finally a convent near Liège, where she was arrested by a policeman pretending to be a priest. On 17 July 1676, she was tortured with the water cure, that is, made to drink sixteen pints of water (more than 9 litres) and forced to confess. On the strength of the documents left behind by Sainte Croix and her own confession she was sentenced to death, despite the objections of her defence counsel that there was no good evidence for her guilt.[1] She was then beheaded, and her body was burned at the stake.

Her trial and the scandal which followed it launched the Affair of the Poisons, which saw several French aristocrats charged with witchcraft and poisoning.

Fictional portrayals[edit] Fictional accccounts of her life include The Leather Funnel by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Marquise de Brinvilliers by Alexandre Dumas, père,[2] The Devil's Marchioness by William Fifield, and Intrigues of a Poisoner by Émile Gaboriau.[3] Robert Browning's 1846 poem "The Laboratory" imagines an incident in her life. Her capture and burning is mentioned in The Oracle Glass by Judith Merkle Riley, also the poisoning of the poor is echoed by the main character, Genevieve's, mother. The plot of the novel The Burning Court by John Dickson Carr concerns a murder that appears to be the work of the ghost of Marie d'Aubray Brinvilliers.

There have been two musical treatments of her life. An opera titled La marquise de Brinvilliers with music by nine composers—Daniel Auber, Désiré-Alexandre Batton, Henri Montan Berton, Giuseppe Marco Maria Felice Blangini, François-Adrien Boieldieu, Michele Carafa, Luigi Cherubini, Ferdinand Hérold, and Ferdinando Paer—premiered at the Paris Opéra-Comique in 1831.[4] A musical comedy called "Mimi - A Poisoner's Comedy" written by Allen Cole, Melody A. Johnson, and Rick Roberts premiered in Toronto, Canada in September 2009.[5] The Sailor Moon musical Kessen / Transylvania no Mori (Kaiteiban), included a character known as De Brinvilliers-sensei. She was a vampire who posed as a chemistry teacher who tested her students about various poisons.

Margarita Blankenheim, a character based on the Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, was based after the woman. A song sung by Hatsune Miku known as "Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep" describes Margarita's actions.

References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b c Chisholm 1911.

Jump up ^ "The Marquise de Brinvilliers" Jump up ^ "Gaboriau's sensational novels". google.com.

Jump up ^ Musical Times: "The Material of Music," April 1, 1888, 209, accessed May 10, 2010 Jump up ^ Toronto Star: Richard Ouzounian, "Mimi is wickedly, deadly delicious," September 24, 2009, accessed May 10, 2010 Attribution Wikisource-logo.svg Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Brinvilliers, Marie Madeleine Marguerite d'Aubray, Marquise de". Encyclopædia Britannica. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 572.

External links[edit] Wikisource-logo.svg Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Brinvilliers, Marquise de". The Nuttall Encyclopædia.

London and New York: Frederick Warne.

Anne Somerset - The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide, and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV (St. Martin's Press (October 12, 2003) ISBN 0-312-33017-0) Pierre Chanal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (March 2014) Click [show] for important translation instructions. [show] Pierre Chanal Born November 18, 1946 Saint-Etienne, France Died October 15, 2003 (aged 56) Reims, France Cause of death Suicide Conviction(s) Kidnapping and rape Killings Victims Between 8 and 17 Span of killings 1980–1988 Country France State(s) Champagne-Ardenne Date apprehended August 9, 1988 Pierre Chanal (Saint-Étienne, Loire, 18 November 1946 – Reims, 15 October 2003) was a French soldier and suspected serial killer. He was convicted of the rape and kidnapping of a young Hungarian man (Balázs Falvay) whom he picked up hitch-hiking in 1988. He received a 10-year sentence for the attack, and was released in 1995 on probation. He was accused of murdering three of eight young men who disappeared in northeastern France between 1980 and 1987.[1] One of his alleged victims was Irishman Trevor O'Keeffe.[2] Chanal committed suicide in prison in 2003 while on trial.

Contents [hide] 1 Biography 1.1 Beginning of the case Pierre Chanal 2 Death 3 References Biography[edit] Pierre Chanal was chief warrant officer and instructor at camp de Mourmelon in the 4th dragoon regiment in the Marne, from 1977 to 1986, the time of Mourmelon disappearances. He had an impeccable service record. He jogged 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) daily, was trained in hand to hand combat and was a skydiving enthusiast. He earned a United Nations medal for his service as a UN peacekeeper in Lebanon. He was deployed from 18 January 1985 to 15 May 1985. His behavior was described as exemplary by his superiors.

Beginning of the case Pierre Chanal[edit] On August 9, 1988, police from Saône-et-Loire spotted a Volkswagen Type 2 microbus parked on a dead end road leading to a TGV line that was under construction in the town of Bussières. The police approached the vehicle, thinking that this vehicle might belong to environmentalists opposed to the TGV project. Pierre Chanal was inside the vehicle and, when questioned by one of the policemen, explained that he was an "NCO taking advantage of some leave time to do some tourism." The police requested identification, at which time they realized that he was assigned to the 4th Dragoon Regiment in Mourmelon from 1977 to 1986, drawing the connection to the Mourmelon disappearances. The other policeman spotted the head of a man wrapped in a blanket through the rear window of the vehicle. The man, freed from his restraints, was a 20-year old Hungarian named Palázs Falvay. He explained that he'd been hitchhiking the night before in Chalon-sur-Saône and Chantal had picked him up.

He accused Chantal of having kidnapped and raped him. During the processing of the vehicle, the police found sex toys and a camera whose contents included the scenes described by the hitchhiker.

[3] On 23 October 1990, the Saône-et-Loire Assize Court condemned Pierre Chanal to 10 years in prison.

He was taken to the prison in Dijon, where he requested to be placed in solitary confinement. Both during and after the trial, Chanal did not speak at all. He was released from prison on June 16, 1995.

Despite his release, the police continued to suspect him of the Mourmelon disappearances due to his psychological profile as well as his being stationed at Camp de Mourmelon during the time in question.

Since January 1980, no fewer than eight people disappeared from a triangular area of the Mourmelon region. Since 1980, the story had made headlines, embarrassing the judiciary, military and investigators. It was long denied by the military authorities, who claimed the disappearances were desertions. Several military conscripts vanished after hitchhiking while on leave. By 1990, at least seven had disappeared, five soldiers between 1980 and 1982, a civilian traveling to Mourmelon camp in 1985, and a soldier assigned to the 4th Dragoon Regiment in 1987. Adding to these disappearances were two bodies found near the camp: that of Olivier Donner, a 4th Dragoon Regiment of Mourmelon soldier who disappeared in 1982, was recovered 31 October of the same year in a grove near Mailly-le-Camp, as well as the body of an Irish tourist, Trevor O'Keefe, found 8 August 1987 near Alaincourt in Aisne, the body half buried in a grove.[4] Death[edit]

Chanal was found dead 15 October 2003, putting an end to his trial. He had severed his femoral artery with a razor.[5] References[edit] Jump up ^ "O'Keefe accused man is found dead". RTÉ News. 15 October 2003. Retrieved 22 March 2011.

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Martin Dumollard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in French.

(December 2013) Click [show] for important translation instructions. [show] Martin Dumollard in 1861.

Martin Dumollard (22 June 1810 − 8 March 1862) was a French serial killer condemned to the guillotine after having been arrested and charged with the deaths of maids from 1855 to 1861.

Bibliography[edit] Henry Spicer (2012). Judicial dramas; or The romance of French criminal law. BiblioBazaar.

Michel Fourniret From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Michel Fourniret Born 4 April 1942 (age 74) Sedan, France Other names The Ogre of Ardennes The Beast of Ardennes Criminal penalty Life imprisonment[1] Spouse(s) Monique Olivier Killings Victims 7-9+ Span of killings 1987–2001 (2003?)

Country France, Belgium Date apprehended 26 June 2003 Michel Fourniret (born 4 April 1942) is a convicted French serial killer who confessed in June and July 2004 to kidnapping, raping and murdering nine girls in a span of 14 years from the 1980s to the

2000s. He was also accused of 10 additional murders, nine in France and one in Belgium, and was found guilty of seven of these charges. The trials started on 27 March 2008,[2] and ended on 28 May. He is sometimes referred to as the "Ogre/Beast of the Ardennes".[3] Fourniret was arrested after a failed attempt to kidnap a Belgian girl in June 2003. His wife, Monique Olivier, exposed him after hearing the news of another child murderer's wife (Michelle Martin, wife of Marc Dutroux) being convicted. Fourniret was charged with the abduction of minors and sexual misconduct, and has been in detention since June 2003 for the attempted kidnapping of a 14-year-old girl in 2000. Olivier was charged with one murder and for helping him with a further six.[4] Fourniret buried at least two of his victims at his Sautou chateau near Donchery in the French Ardennes in the late 1980s. On 3 July 2004, a team of French and Belgian police recovered the bodies of two of Fourniret's victims near the chateau. Fourniret was sentenced to life in prison; Olivier was sentenced to life with no possibility of parole for 28 years.[1] Confessed murders[edit] Isabelle Laville – a 17-year-old French girl. She disappeared in Auxerre, on 11 December 1987 on her way home from school. Her skeletal remains were located at the bottom of a well in the country north of Auxerre in July 2006.[5] Farida Hellegouarch – the girlfriend of one of the members of the Gang des postiches (a gang of bank robbers), a former cellmate of Fourniret's. Fourniret killed her in 1988 to access the group's funds. He bought his castle in France with the money.

Fabienne Leroy – a 20-year-old woman. She disappeared in 1988 in Châlons-en-Champagne, and her body was later found in the nearby woods. Killed by a shot to the heart after attempts to inject air into her veins.

Jeanne-Marie Desramault – a 22-year-old French student. She disappeared in 1989 from the railway station of Charleville-Mézières, and her body was recovered from the estate of Fourniret with his assistance.

Elisabeth Brichet – a 12-year-old Belgian girl. She disappeared from Namur in 1989 after playing with a friend. Her disappearance was long thought to be at the hands of Marc Dutroux, until Fourniret led police to her burial site on his estate in France.

Natacha Danais – a 13-year-old French girl, disappeared November 1990 in Nantes, western France whilst out shopping with her mother. Her body was found a few days later on a local beach.[6] Céline Saison – 18-year-old who disappeared in 2000 in Charleville-Mézières. Her body was found in Belgium.

Mananya Thumpong – 13-year-old who disappeared in 2001 from Sedan. Her body was also later found in Belgium.

Fourniret's wife has also said that Fourniret killed a 16-year-old girl who had worked as an au pair at their house. Fourniret allegedly killed her in 1993, but this has not been confirmed. The identity of this alleged victim is not known.

Other crimes[edit] Fourniret himself says he did not commit any crimes between 1990 and 2000, however police in at least five countries (France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark) have taken a fresh look at old rapes, disappearances and murders during that time period. In Denmark, police noticed that a police sketch of a rape suspect looked a lot like Fourniret, but a DNA test showed no similarities. In the Netherlands, investigators in the disappearances of Tanja Groen and Nicky Verstappen have investigated Fourniret.

In 2006 rumors circulated that Fourniret might have been the real murderer of eight-year-old MarieDolorès Rambla. Christian Ranucci had been convicted of the crime, and beheaded on 28 July 1976.

The case has become controversial since Gilles Perrault, two years after Ranucci's beheading, wrote a novel questioning his guilt.

New evidence showed that Fourniret was taking a holiday in Marseille at the same time and place Rambla was murdered.[citation needed] On 3 June 1974, Rambla and her brother Jean met a man in a car who claimed he was searching for his dog. Marie-Dolorès joined the man in his car and was kidnapped. Over an hour after her disappearance, the car of the kidnapper was involved in a car accident with a person named Martinez but the kidnapper drove away. Followed by an elderly couple, he was seen fleeing in the bushes. The police suspected there was a connection between the kidnapping and the fleeing driver. Following an extensive search, the body of Marie-Dolores Rambla, stabbed to death, was found in some bushes. Ranucci was arrested since he was in a car accident that day and was carrying a child. In Ranucci's car, the police discovered a pair of pants with dried blood of the same blood type as Rambla.

Ranucci confessed to abducting and killing the girl and told the police where the knife was hidden (the bushes).

Later, five people told the police they saw the kidnapping but none of them identified Ranucci as the perpetrator.

Several facts point to Fourniret's possible involvement in the crime. He was on vacation in Marseille in June 1974, drove a car of the same color (grey), was 32 years old and, unlike Ranucci, had a record of sex offences. Fourniret used many tricks, similar to the lie about the lost dog. Also, Rambla showed no signs of being sexually molested. Fourniret often ejaculated in front of his victims instead of sexually assaulting them.[citation needed] He was named as a suspect in connection with the murder of 20-year-old Englishwoman Joanna Parrish, whose body was found in an Auxerre river on 17 May 1990. She had been raped and strangled. However, he has never been charged with her murder and 25 years on the murder remains unsolved.[7] References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b "Life sentence for French killer". BBC News. 29 May 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2015.

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Authority control WorldCat Identities VIAF: 24891580 ISNI: 0000 0000 8679 5473 SUDOC: 124778364 BNF: cb15077534p (data) Categories: 1942 birthsLiving peoplePeople from Sedan, ArdennesFrench serial killersMale serial killersFrench rapistsCrime in BelgiumFrench murderers of childrenFrench prisoners sentenced to life imprisonmentPrisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by FrancePeople convicted of murder by FranceFrench people convicted of murder Guy Georges From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (January 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Guy Georges Born Guy Rampillon 15 October 1962 (age 54) Vitry-le-François, France Other names The Beast of the Bastille Criminal penalty Life imprisonment Killings Victims 7 Span of killings 24 January 1991–16 November 1997 Country France Date apprehended 26 March 1998 This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (June 2012) Click [show] for important translation instructions. [show] Guy Georges (born Guy Rampillon, 15 October 1962) is a French serial killer, dubbed "The Beast of the Bastille", who was convicted of murdering seven women between 1991 and 1997.

Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Victims 2.1 Murders 2.2 Other crimes 3 In media 4 References 5 External links Biography[edit] Born Guy Rampillon to a French mother and a Black American father (George Cartwright, a soldier [1]) who abandoned him as a small child.[1] From 1991 to 1997, Guy Georges assaulted, tortured, raped and killed seven women in the neighbourhood of the famed Revolutionary-era Parisian prison, the Bastille.[2] Georges was arrested on 26 March 1998 and admitted his guilt to police. Described by psychiatrists as a "narcissistic psychopath",[3] he was sentenced in April 2001 to life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole for 22 years.[4][5][6] Victims[edit] Murders[edit] 24 January 1991– Pascale Escarfail, 19 (raped and murdered) 7 January 1994 – Catherine Rocher, 27 (raped and murdered) 8 November 1994 – Elsa Benady, 22 (raped and murdered) 9 December 1994 – Agnes Nijkamp, (Dutch), 32(raped and murdered) 8 July 1995 – Hélène Frinking, 27 (raped and murdered) 23 September 1997 – Magalie Sirotti, 19 (raped and murdered) 16 November 1997 – Estelle Magd, 25 (raped and murdered) Other crimes[edit]

1976 – Roselyne (adoptive sister), attempted strangulation 1978 – Christiane (adoptive sister), attempted strangulation February 1979 – Pascale C., attempted strangulation May 1980 – Jocelyne S., attacked May 1980 – Roselyne C., attacked, stabbed in face 16 November 1981 – Nathalie C., 18, raped, stabbed and left for dead 7 June 1982 - Violette K., raped, stabbed and strangled but escaped February 1984 – Pascale N., 21, raped, stabbed but escaped 22 April 1992 – Éléonore D., assaulted 13 January 1994 – Annie L., attacked June 1995 – Élisabeth O., assaulted 25 August 1995 - Mélanie B., assaulted October 1997 - Valérie L., assaulted In media[edit] Beast of the Bastille (Guy Georges). Format: DVD-R. Number of Discs: 1. Run Time: 50 Minutes. ISBN 1-4229-1594-8 The Beast of the Bastille: Guy Georges, Crime & Investigation Network, 44 Minutes, Size: 318 MB, Certificate: 12 / 7pm L'Affaire SK1, 2014 French film References[edit] Jump up ^ Crime File - Famous criminal - Beast of Bastille : Guy Georges, Crime & Investigation Network Jump up ^ Police frustrated in 'Beast of Bastille' inquiry, BBC News, February 19, 1998 Jump up ^ 'Beast of Bastille' admits to killings, The Daily Telegraph, March 28, 2001 Jump up ^ Man on trial for Paris serial killings, BBC News, March 19, 2001 Jump up ^ Paris serial killer finally admits guilt, BBC News, March 27, 2001 Jump up ^ Life sentence for Paris serial killer, BBC News, April 5, 2001 External links[edit] The Beast of Bastille (French) Guy Georges (biography) Francis Heaulme From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Francis Heaulme (born February 25, 1959 at Metz) is a French serial killer dubbed the "Criminal Backpacker". He has Klinefelter's syndrome (a supplemental X chromosome).

Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Cases 3 Convictions 4 Personality 5 Media coverage 6 External links Biography[edit] Heaulme's father brutalized him until the age of 17. He became an alcoholic and attempted suicide.

However, he had a good relationship with his younger sister and held a boundless adoration of his mother, who died of cancer when he was 23 years old.

At the age of 20, he suddenly picked up a passion for cycling. Eight years later, he left home to travel erratically around France on foot, by hitchhiking, and via train (often without a ticket), staying in Emmaüs shelters, psychiatric institutions, and detoxification centers. He occasionally found odd jobs

as a mason or metal worker, and spent his meager earnings on drinking, sometimes mixing alcohol and tranquilizers.

As someone with Klinefelter's syndrome, Heaulme is not capable of committing sexual assaults.

However, in at least two instances he was accompanied by other men (one a distant cousin), who violated the victim themselves while Heaulme killed them. He confessed the murders to medical personnel who did not reveal the information because of medical confidentiality. In many police stations, he did in fact recount false assaults.

He was arrested on January 7, 1992 at Bischwiller. The law enforcement agencies (police and gendarmerie) had great difficulty proving their cases because the acts were done without apparent reason or motive by a person who was highly mobile, and had alibis due to negligence. The shortcomings and poor coordination of the police organizations were also contributing factors.

Despite the lack of support from his superiors, gendarme Jean-Franรงois Abgrall quickly understood the basic rule about who he is responsible for tracking down: "It's when you ask him nothing that he says the most."

Francis Heaulme recounted murder scenes with incredible precision. For example, he showed officers how to kill a sentry by having a firm grip on the back of his head with one hand and stabbing him in the carotid artery with the other, draw, and then retract. According to Abgrall, "He doesn't lie. He never makes anything up. But he deliberately covers his tracks by mixing the crimes, dates and locations."

Cases[edit] The cases in which he is suspected, accused or convicted are many. There are reportedly dozens in 87 departments in France. Among them: The murder of 8-year-old Jorris Viville in Port-Grimaud. There is no doubt that Heaulme had an accomplice (the body had been moved more than 20 kilometres by car, which Heaulme is incapable of because he suffers from Klinefelter's syndrome). When confronted with five possible suspects at the trial, he successively indicated each as his accomplice, before declaring he didn't want to be a "scapegoat". He alone was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

The murder of 44-year-old Aline Peres in Brest, for which he sentenced to 20 years in prison. The crime occurred on a public beach in broad daylight, surrounded by people who saw nothing. This murder put gendarme Abgrall, then assigned to the Brigade de Recherche in Rennes, on his trail. It was this murder for which he was arrested four years later in Bischwiller.

The murder of a retired legionnaire from Courtezon, in Vaucluse, for which he received an acquittal.

Although Heaulme had confessed to Abgrall, his presence at the crime scene was never proven.

Moreover, his confession seemed completely fanciful, in the light of findings made by the police on the crime scene.

The murder of Laurence Guillaume, a 14-year-old girl, around Metz, for which he was sentenced to life in prison. For this murder, Heaulme was accompanied by the cousin of the victim, whom he had met less than an hour earlier at the fair in Metz. His accomplice was convicted of rape and complicity in the murder and sentenced to 18 years in prison.

The murder of Laurent Bureau, a young military conscript, for which he was acquitted by the Assize Court of Dordogne. During the murder, Heaulme was accompanied by Didier Gentil, who at the time of the trial was already sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of a young girl named Celine in Motte-du-Cairo in 1989. The court, unable to determine which of the two murderers had actually killed Laurent Bureau, acquitted them both.

The Sept. 29, 1986, murder of two children, Cyril Beining and Alexander Beckrich, found dead along the railroad tracks in Montigny-lès-Metz. A man named Patrick Dils was convicted of the crime, and served 15 years in prison before being exonerated in 2002.

Convictions[edit] In May 1997, for several murders, the Assises Court of Var sentenced him to life in prison with no chance of parole for 22 years.

On 16 December 2004, he was sentenced to an additional thirty years in prison with no chance of parole for 20 years for three murders committed in the region of the Marne in 1988 and 1989.

Personality[edit] Chief Warrant Officer Gendarmerie, Jean-François Abgrall, the Research Section of the gendarmerie in Rennes, is the specialist for cases in which Francis Heaulme was convicted, accused or suspect. He arrested Heaulme on January 7, 1992 at Bischwiller in Alsace.

Behind the face of a madman hides a manipulative and calculating mind. His morbid game consists of releasing bits of information to police to make it clear that he had "hit a snag" (French: pépin), a term he uses to describe his murders. This occurred in each new case, and is evident throughout the course of his dialogs.

According to one of his successive string of lawyers, Gonzalez de Pierre Gaspard, Heaulme is not to be confronted with an authority, whether a policeman, a police officer or a judge, because he feels like they can make him say whatever they want.

Media coverage[edit] Jean-François Abgrall wrote Inside the Mind of a Killer, published by Profile Books Ltd, in which he recounts, step-by-step, his investigation of Heaulme, the so-called "Criminal Backpacker".

The television channel TF1 introduced in March 2005 a television drama with Thierry Frémont in the role of Heaulme and Bernard Giraudeau in the role of policeman Abgrall.

The channel aired a 90-minute documentary titled "The Bloody Road - On the Trail of Francis Heaulme", on November 13, 2005. The documentary was produced by Doc en Stock, and directed by Laurent Guerin and Franck Doors, and retraced his route step by step.

A 70-minute BBC Storyville documentary in which Jean-François Abgrall recounted his investigation of Heaulme, titled "Dance with a Serial Killer", was aired on BBC 1 24 February 2008.

External links[edit] Biography of Francis Heaulme (On a serial-killers specialised website) Authority control WorldCat Identities VIAF: 230688431 ISNI: 0000 0003 6547 2220 SUDOC: 125909454 BNF: cb144270800 (data) Categories: 1959 birthsLiving peopleFrench serial killersMale serial killersPeople convicted of murder

by FranceFrench people convicted of murderPrisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by FranceFrench prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment Hélène Jégado From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hélène Jégado at her trial, historical print (ca. 1851).

Hélène Jégado (1803 – 26 February 1852) was a French domestic servant and serial killer. She is believed to have murdered as many as 36 people with arsenic over a period of 18 years. After an initial period of activity, between 1833 and 1841, she seems to have stopped for nearly ten years before a final spree in 1851.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life and crimes 2 Arrest 3 Trial 4 References 5 External links Early life and crimes[edit] Hélène Jégado was born on a small farm in Plouhinec (Morbihan), near Lorient in Brittany. She lost her mother at the age of seven and was sent to work with two aunts who were servants at the rectory of Bubry. After 17 years, she accompanied an aunt to the town of Séglien. She became a cook for the curé where an incident arose where she was accused of adding hemp from his grain house to his soup.

Her first suspected poisoning occurred in 1833 when she was employed by another priest, Fr. François Le Drogo, in the nearby village of Guern. In the three months, between June 28 and October 3, seven members of the household died suddenly, including the priest himself, his aging mother and father, and her own visiting sister, Anne Jégado. Her apparent sorrow and pious behaviour was so convincing she was not suspected. Coming shortly after the cholera epidemic of 1832 the deaths may have been put down to natural causes.

Jégado returned to Bubry to replace her sister where three people died in the course of three months, including her other aunt, all of whom she cared for at their bedside. She continued to Locminé, where she boarded with a needleworker, Marie-Jeanne Leboucher—both Leboucher and her daughter died and a son fell ill. It is possible that the son survived because he did not accept Jégado's ministrations. When in the same town, the widow Lorey offered Jégado a room; she died after eating a soup her new boarder had prepared. In May 1835, she was hired by Madame Toussaint and four more deaths followed. By this point in time, she had already put seventeen people in their graves.

Later in 1835, Jégado was employed as a servant in a convent in Auray, but rapidly dismissed after several incidents of vandalism and sacrilege.

Jégado worked as a cook in other households in Auray, then Pontivy, Lorient, and Port-Louis where she was employed only briefly in each one. Often, someone fell ill or died. Among her most infamous murders is of a child, little Marie Bréger, who died at the Château de Soye (Ploemeur) in May 1841, ten years and one month before her final arrest. Most victims died showing symptoms corresponding to arsenic poisoning, though she was never caught with arsenic in her possession. There is no record of suspected deaths from late 1841 to 1849, but a number of her employers later reported thefts; she was apparently a kleptomaniac and was caught stealing several times.

Her career took a new turn in 1849 when she moved to Rennes, the capital city of the region.

Although there is not much information stating why she committed these crimes, it can generally be linked to psychological issues. The psychopathology model explains that her offenses can be linked to her psychological problems. It is possible that these problems erupted at a young age after her mother died. It is not uncommon for a child to develop abandoned child syndrome due to the parents passing. Jégado once stated that murdering people gave her a sense of power, which she enjoyed.

Arrest[edit] In 1850, Jégado joined the household staff of Théophile Bidard, a law professor at the University of Rennes. One of his servants, Rose Tessier, fell ill and died when Jégado tended her. In 1851, one of the other maids, Rosalie Sarrazin, fell ill as well and died. Two doctors had tried to save Sarrazin and

because the symptoms were similar to those of Tessier, they convinced the relatives to permit an autopsy. Jégado aroused suspicion when she announced her innocence before she was even asked anything, and she was arrested on July 1, 1851.

Later inquiries linked her to 23 suspected deaths by poisoning between 1833 and 1841, but none of these were thoroughly investigated since they were outside the ten-year limit for prosecution and there was no scientific evidence. Local folklore has attributed to her many unexplained deaths, some of which were almost certainly due to natural causes. The most reliable estimate is that she probably committed about 36 murders.

Trial[edit] Jégado's trial began on December 6, 1851 but, due to French laws of permissible evidence and statute of limitations, she was accused only of three murders, three attempted murders and 11 thefts. At least one later case appears to have been dropped since it involved a child and police were reluctant to upset the parents by an exhumation. Jégado's behaviour in court was erratic, changing from humble mutterings to loud pious shouting and occasional violent outbursts against her accusers.

She consistently denied she even knew what arsenic was, despite evidence to the contrary. Doctors who had examined her victims had not usually noticed anything suspicious, but when the most recent victims were exhumed, they showed overwhelming evidence of arsenic and possibly antimony.

The defence lawyer, Magloire Dorange, made a remarkable closing speech, arguing that she needed more time than most to repent and could be spared the death penalty since she was dying of cancer anyway.

The case attracted little attention at the time, pushed off the front pages by the coup d'état in Paris.

Jégado was sentenced to death by guillotine and executed in front of a large crowd of onlookers on the Champ-de-Mars in Rennes on February 26, 1852.

References[edit] There are few comprehensive accounts in English.

Fuller, Horace W. (1889), The Green Bag, vol. 1, Boston: The Boston Book Co., Causes Célèbres, Hélène Jégado, pp. 493–497.

Gaute, J.H.H. & Odell, Robin (1996), The New Murderer's Who's Who, London: Harrap Books.

Griffiths, Arthur (1898), Mysteries of Police and Crime, London.

Heppenstall, Rayner (1970), French Crime in the Romantic Age, London: H Hamilton.

Meazey, Peter (2012), The Forgotten Poisoner, the life and crimes of Hélène Jégado, Amazon, Kindle.

Wraxall, Lascelles (1863), Criminal Celebrities, London.

In French: Bouchardon, Pierre (1937), Hélène Jégado, Paris: Albin Michel.

Meazey, Peter (1999), La Jégado: Histoire de la célèbre empoisonneuse, Guingamp (22)and paperback (2006).

Fictionalized accounts : Teulé, Jean (2013), Fleur de Tonnerre, Paris: Éditions Julliard.

English translation (2014), The Poisoning Angel, London: Gallic Books.

External links[edit] Visuals - contemporary engravings. Site in French with author contact and links Authority control

WorldCat Identities VIAF: 46437432 LCCN: no2002090358 SUDOC: 050742663 BNF: cb13543074j (data) Categories: 1803 births1852 deaths1833 crimesPeople from LorientPeople executed for murderPoisonersExecuted serial killersFrench female murderersFrench female serial killersExecuted French womenPeople executed by the Second French EmpirePeople convicted of murder by FranceFrench people convicted of murderPeople executed by guillotineExecuted French peoplePeople executed by France by decapitationExecuted people from Brittany Maids Henri Désiré Landru From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses of "Landru", see Landru (disambiguation).

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Henri Désiré Landru HenriLandru.jpg Born Henri Désiré Landru April 12, 1869 Paris, France Died February 25, 1922 (aged 52) Versailles, France Cause of death Decapitation by guillotine Resting place Museum of Death Other names The Bluebeard of Gambais, Many pseudonyms, including "Monsieur Diard" and "Dupont" Criminal penalty Death Conviction(s) Murder Killings Victims 11 Span of killings January 1915–15 January 1919 Country France Date apprehended 12 April 1919 Henri Désiré Landru (April 12, 1869 – February 25, 1922) (French pronunciation: [ɑɑ ʁi deziʁe lɑɑ dʁy]) was a French serial killer and real-life "Bluebeard".

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Murders 2.1 List of victims 3 Trial and execution 4 In popular culture 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Early life[edit] Landru was born in Paris. After leaving school, he spent four years in the French Army from 1887 to 1891. After he was discharged from service, he proceeded to have a sexual relationship with his cousin. She bore him a daughter, although Landru did not marry her; he married another woman two

years later and had four children. He was swindled out of money by a fraudulent employer. He turned to fraud himself, operating scams that usually involved swindling elderly widows. He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in 1900 after being arrested and found guilty of fraud, the first of several such convictions. By 1914, Landru was estranged from his wife and working as a second-hand furniture dealer.

Murders[edit] Landru began to put advertisements in the lonely hearts sections in Paris newspapers, usually along the lines of "Widower with two children, aged 43, with comfortable income, serious and moving in good society, desires to meet widow with a view to matrimony." With World War I under way, there were plenty of widows upon whom Landru could prey.

Landru would seduce the women who came to his Parisian villa and, after he was given access to their assets, he would kill them and burn their dismembered bodies in his oven. Between 1914 and 1919, Landru killed ten women, as well as the teenage son of one of them. With no bodies, the victims were simply listed as missing, and it was virtually impossible for the police to know what had happened to them, as Landru used a wide variety of aliases in his schemes. (He kept a ledger listing the particular identity he used when corresponding with each woman.)

In 1919, the sister of Madame Buisson, one of Landru's victims, attempted to track down her missing sibling. She did not know Landru's real name but she knew his appearance and where he lived, and she eventually persuaded the police to arrest him. Initially, Landru was charged only with embezzlement. He refused to talk to the police, and with no bodies (police dug up his garden without result), there was seemingly insufficient evidence for a murder charge. However, police did eventually find fragmentary paperwork listing the missing women, and combining this with other documents provided the necessary evidence.

List of victims[edit] Mme. Jeanne-Marie Cuchet (last seen January 1915) Mme. Cuchet's son, André Cuchet (last seen January 1915) Mme. Thérèse Laborde-Line (last seen 26 June 1915)[1] Mme. Marie-Angélique Guillin (last seen 2 August 1915) Mme. Berthe-Anna Héon (last seen 8 December 1915) Mme. Anne Collomb (last seen 25 December 1915) Andrée-Anne Babelay (last seen 12 April 1916) Mme. Célestine Buisson (last seen 19 August 1916) Mme. Louise-Joséphine Jaume (last seen 25 November 1917) Mme. Anne-Marie Pascal (last seen 5 April 1918) Mme. Marie-Thérèse Marchadier (last seen 15 January 1919)[2] Trial and execution[edit] Landru's severed head in the Museum of Death in Hollywood.

Landru stood trial on 11 counts of murder in November 1921. He was convicted on all counts, sentenced to death, and guillotined three months later in Versailles. During his trial, Landru traced a picture of his kitchen, including in it the stove in which he was accused of burning his victims. He gave this drawing to one of his lawyers, Auguste Navières du Treuil. In December 1967, the drawing was made public. Landru had written in pencil on the back, Ce n'est pas le mur derrière lequel il se passe quelque chose, mais bien la cuisinière dans laquelle on a brûlé quelque chose (It is not the wall behind which a thing takes place, but indeed the stove in which a thing has been burned). This has been interpreted as Landru's confession to his crimes.[3][4] In popular culture[edit]

Landru is listed as one of the wax effigies at Roger's Museum in H. P. Lovecraft's 1932 short story collaboration "The Horror in the Museum". For some years his waxwork was exhibited in the Chamber of Horrors at Madame Tussauds in London.

Landru was the inspiration for Charlie Chaplin's film Monsieur Verdoux (1947).

The 1960 film Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons starred George Sanders as Landru.

The 1962 film Landru, directed by Claude Chabrol, was inspired by the murders.

In the 1963 episode of The Twilight Zone entitled "The New Exhibit", a wax figure of Landru plays an important role.

The 1967 Star Trek episode "The Return of the Archons" depicts a society that periodically descends into rape and murder under the influence of a computer-ruler named Landru.

The case is featured in one of the episodes of the 1976 BBC series Second Verdict.

In the 1989 film "The Burbs", the Klopeks have a dog named Landru.

A 2005 French movie named Désiré Landru is another adaptation of this story.

In 2001, the French satirical journalist Frédéric Pagès, writing under the pseudonym Jean-Baptiste Botul, published a book entitled Landru: Precursor of Feminism (Landru, Précurseur du Féminisme: La Correspondance Inédite, 1919–1922).

Accounts in English include Dennis Barden's The Ladykiller: The Life of Landru, the French Bluebeard[5] and William Bolitho's Murder for Profit.[6] Henri Désiré Landru's severed head is on display at the Museum of Death in Hollywood, California.[7] Landru is the subject of an exhibit in the film Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum.

See also[edit] Lonely hearts killer References[edit] Jump up ^ Washington Times September 3, 1922 reports she was poisoned and her body deposed in Oolse River and was later found a year later and buried as a Jane Doe. Jump up ^ [1] Jump up ^ Decaux, A. Les Assassins, pp. 260-263. Librairie Académique Perrin, 1986 Jump up ^ Washington Times September 3, 1922 makes a claim that two unnamed female admirers of Landru ate some poisoned fruit after visiting him and that one-who was rich became ill but survived while one who was poor died of illness!

Jump up ^ London: Peter Davies, c, 1972 Jump up ^ New York: Harper and Brothers, 1926, Chapter five: The Poetry of Desire Landru.

Jump up ^ Bob Pool (29 October 2009). "Death takes no holiday at this Hollywood museum". Los Angeles Times.

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Lastennet was convicted of murdering the following 5 victims:[1] Date Name of victim Age at death 24 August 1993 Marcelle Cavilier 87 15 November 1993 Antoinette Bonin 76 16 November 1993 Raymonde Dolisy (née Fournier) 72 18 December 1993 Augustine Royer 91 8 January 1994 Violette de Ferluc 92 Lastennet was arrested on January 12, 1994 and admitted his guilt to police. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 18 years.[2] References[edit] Jump up ^ (French) "Claude Lastenet a étranglé cinq femmes âgées", Libération, October 23, 1997.

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In 2000 Louis confessed to their murders; he retracted this confession one month later.

Contents [hide] 1 Disappearances 2 Death 3 External links 4 References Disappearances[edit] Louis was a prime suspect in the disappearances in the Yonne Département of seven young women with mild mental deficiencies between 1975 and 1980. The disappearances initially did not attract much attention, as the girls had no close relatives and lived in homes for the handicapped; it was assumed that they had simply run away.[2] A local detective, Christian Jambert, looked into the possible crimes as early as 1981. However, his reports were ignored, and he later died under mysterious circumstances.[3] In 1992, Pierre Charrier, the head of the Yonne APAJH association managing the home for handicapped young people where the missing girls had been staying, was sentenced to six years in prison for raping a 23-year-old handicapped woman.[4]

In 2000, Louis confessed to two of the murders, and gave information as to where the bodies could be found, which police were able to use to recover the bodies from shallow graves. He later retracted his confession, but was convicted of the seven murders in November 2004, and sentenced to life in prison.[2] Death[edit] Louis died on 20 October 2013.[5] In the newspaper it was mentioned that he died in a secure hospital aged 79.

External links[edit] BBC News: French 'serial killer' on trial Guardian: Murder trial likely to reveal cover-ups Detailed chronology (in French) References[edit] Jump up ^ "Le tueur en série Emile Louis est mort", le Parisien, 20 October 2013 ^ Jump up to: a b "French serial killer given life", BBC.co.uk, 26 November 2004 Jump up ^ Guardian: Murder trial likely to reveal cover-ups Jump up ^ "Serial killer's confession leads to trail of care home abuses", The Guardian, 31 December 2000 Jump up ^ "France serial killer Emile Louis dead". BBC News. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

Authority control WorldCat Identities VIAF: 211886262 SUDOC: 072326956 BNF: cb13745805r (data) Categories: 1934 birthsFrench prisoners sentenced to life imprisonmentFrench rapistsFrench serial killersPrisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by France2013 deathsPeople from YonneMale serial killersFrench people convicted of murderPeople convicted of murder by FranceFrench people who died in prison custodyPrisoners who died in French detention Christine Malèvre From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Christine Malèvre (born January 10, 1970) is a former nurse who was arrested in 1998 on suspicion of having killed as many as 30 patients. She confessed to some of the murders, but claimed she had done so at the request of the patients, who were all terminally ill. France, however, does not recognize a "right to die", and Malèvre eventually recanted most of her confessions. The families of several of her victims strongly denied that their relatives had expressed any will to die, much less asked Malèvre to kill them.

Contents [hide] 1 Charges 2 Trial 3 Sentencing 4 Controversy 5 References 6 External links Charges[edit] While in questioning, Christine Malèvre originally admitted to assisting in the death of 30 terminally ill patients at François Quesnay Hospital in Mantes-la-Jolie on the outskirts of Paris,[1] a statement which she later on recanted stating that she made the original confession under duress.[2] Although being originally charged with the lesser charge of manslaughter, Malèvre’s charge was upgraded to that of murder following a report that stated that the nurse had a “morbid fascination” with death and disease, and that patients were three to four times more likely to die while during Mme.Malèvre’s duty periods in the advanced cancer ward.[2] According to Olivier Morice, a lawyer

for five patients’ families who had died in Malèvre’s care, the charge of murder came about because the judge had realized “we are dealing with a serial killer more than with a Madonna of euthanasia”.

[1] Prosecutors argued for this charge to be seen as a murder charge rather than manslaughter, because they believed Christine should be treated the same way as any other serial killer rather than a Madonna of euthanasia.[2] Shortly after her release on bail, Malevre tried to commit suicide herself by overdosing on drugs, but was unsuccessful.[2] Trial[edit] Malèvre went on trial in Versailles on 20 January 2003 on charges of murdering seven gravelly ill patients while working at François Quesnay Hospital between 1997 and 1998.[2] She faced up to life in prison.[3] Mme. Malèvre admitting to having killed four patients by injecting them with lethal doses of morphine, potassium or other various drugs,[2] but denied being responsible for the other three deaths.[3] She went on to state that her reason for lethally injecting these patients was due to the fact that the patients requested to die, and she helped them do so out of compassion[2] In a book she later penned called “My Confession”, Malèvre stated “I helped people to end their suffering and depart in peace. I did not kill. I am not a criminal.”[2] Prosecutors on the other hand did not agree with this statement. Nicknamed The Black Widow by her colleagues, prosecutors told the court that Mme. Malèvre’s motives for ending the lives of these gravely ill patients were not out of the kindness of her own heart, but rather due to her morbid fascination with death and illness, and by killing these patients she was satisfying her sick compulsions.[2] Families of the deceased also went on the record to agree with the prosecution that Malèvre killed for her own good not for the good of her patients, denying that their relatives had ever asked to die,[3] statements which later on turned many of Mme. Malèvre’s supporters against her.[2] Sentencing[edit] After a four-hour deliberation, Mme. Malèvre was sentenced to ten years of prison for the murder of six of the seven patients she had ‘assisted’ in killing. On top of this sentence, Christine Malèvre was also permanently banned from working as a nurse.[3] Controversy[edit] The arrest of Mme. Malèvre raised national debate over both the case, as well as the controversial topic of euthanasia in France, which does not allow euthanasia like its neighbors, Belgium and the Netherlands.[3] France itself is divided between strong Roman Catholic hostility towards euthanasia, as well as mounting pressure from the liberals to decriminalize assisted suicide.[1] This division of pro and con euthanasia is just as visible in the divide between those who supported Christine Malèvre’s actions and those who did not. After originally admitting to helping 30 gravelly-ill patients kill themselves, Malèvre received an outpouring of support from both the public and ministers.[1] Malèvre received over 5,000 letters from the public showing support and appreciation for her acts of compassion, and Health minister Bernard Kouchner stated that everyone should avoid hasty moral judgement when it came to Malèvre’s case.[1] The media was also generally sympathetic toward Malèvre, someone they described as a model nurse who was helping these terminally ill patients end their life of misery for the good of the patient.[2] Despite this outpour of success, public opinion seemed to turn against Christine Malèvre when details of the case were leaked by judges and family members that stated the terminally-ill patients that Malèvre had ‘helped’ in ending their own lives neither wanted nor asked Malèvre to aid in their suicide.[2] The main association that supports the right-to-die immediately dropped its support for Malèvre, and public opinion turned quickly against her to now support the prosecutor and lawyer’s opinion that Malèvre is not a Madonna of euthanasia and did not help her patients in any way, but rather is a serial killer who murdered these patients to satisfy her own dark compulsions.[2] References[edit]

^ Jump up to: a b c d e Sage, Adam. "'Mercy killer' on murder charges." Times [London, England] 16 June 1999: 14. Academic OneFile. Web. 7 Mar. 2014. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Paris euthanasia 'heroine' on trial for 7 murders." Times [London, England] 21 Jan. 2003: 15. Academic OneFile. Web. 7 Mar. 2014. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "French nurse jailed in 6 deaths." New York Times 1 Feb. 2003: A4. Academic OneFile. Web. 7 Mar. 2014.

External links[edit] BBC News United Press International Authority control WorldCat Identities VIAF: 305109112 SUDOC: 170563898 Categories: 1970 birthsLiving peopleFrench female serial killersNurses convicted of killing patientsPeople convicted of murder by FranceFrench people convicted of murderFrench nurses Thierry Paulin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thierry Paulin (November 28, 1963 – April 16, 1989) was a French serial killer active in the 1980s.

Thierry Paulin Born November 28, 1963 Fort-de-France, Martinique Died April 16, 1989 (aged 25) Fresnes Prison, Fresnes, France Cause of death AIDS Other names The Monster of Montmartre, The Grim Reaper of Paris, The Beast of Montmartre The Old Lady Killer Conviction(s) Died before trial Killings Victims 18-21 Span of killings 1984–1987 Country France Date apprehended 1987 Contents [hide] 1 Childhood and teenage years 2 From Toulouse to Paris 3 The second wave of murders 4 The final countdown 5 Film references 6 References 7 External links Childhood and teenage years[edit] Paulin was born in Fort-de-France, Martinique.[1] His father flew to France just after his birth, leaving his teen-aged mother to fend for herself and the baby. Paulin was raised in Martinique by his paternal grandmother, who owned a restaurant and allegedly paid little attention to her grandson. When he was ten, Paulin started to live with his now married mother, trying to blend in with his stepbrothers and sisters. His behavior started to become erratic and violent towards the other children, and eventually his mother asked his father to take their son to France. His father accepted in order to avoid paying alimony.

As a mixed-race student among white peers, Paulin had few friends, and performed poorly at school, failing his exams. At the age of 17, he decided to enter military service early, joining the parachutists' troops; however, his fellow soldiers disdained him for his race and homosexuality.

On November 14, 1982, he robbed an old woman in her grocery, menacing her with a knife; the grocer knew him as a client, however, and he was soon arrested. In June 1983, he was sentenced to two years of jail, but the sentence was suspended ("avec sursis"), allowing Paulin to remain free.

From Toulouse to Paris[edit] In 1984, after leaving the army, Paulin learned that his mother and her family now lived in Nanterre, a northern suburb of Paris. He went there to live with them, but his relationship was hostile.

Paulin became a waiter at the Paradis Latin, a night-club renowned for its transvestite shows. There, he started a career as an artist, dressed in drag and singing tunes by his favourite singer, Eartha Kitt.

His mother was once invited to watch her son's performance, but she left the club a few seconds after the beginning of the act.

The most important event that happened to Paulin at the Paradis Latin was meeting Jean-Thierry Mathurin. The 19-year-old Mathurin was born in French Guyana, and was a drug addict. Paulin fell in love with him and they soon became lovers. Paulin was also addicted, but less severely, and sold drugs as well.

On October 5, 1984, two elderly women were assaulted in Paris. Germaine Petitot, 91, survived but was too traumatized to give a detailed description of the criminals. Anna Barbier-Ponthus, 83, died after being beaten and asphyxiated beneath a pillow. Her murderer robbed her of 300 francs (about $50).

In October–November 1984, eight other old women were murdered, mainly in the 18th precinct of Paris, but in neighboring precincts too. The violence of the crimes was horrific; some of the victims had their heads stuck into plastic bags, some were beaten to death, and one of them was forced to drink drain cleaner. In all cases, the motive appeared to be robbery. Some reports allege that Paulin singled out women who seemed unpleasant or unfriendly when he engaged them in conversation,[2] while Paulin himself told police that "I only tackled the weakest of them."[3] At the same time, Paulin and Mathurin were leading an extravagant lifestyle, spending their nights dancing, drinking champagne, and snorting cocaine. In late November, they decided to go to Toulouse to stay for a few months at the home of Paulin's father. But the elder Paulin was unable to accept his son's lover, and violent fights ensued, ending when Paulin and Mathurin broke up. Mathurin returned to Paris, while Paulin tried to start his own firm of transvestite artists, a plan which failed in autumn 1985.

The second wave of murders[edit] From December 20, 1985, to June 14, 1986, eight more old women were murdered. The police were unable to identify the killer, though the investigators had a few clues. Police determined through fingerprint evidence that the perpetrator was the same individual who committed the 1984 murders.

However, in the new murders, the killer appeared to favor quicker, less cruel methods.

In the autumn of 1986, Paulin attacked one of his cocaine dealers with a baseball bat. The dealer went to the police, and Paulin was arrested. Paulin was sentenced to 16 months of jail for the assault, spending one year in Fresnes prison. Upon his release, Paulin knew himself to be HIV-positive.

The final countdown[edit]

Knowing that he was in effect under a death sentence from AIDS, Paulin organized lavish parties, spending a lot of money and sparing no expense. Paulin paid for these parties with stolen credit cards and checks, and with the proceeds from his murders.

On November 25, 1987, Paulin murdered Rachel Cohen, age 79. On the same day, he attacked an 87year-old woman, Berthe Finalteri, whom he suffocated and left for dead. Two days later, he strangled Genevieve Germont, who would be his last victim.

As Paulin celebrated his 24th birthday, Madame 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"). On December 1, Paulin was arrested while walking down the street when a local police inspector, Francis Jacob, recognized him from Madame Finalteri's description.[4][5] After two days in custody, Paulin admitted everything, including his involvement with Mathurin. Accused of committing 18 murders (though he claimed responsibility for 21), he was sent to jail awaiting trial.

In early 1988, Paulin fell ill, as his body began to succumb to the effects of AIDS.[6][7] Within a year he was hospitalized in a state of near-paralysis, suffering from both tuberculosis and meningitis. He died during the night of April 16, 1989 in the hospital wing of Fresnes prison.

Only Mathurin was tried for the first nine attacks and murders, receiving a life sentence, plus 18 years without parole. He was incarcerated until January 2009,[8] while technically, Thierry Paulin was never convicted of the murders of which he was accused.

Film references[edit] The 1994 movie J'ai pas sommeil (I Can't Sleep), by director Claire Denis (Chocolat, No Fear No Die) was based on the Paulin case.

References[edit] Jump up ^ "Arrest reported in 21 slayings", The Globe and Mail (Canada), December 4, 1987 Jump up ^ "Man admits 21 murders", Herald Sun (Melbourne), December 4, 1987 Jump up ^ Hamilton, D (December 9, 1987), "Murderous tales of the Monster of Montmartre", Herald Sun (Melbourne) Jump up ^ Webster, Paul (December 4, 1987), "Paris mass murder suspect admits all", The Guardian (London) Jump up ^ "Murderous tales of the Monster of Montmartre", Herald Sun (Melbourne) Jump up ^ Webster, Paul (March 23, 1989), "Truce called in Paris case of 'super sleuth turned pimp'", The Guardian (London) Jump up ^ "Death sentence", The Independent, March 23, 1989 Jump up ^ Le complice du tueur des vieilles dames est libéré, moreas.blog.lemonde.fr External links[edit] (French) Paulin, Thierry (biographical notes) Categories: 1963 births1989 deathsPeople from Fort-de-FranceFrench serial killersMale serial killersLGBT people from FranceFrench people of Martiniquais descentAIDS-related deaths in FranceFrench people who died in prison custodyPrisoners who died in French detention Marcel Petiot From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marcel Petiot Marcel Petiot mugshot Born January 17, 1897

Auxerre, Yonne Died May 25, 1946 (aged 49) Prison de la Santé, Paris, France Cause of death Executed by guillotine Resting place Cimetière parisien d'Ivry Nationality French Other names "Captain Valery" "Docteur Satan" Occupation General practitioner Criminal charge Multiple assassinations Criminal penalty Capital punishment Criminal status Executed by guillotine on May 25, 1946 Spouse(s) Georgette Lablais Parent(s) Félix Petiot and Marthe Bourdon Motive Gain, serial killer Conviction(s) Guilty on all charges Killings Victims 27 + (over 63 total)(?)

Date 1926?; 1942 - 1944 State(s) Seine Location(s) Paris Weapons Poison (by injection of cyanide) Date apprehended October 31, 1944 Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot (17 January 1897 – 25 May 1946) was a French doctor and serial killer. He was convicted of multiple murders after the discovery of the remains of 23 people in his home in Paris during World War II. He is suspected of the murder of around 60 victims during his life, although the true number remains unknown.[1][2] Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Medical and political career 3 World War II activities 4 Fraudulent escape network 5 Discovery of murders 6 Media reaction 7 Evasion and capture 8 Trial and sentence 9 Portrayal in popular culture 9.1 In Television 9.2 In film 9.3 In literature 9.4 In music 10 See also 11 References 12 Bibliography 13 External links Early life[edit] Petiot was born 17 January 1897 in Auxerre, France. Later accounts make various claims of his delinquency and criminal acts during his youth, but it is unclear whether they were invented afterwards for public consumption. A psychiatrist diagnosed him as mentally ill on 26 March 1914,

and Petiot was expelled from school many times. He finished his education in a special academy in Paris in July 1915.[3] During World War I, Petiot volunteered for the French Army, entering service in January 1916.[3] In the Second Battle of the Aisne, he was wounded and gassed, and exhibited more symptoms of mental breakdown. He was sent to various rest homes, where he was arrested for stealing army blankets, morphine, and other army supplies, as well as wallets, photographs, and letters; he was jailed in Orléans. In a psychiatric hospital in Fleury-les-Aubrais, he was again diagnosed with various mental illnesses but was returned to the front in June 1918. He was transferred three weeks later after he allegedly injured his own foot with a grenade, but was attached to a new regiment in September. A new diagnosis was enough to get him discharged with a disability pension.[3] Medical and political career[edit] After the war, Petiot entered the accelerated education program intended for war veterans, completed medical school in eight months, and became an intern at the mental hospital in Évreux. He received his medical degree in December 1921 and moved to Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, where he received payment for his services both from the patients and from government medical assistance funds. At this point, he was already using addictive narcotics. While working at Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, he gained a reputation for dubious medical practices, such as supplying narcotics, performing thenillegal abortions, and theft (for example, money from the town's treasury, the bass drum of a local band, and a stone cross).[1][4] Petiot's first victim might have been Louise Delaveau (the daughter of an elderly patient), with whom he had an affair in 1926. Delaveau disappeared in May, and neighbors later said they had seen Petiot load a trunk into his car. Police investigated but eventually dismissed her case as a runaway. That same year, Petiot ran for mayor of the town and hired somebody to disrupt a political debate with his opponent. He won, and while in office he embezzled town funds.

In June 1927, he married Georgette Lablais, the 23-year-old daughter of a wealthy landowner and butcher in Seignelay.[5] Their son Gerhardt was born in April 1928.[4] The Prefect of Yonne Département received many complaints about Petiot's thefts and shady financial deals. Petiot was eventually suspended as mayor in August 1931 and resigned. However, he still had many supporters, and the village council also resigned in sympathy. Five weeks later, on 18 October, he was elected as a councilor of Yonne Département. In 1932, he was accused of stealing electric power from the village, and he lost his council seat. Meanwhile, he had already moved to Paris.

In Paris, Petiot attracted patients with fake credentials and built an impressive reputation for his practice at 66 Rue de Caumartin.[4] However, there were rumors of illegal abortions and excessive prescriptions of addictive remedies. In 1936, he was appointed médecin d'état-civil, with authority to write death certificates. The same year, he was briefly institutionalized for kleptomania, but was released the following year. He still persisted in tax evasion.[4] World War II activities[edit] After the 1940 German defeat of France, French citizens were drafted for forced labor in Germany.

Petiot provided false medical disability certificates to people who were drafted. He also treated the illnesses of workers who had returned. In July 1942, he was convicted of overprescribing narcotics, even though two addicts who would have testified against him had disappeared. He was fined 2,400 francs.

Petiot later claimed that, during the period of German occupation, he was engaged in Resistance activities. Allegedly, he developed secret weapons that killed Germans without leaving forensic evidence, planted booby traps all over Paris, had high-level meetings with Allied commanders, and worked with a (nonexistent) group of Spanish anti-fascists.

There was no evidence to support any of these statements. However, in 1980, he was cited by former U.S. spymaster Col. John F. Grombach as a World War II source.[6] Grombach had been founder and head of a small independent espionage agency, later known as "The Pond", which operated from 1942 to 1955.[7] Grombach asserted that Petiot had reported the Katyn Forest massacre, German missile development at Peenemünde, and the names of Abwehr agents sent to the U.S.[6] While these claims were not supported by any records of other intelligence services, in 2001 some "Pond" records were discovered, including a cable that mentioned Petiot.

Fraudulent escape network[edit] Petiot's most lucrative activity during the Occupation was his false escape route. Under the codename "Dr. Eugène", Petiot pretended to have a means of getting people wanted by the Germans or the Vichy government to safety outside France. Petiot claimed that he could arrange a passage to Argentina or elsewhere in South America through Portugal, for a price of 25,000 francs per person.

Three accomplices, Raoul Fourrier, Edmond Pintard, and René-Gustave Nézondet, directed victims to "Dr. Eugène", including Jews, Resistance fighters, and ordinary criminals. Once victims were in his control, Petiot told them that Argentine officials required all entrants to the country to be inoculated against disease, and with this excuse injected them with cyanide. He then took all their valuables and disposed of the bodies.

At first, Petiot dumped the bodies in the Seine, but he later destroyed the bodies by submerging them in quicklime or by incinerating them. In 1941, Petiot bought a house at 21 Rue le Sueur. He purchased the house the same week that Henri Lafont returned to Paris with money and permission from the Abwehr to recruit new members for the French Gestapo.[3] Petiot failed to keep a low profile. The Gestapo eventually found out about him and, by April 1943, they had heard all about this "route" for the escape of wanted persons, which they assumed was part of the Resistance. Gestapo agent Robert Jodkum forced prisoner Yvan Dreyfus to approach the supposed network, but Dreyfus simply vanished. A later informer successfully infiltrated the operation, and the Gestapo arrested Fourrier, Pintard, and Nézondet. Under torture, they confessed that "Dr. Eugène" was Marcel Petiot. Nézondet was later released, but three others spent eight months in prison, suspected of helping Jews to escape. Even under torture, they did not identify any other members of the Resistance because they knew of none. The Gestapo released the three men in January 1944.

Discovery of murders[edit] On 11 March 1944, Petiot's neighbors in Rue Le Sueur complained to police of a foul stench in the area and of large amounts of smoke billowing from a chimney of the house. Fearing a chimney fire, the police summoned firemen, who entered the house and found a roaring fire in a coal stove in the basement. In the fire, and scattered in the basement, were human remains.[3] Media reaction[edit] David King reports in Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris, Chapter 11: The extensive coverage of the Petiot affair soon escalated into a full-blown media circus. Newspapers dubbed the doctor the Butcher of Paris, Scalper of the Etoile, the monster of rue Le Sueur, the Demonic Ogre, and Doctor Satan. One of the first and more popular sobriquets was the Modern

Bluebeard. […] Later, other names would be proposed for the murder suspect, from the Underground Assassin to the Werewolf of Paris.

The fervent media coverage extended internationally, the same source reports, and "In Switzerland, Belgium, and Scandinavia, the Petiot affair dominated headlines on a daily basis."

Evasion and capture[edit] During the intervening seven months, Petiot hid with friends, claiming that the Gestapo wanted him because he had killed Germans and informers. He eventually moved in with a patient, Georges Redouté, let his beard grow, and adopted various aliases.

During the liberation of Paris in 1944, Petiot adopted the name "Henri Valeri" and joined the French Forces of the Interior (FFI) in the uprising. He became a captain in charge of counterespionage and prisoner interrogations.

When the newspaper Resistance published an article about Petiot, his defense attorney from the 1942 narcotics case received a letter in which his fugitive client claimed that the published allegations were mere lies. This gave police a hint that Petiot was still in Paris. The search began anew – with "Henri Valeri" among those who were drafted to find him. Finally, on 31 October, Petiot was recognized at a Paris Métro station, and arrested. Among his possessions were a pistol, 31,700 francs, and 50 sets of identity documents.

Trial and sentence[edit] Petiot was imprisoned in La Santé Prison. He claimed that he was innocent and that he had killed only enemies of France. He said that he had discovered the pile of bodies in 21 Rue le Sueur in February 1944, but had assumed that they were collaborators killed by members of his Resistance "network".

But the police found that Petiot had no friends in any of the major Resistance groups. Some of the Resistance groups he spoke of had never existed, and there was no proof of any of his claimed exploits. Prosecutors eventually charged him with at least 27 murders for profit. Their estimate of his gains ran to 200 million francs.

Petiot went on trial on 19 March 1946, facing 135 criminal charges. René Floriot acted for the defense, against a team consisting in state prosecutors and twelve civil lawyers hired by relatives of Petiot's victims. Petiot taunted the prosecuting lawyers, and claimed that various victims had been collaborators or double agents, or that vanished people were alive and well in South America under new names. He admitted to killing just nineteen of the twenty-seven victims found in his house, and claimed that they were Germans and collaborators – part of a total of 63 "enemies" killed. Floriot attempted to portray Petiot as a Resistance hero, but the judges and jurors were unimpressed. Petiot was convicted of 26 counts of murder, and sentenced to death.

On 25 May, Petiot was beheaded, after a stay of a few days due to a problem in the release mechanism of the guillotine.[3] Portrayal in popular culture[edit] In Television[edit] In the 2016 episode 'Nil Nocere' of World War II spy drama X Company, the character Dr. Maurice Durand is based on Petiot and some of Petiot's atrocities.

In film[edit] The 1957 war film Seven Thunders (also called The Beasts of Marseilles) includes an almost identical character, Dr. Martout, played by James Robertson Justice.

The 1990 film Docteur Petiot, directed by Christian de Chalonge and starring Michel Serrault as Petiot, dramatizes Petiot' life and career.

The 2006 film Zwartboek, directed by Paul Verhoeven, is set during the German occupation of the Netherlands and includes among its characters a doctor who is "known" to the resistance as sympathetic to their cause. Ultimately, he is revealed to have been working for the Nazis. Though offering an escape route for wealthy Dutch Jews, the character in fact betrays them and steals their money.

In literature[edit] Doctor Petiot is mentioned as part of the backstory for Manning Coles' book Crime in Concrete (1960).[8] David King's non-fiction, true-crime book Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris (2011) addresses the investigation and trial of Marcel Petiot.

In "The Unspeakable Crimes of Dr. Petiot" by Thomas Maeder, Petiot's life, his crimes and the subsequent trial are re-constructed from the long-secret official court dossier as well as survivor interviews.[citation needed] In music[edit] The eponymous 1977 debut album by Univers Zero includes a track named "Docteur Petiot".

See also[edit] Dr John Bodkin Adams Dr. Thomas Neill Cream Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen Dr. H. H. Holmes Dr. William Palmer (murderer) Dr. Maxim Petrov Dr. Harold Shipman Dr. Michael Swango References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b Smith, Jo Durden (2004). 100Most Infamous Criminals. New York: Metrobooks. ISBN 0-7607-4849-7.

Jump up ^ Newton, Michael. "Dr. Marcel Petiot". crimelibrary.com. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f King, David (2011). Death in the City of Light (1st ed.). New York: Crown. ISBN 0-307-45289-1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Crime Library: Serial Killers: Dr. Marcel Petiot". TruTV.com.

Jump up ^ King, David. Death in the City of Light. Crown. ^ Jump up to: a b Stout, Mark. The Pond: Running Agents for State, War, and the CIA. cia.gov.

Jump up ^ "'The Pond': US Spy Agency that Operated Before CIA Revealed in Classified Documents Disclosure". Huffingtonpost.com. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-29.

Jump up ^ Coles, Manning (1960). Crime in Concrete. Doubleday & Company. Republished as Concrete Crime by Ballantine Books. LCCN 60-5919.

Bibliography[edit] Grombach, John (1980). The Great Liquidator. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.

Kershaw, Alister (1955). Murder in France. London: Constable.

King, David (2011). Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris. Crown. ISBN 0307-45289-1.

Maeder, Thomas (1980). The Unspeakable Crimes of Dr. Petiot. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. Seth, Ronald (1963). Petiot: Victim of Chance. London: Hutchinson.

Tomlins Marilyn Z. (2013) Die in Paris Raven Crest Books, London: ISBN 9781482752809) External links[edit] Newton, Michael. "Dr. Marcel Petoit". Crime Library: Serial Killers. Retrieved 10 November 2011.

Tomlins, Marilyn Z. "Dr. Petiot Will See You Now" in Crime magazine Marilyn Z. Tomlins website Authority control WorldCat Identities VIAF: 52973721 GND: 12318505X SUDOC: 027274942 BNF: cb11935253t (data) Categories: 1897 births1946 deathsMedical practitioners convicted of murdering their patientsFrench military personnel of World War IFrench people of World War IIFrench politiciansFrench serial killersMale serial killersFrench people convicted of tax crimesPeople executed by guillotineExecuted serial killersPeople executed by the Provisional Government of the French RepublicExecuted French peopleFrench people convicted of murderPeople convicted of murder by FrancePeople from AuxerrePeople executed by France by decapitationExecuted people from BurgundyFrench murderers of children Gilles de Rais From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Gilles de Retz" redirects here. For the racehorse, see Gilles de Retz (horse).

Gilles de Rais Baron de Retz Gillesderais1835.jpg Gilles de Rais by Éloi Firmin Féron (1835) (artist's impression since no contemporary portrait has survived).

Birth name Gilles de Montmorency-Laval Born prob. c. September 1405 Champtocé-sur-Loire, Anjou Died 26 October 1440 (aged 35) Nantes, Brittany Buried at church of the monastery of Notre-Dame des Carmes in Nantes Allegiance Kingdom of France Duchy of Brittany Years of service 1420-1435 Rank Marshal of France Battles/wars Hundred Years War siege of Orléans Battle of Jargeau battle of Patay Signature Gilles-de-rais-signature.jpg Gilles de Rais Cause of death Execution by hanging Other names The Original Bluebeard Criminal penalty Death Spouse(s) Catherine de Thouars of Brittany (1420–1440) (his death) Children Marie (1429-1457) (left no progeny) Parent(s) Guy II de Montmorency-Laval Marie de Craon Killings Victims 140 ?

Span of killings 1431–1440

Date apprehended 15 September 1440 Gilles de Montmorency-Laval (prob. c. September 1405 – 26 October 1440),[1] Baron de Rais, was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou,[2] a leader in the French army, and a companion-inarms of Joan of Arc. He is best known for his reputation and later conviction as a confessed serial killer of children.

A member of the House of Montmorency-Laval, Gilles de Rais grew up under the tutelage of his maternal grandfather and increased his fortune by marriage. He earned the favour of the Duke of Brittany and was admitted to the French court. From 1427 to 1435, Gilles served as a commander in the Royal Army, and fought alongside Joan of Arc against the English and their Burgundian allies during the Hundred Years' War, for which he was appointed Marshal of France.

In 1434/1435, he retired from military life, depleted his wealth by staging an extravagant theatrical spectacle of his own composition, and was accused of dabbling in the occult. After 1432 Gilles was accused of engaging in a series of child murders, with victims possibly numbering in the hundreds.

The killings came to an end in 1440, when a violent dispute with a clergyman led to an ecclesiastical investigation which brought the crimes to light, and attributed them to Gilles. At his trial the parents of missing children in the surrounding area and Gilles' own confederates in crime testified against him. Gilles was condemned to death and hanged at Nantes on 26 October 1440.

Gilles de Rais is believed to be the inspiration for the 1697 fairy tale "Bluebeard" ("Barbe bleue") by Charles Perrault. His life is the subject of several modern novels, and referenced in a number of rock bands' albums and songs.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Military career 3 Private life 4 Occult involvement 5 Child killer 6 Trial and execution 7 Descendants and Barony of Rais 8 Question of guilt 9 Cultural references 9.1 Books, graphic novels 9.2 Film, television, and games 9.3 Music 10 References 11 Bibliography 11.1 Historical studies and literary scholarship 11.2 Literature 12 External links Early life[edit] Gilles de Rais was probably born in late 1405[3] to Guy II de Montmorency-Laval and Marie de Craon in the family castle at Champtocé-sur-Loire.[4] He was an intelligent child, speaking fluent Latin, illuminating manuscripts, and dividing his education between military discipline and moral and intellectual development.[5][6] Following the deaths of his father and mother in 1415, Gilles and his younger brother René de La Suze were placed under the tutelage of Jean de Craon, their maternal grandfather.[7] Jean de Craon was a schemer who attempted to arrange a marriage for twelve-yearold Gilles with four-year-old Jeanne Paynel, one of the richest heiresses in Normandy, and, when the plan failed, attempted unsuccessfully to unite the boy with Béatrice de Rohan, the niece to the Duke

of Brittany.[8] On 30 November 1420, however, Craon substantially increased his grandson's fortune by marrying him to Catherine de Thouars of Brittany, heiress of La Vendée and Poitou.[9] Their only child Marie was born in 1429.[10] Military career[edit] Coat of arms of Gilles de Rais In the decades following the Breton War of Succession (1341–64), the defeated faction led by Olivier de Blois, Count of Penthièvre, continued to plot against the Dukes of the House of Montfort.[11] The Blois faction, who still refused to relinquish their claim to rule over the Duchy of Brittany, had taken Duke John VI prisoner in violation of the Treaty of Guérande (1365).[12] The sixteen-year-old Gilles took the side of the House of Montfort. Rais was able to secure the Duke's release, and was rewarded with generous land grants which were converted to monetary gifts.[13] In 1425, Rais was introduced to the court of Charles VII at Saumur and learned courtly manners by studying the Dauphin.[14] At the battle for the Château du Lude he took prisoner the English captain Blackburn.[15][16] From 1427 to 1435, Rais served as a commander in the Royal Army, distinguishing himself by displaying reckless bravery on the battlefield during the renewal of the Hundred Years War.[17] In 1429, he fought along with Joan of Arc in some of the campaigns waged against the English and their Burgundian allies.[18] He was present with Joan when the Siege of Orléans ended.[19] On Sunday 17 July 1429, Gilles was chosen as one of four lords for the honor of bringing the Holy Ampulla from the Abbey of Saint-Remy to Notre-Dame de Reims for the consecration of Charles VII as King of France.[20] On the same day, he was officially created a Marshal of France.[18] Following the Siege of Orléans, Rais was granted the right to add a border of the royal arms, the fleurde-lys on an azure ground, to his own. The letters patent authorizing the display cited Gilles’ "high and commendable services", the "great perils and dangers" he had confronted, and "many other brave feats".[21] In May 1431, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake; Gilles was not present. His grandfather died 15 November 1432, and, in a public gesture to mark his displeasure with Gilles' reckless spending of a carefully amassed fortune, left his sword and his breastplate to Gilles' younger brother René de La Suze.[22] Private life[edit] In 1434/5, Rais gradually withdrew from military and public life in order to pursue his own interests: the construction of a splendid Chapel of the Holy Innocents (where he officiated in robes of his own design),[23] and the production of a theatrical spectacle called Le Mistère du Siège d'Orléans. The play consisted of more than 20,000 lines of verse, requiring 140 speaking parts and 500 extras. Gilles was almost bankrupt at the time of the production and began selling property as early as 1432 to support his extravagant lifestyle. By March 1433, he had sold all his estates in Poitou (except those of his wife) and all his property in Maine. Only two castles in Anjou, Champtocé-sur-Loire and Ingrandes, remained in his possession. Half of the total sales and mortgages were spent on the production of his play. The spectacle was first performed in Orléans on 8 May 1435. Six hundred costumes were constructed, worn once, discarded, and constructed afresh for subsequent performances. Unlimited supplies of food and drink were made available to spectators at Gilles' expense.[24] In June 1435, family members gathered to put a curb on Gilles. They appealed to Pope Eugene IV to disavow the Chapel of the Holy Innocents (which he refused to do) and carried their concerns to the

king. On 2 July 1435, a royal edict was proclaimed in Orléans, Tours, Angers, Pouzauges and Champtocé-sur-Loire denouncing Gilles as a spendthrift and forbidding him from selling any further property. No subject of Charles VII was allowed to enter into any contract with him, and those in command of his castles were forbidden to dispose of them. Gilles' credit fell immediately and his creditors pressed upon him. He borrowed heavily, using his objets d'art, manuscripts, books and clothing as security. When he left Orléans in late August or early September 1435, the town was littered with precious objects he was forced to leave behind. The edict did not apply to Brittany, and the family was unable to persuade the Duke of Brittany to enforce it.[25] Occult involvement[edit] In 1438, according to testimony at his trial from the priest Eustache Blanchet and the cleric François Prelati, de Rais sent out Blanchet to seek individuals who knew alchemy and demon summoning.

Blanchet contacted Prelati in Florence and convinced him to take service with his Master. Having reviewed the magical books of Prelati and a traveling Breton, de Rais chose to initiate experiments, the first taking place in the lower hall of his castle at Tiffauges, attempting to summon a demon named Barron. De Rais provided a contract with the demon for riches that Prelati was to give to the demon at a later time.

As no demon manifested after three tries, the Marshal grew frustrated with the lack of results. Prelati responded that the demon Barron was angry and required the offering of parts of a child. De Rais provided these remnants in a glass vessel at a future evocation. All of this was to no avail, and the occult experiments left him bitter and with his wealth severely depleted.[26] Child killer[edit] In his confession, Gilles mentioned the first assaults on children occurred between spring 1432 and spring 1433.[27] The first murders occurred at Champtocé-sur-Loire; however, no account of these murders survived.[28] Shortly after, Gilles moved to Machecoul where, as the record of his confession states, he killed, or ordered to be killed, a great but uncertain number of children after he sodomized them.[28] Forty naked bodies of children were discovered in Machecoul in 1437.[28] The first documented case of child-snatching and murder concerns a boy of twelve called Jeudon (first name unknown), an apprentice to the furrier Guillaume Hilairet.[29] Gilles de Rais' cousins, Gilles de Sillé and Roger de Briqueville, asked the furrier to lend them the boy to take a message to Machecoul, and, when Jeudon did not return, the two noblemen told the inquiring furrier that they were ignorant of the boy's whereabouts and suggested he had been carried off by thieves at Tiffauges to be made into a page.[29] In Gilles de Rais' trial, the events were testified to by Hillairet and his wife, the boy's father Jean Jeudon, and five others from Machecoul.

In his 1971 biography of Gilles de Rais, Jean Benedetti tells how the children who fell into Rais's hands were put to death: [The boy] was pampered and dressed in better clothes than he had ever known. The evening began with a large meal and heavy drinking, particularly hippocras, which acted as a stimulant. The boy was then taken to an upper room to which only Gilles and his immediate circle were admitted. There he was confronted with the true nature of his situation. The shock thus produced on the boy was an initial source of pleasure for Gilles.[29] Gilles' bodyservant Étienne Corrillaut, known as Poitou, was an accomplice in many of the crimes and testified that his master stripped the child naked and hung him with ropes from a hook to prevent him from crying out, then masturbated upon the child's belly or thighs. If the victim was a boy he would touch his genitals (particularly testicles) and buttocks. Taking the victim down, Rais comforted the child and assured him he only wanted to play with him. Gilles then either killed the child himself

or had the child killed by his cousin Gilles de Sillé, Poitou or another bodyservant called Henriet.[30] The victims were killed by decapitation, cutting of their throats, dismemberment, or breaking of their necks with a stick. A short, thick, double-edged sword called a braquemard was kept at hand for the murders.[30] Poitou further testified that Rais sometimes abused the victims (whether boys or girls) before wounding them and at other times after the victim had been slashed in the throat or decapitated. According to Poitou, Rais disdained the victim's sexual organs, and took "infinitely more pleasure in debauching himself in this manner ... than in using their natural orifice, in the normal manner."[30] In his own confession, Gilles testified that “when the said children were dead, he kissed them and those who had the most handsome limbs and heads he held up to admire them, and had their bodies cruelly cut open and took delight at the sight of their inner organs; and very often when the children were dying he sat on their stomachs and took pleasure in seeing them die and laughed”.[31] Poitou testified that he and Henriet burned the bodies in the fireplace in Gilles' room. The clothes of the victim were placed into the fire piece by piece so they burned slowly and the smell was minimized. The ashes were then thrown into the cesspit, the moat, or other hiding places.[31] The last recorded murder was of the son of Éonnet de Villeblanche and his wife Macée. Poitou paid 20 sous to have a page's doublet made for the victim, who was then assaulted, murdered and incinerated in August 1440.[32] Trial and execution[edit] On 15 May 1440, Rais kidnapped a cleric during a dispute at the Church of Saint-Étienne-de-MerMorte.[33][34] The act prompted an investigation by the Bishop of Nantes, during which evidence of Gilles' crimes was uncovered.[33] On 29 July, the Bishop released his findings,[35] and subsequently obtained the prosecutorial cooperation of Rais's former protector, John VI, Duke of Brittany. Rais and his bodyservants Poitou and Henriet were arrested on 15 September 1440,[36][37] following a secular investigation which paralleled the findings of the investigation from the Bishop of Nantes.

Rais's prosecution would likewise be conducted by both secular and ecclesiastical courts, on charges which included murder, sodomy and heresy.[38] The extensive witness testimony convinced the judges that there were adequate grounds for establishing the guilt of the accused. After Rais admitted to the charges on 21 October,[39] the court canceled a plan to torture him into confessing.[40] Peasants of the neighboring villages had earlier begun to make accusations that their children had entered Gilles' castle begging for food and had never been seen again. The transcript, which included testimony from the parents of many of these missing children as well as graphic descriptions of the murders provided by Gilles' accomplices, was said to be so lurid that the judges ordered the worst portions to be stricken from the record.

The precise number of Gilles' victims is not known, as most of the bodies were burned or buried. The number of murders is generally placed between 80 and 200; a few have conjectured numbers upwards of 600. The victims ranged in age from six to eighteen and included both sexes, but were predominantly boys.

On 23 October 1440, the secular court heard the confessions of Poitou and Henriet and condemned them both to death,[41] followed by Gilles' death sentence on 25 October.[41] Gilles was allowed to make confession,[41] and his request to be buried in the church of the monastery of Notre-Dame des Carmes in Nantes was granted.[42] Execution by hanging and burning was set for Wednesday 26 October. At nine o‘clock, Gilles and his two accomplices made their way in procession to the place of execution on the Ile de Biesse.[43] Gilles is said to have addressed the crowd with contrite piety and exhorted Henriet and Poitou to die

bravely and think only of salvation.[42] Gilles' request to be the first to die had been granted the day before.[41] At eleven o'clock, the brush at the platform was set afire and Rais was hanged. His body was cut down before being consumed by the flames and claimed by "four ladies of high rank" for burial.[42][44] Henriet and Poitou were executed in similar fashion but their bodies were reduced to ashes in the flames and then scattered.[42][44][note 1][45] Descendants and Barony of Rais[edit] Marie de Rais (d.1457) was married first to Prigent VII de Coëtivy (fr) (1399–20 July 1450 Cherbourg, France), second to André de Laval-Montmorency (1408–1486) and had no children from either marriage. After her death the Barony de Rais passed to her uncle René de Rais (fr) (1414–1473) and from him to his daughter, Jeanne de Retz (1456–1473), married to Francois de Chauvigny (1430– 1491). Their son was André III de Chauvigny (d.1503), who was married to Louise de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier (1482–1561) and had no children. Louise de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, later married Louis, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon. Question of guilt[edit] Although Gilles de Rais was convicted of murdering many children by his confessions and the detailed eyewitness accounts of his own confederates and victims' parents,[46] doubts have persisted about the court's verdict. Counterarguments are based on the theory de Rais was himself a victim of an ecclesiastic plot or act of revenge by the Catholic Church or French state. Doubts on Gilles de Rais' guilt have long persisted because the Duke of Brittany, who was given the authority to prosecute, received all the titles to Gilles' former lands after his conviction. The Duke then divided the land among his own nobles. Writers such as secret societies specialist Jean-Pierre Bayard, in his book Plaidoyer pour Gilles de Rais, contend he was a victim of the Inquisition.

In the early 20th century, Anthropologist Margaret Murray and occultist Aleister Crowley are among those who questioned the involvement of the ecclesiastic and secular authorities in the case. Murray, who propagated the witch-cult hypothesis, speculated in her book The Witch-Cult in Western Europe that Gilles de Rais was really a witch and adherent of a fertility cult centered on the pagan goddess, Diana.[47][48] However, most historians reject Murray's theory.[49][50][51][52][53][54] Norman Cohn argues that her theory does not agree with what is known of Gilles' crimes and trial.[55][56] Historians do not regard Gilles as a martyr to a pre-Christian religion; other scholars tend to view him as a lapsed Catholic who descended into crime and depravity, whose real crimes caused the land forfeitures.[57][58][59] Gilles was retried during a media event in his home country of France, without any official involvement of the public authorities and the judicial body.[60][61] In 1992, Freemason Jean-Yves Goëau-Brissonnière, the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of France, organized a self-proclaimed "court" consisting of former French ministers, parliament members and UNESCO experts to reexamine the source material and evidence available at the medieval trial. The hearing, which concluded Gilles de Rais was not guilty of the crimes, was turned into a documentary called Gilles de Rais ou la Gueule du loup, narrated by the writer Gilbert Prouteau. A team of lawyers, writers and politicians led by Gilbert Prouteau and presided over by Judge Henri Juramy found him not guilty, although none of the initiators was a medieval historian by profession. In addition, none of them sought professional advice from certified medievalists.[62][63] "The case for Gilles de Rais's innocence is very strong," Prouteau said. "No child's corpse was ever found at his castle at Tiffauges and he appears to have confessed to escape excommunication...The accusations appear to be false charges made up by powerful rival lords to benefit from the confiscation of his lands.".[64] However, the journalist Gilbert Philippe from the newspaper Ouest-France, said that Prouteau was being "facetious and provocative".[65] He also claimed that Prouteau thought the retrial was basically "an absolute joke". Historians continue to believe him guilty of the crimes, they mainly differ on his motivation.[66]

Cultural references[edit] This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) "Gilles de Laval, Lord of Rais, performs sorcery on his victims", an 1862 illustration by Jean Antoine Valentin Foulquier Books, graphic novels[edit] The protagonist Durtal, from Joris-Karl Huysmans' novel, Là-bas (1891), conducts intensive research into Gilles de Rais which forms the basis of many of the chapters in the novel.

Gilles de Rais is one of the antagonists in the manga Drifters.

Gilles de Rais is one of the demon lords of Hell seeking to become regent in Lucifer's absence in the manga Devils and Realist.

Gilles de Rais is the main of antagonists the manga Tetragrammaton Labyrinth. Angela, the protagonist of the manga, is revealed to be one of the young victims of Rais. Gilles de Rais ultimate goal is later revealed to be the revival of Jeanne d'Arc. "Classical Scenes of Farewell", a short story by Jim Shepard, is told from the point of view of one of Gilles de Rais' servants.

Philip José Farmer's 1968 sf novel The Image of the Beast features a "she-creature who gives birth to the limbless, ectoplasmic simulacrum of satanic child killer Gilles de Rais".[67] In the science fiction novella Rumfuddle by Jack Vance, the main character, Gilbert Duray, is revealed at the end of the story to actually be Gilles de Rais, one of several notorious historical figures taken from their own times to be "rehabilitated" in alternate worlds.

Gilles de Rais is a central character in the comic series Jhen Roque by Jacques Martin and Jean Pleyers. He appears at least in the following episodes 1-L’Or de la Mort, 2-Jehanne de France, 3-Les Ecorcheurs, 4-La Barbe Bleue, 5-La Cathedrale, 6-Le Lys et l’Ogre, 7-L’Alchimiste, 8-Le Secret des Templiers, 10-Les Sorcieres.[68] These books are published by Casterman.

Gilles de Rais is a main character in the series "Joan of Arc Tapestries" by Ann Chamberlin. The first book, The Merlin of St. Gille's Well, was published in 2000.

Gilles de Rais's career with Joan of Arc and his subsequent decline and execution is a major plot point of H. Warner Munn's 1974 fantasy novel Merlin's Ring.

Gilles de Rais is the subject of a 1977 novel by Edward Lucie-Smith titled The Dark Pageant. The story is narrated by Raoul de Saumur, companion and comrade-in-arms to de Rais.

Gilles de Rais makes a brief appearance in the 2012 novel The Folly of the World by Jesse Bullington.

Gilles de Rais is defeated by the protagonist, Madison, of Chuck Palahniuk's 2011 novel Damned.

"Bluebeard Brave Warrior, Brutal Psychopath." Valerie Ogden. Palisades, New York. History Publishing Company Gilles de Rais (alternatively spelled de Raiz) is stated as a rare example of a true sinner by the sorcerer recluse Ambrose in Arthur Machen's short story The White People.[69] Gilles de Rais is mentioned in chapter one of the Clive Barker novella The Hellbound Heart. It is stated that the character Frank studied the diaries of de Rais in attempt to understand what awaited him upon solving the Lament Configuration.

Film, television, and games[edit] Gilles de Rais is featured as one of the antagonists in the 2006 light novel and 2011 anime adaptation of Fate/Zero, in the class of Caster. In it he goes by the alias "Bluebeard" and mistakes Arturia/Saber for Joan of Arc. He appears again in the 2015 mobile game Fate/Grand Order, summonable as Caster and Saber.

David Oxley played the part in Otto Preminger's 1957 film version of Shaw's play, Saint Joan.

The 1974 film El Mariscal del Infierno (The Marshall from Hell, also known as Devil's Possessed) from director León Klimovsky is a fictionalized account of the occult life and downfall of Gilles de Rais. Paul Naschy plays the role of Gilles de Rais.[70] In 1986, the Spanish director Agusti Villaronga directed the film Tras El Cristal, with an original script based on the killings of Gilles de Rais.

Vincent Cassel played the part in Luc Besson's The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc in 1999.

Gilles de Rais was an alias given to "Ray Gillete" in the 7th episode of the 4th season of the animated series Archer. His name was listed as such and the title of "Child-Murderer" in this episode titled Live and Let Dine Gilles de Rais was featured as the main antagonist of the 2014 anime Rage of Bahamut: Genesis.

Gilles de Rais is featured as a demon in the anime, manga, and video game, Devils and Realist.

In the Nintendo 64 game Castlevania Giles de Rais (also referred to as simply Dracula's Servant) is an immortal vampire and loyal follower of Dracula. He is one of the antagonists from Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness and Castlevania 64. In the latter, he disguises himself as Dracula in order to trick those who oppose his Master.

Gilles de Rais is a playable character in the PSP game Jeanne D'Arc. Music[edit] Macabre, (Technical/Death Metal band from Chicago) released a song about Gilles de Rais called "The Black Knight" from the 2011 Grim Scary Tales album.

Cradle of Filth's album Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder is centered on the life of Gilles de Rais after Joan of Arc's burning.

La Passion de Gilles, opera (French libretto), 1983, music: Philippe Boesmans, libretto: Pierre Mertens based on his 1982 play (same title).

The Black Dahlia Murder's song "The Window" on their Ritual album is based on Gilles de Rais, featuring lyrics such as "I sit upon their chests until they cease/Expressionless ejaculating whilst they die" Celtic Frost's debut album Morbid Tales had the song "Into the Crypt of Rays", a lyrical recounting of Rais' crimes and punishment.

Brodequin's song "Gilles de Rais" from the album Festival of Death is also a lyrical recounting of Rais' crimes and execution.

Ancient Rites' song "Morbid Glory (Gilles de Rais 1404–1440)" from the album "The Diabolical Serenades" is a lyrical recounting of Rais' crimes and execution.

Archgoat's song "Grand Marshal of the Black Tower" from the album Whore of Bethlehem is a lyrical recounting of Rais' crimes and execution and dedicated to him.

References[edit] Notes Jump up ^ Several years after Gilles' death, his daughter Marie had a stone memorial erected at the site of his execution. Over the years, the structure came to be regarded as a holy altar under the protection of Saint Anne. Generations of pregnant women flocked there to pray for an abundance of breast milk. The memorial was destroyed by rioting Jacobins during the French Revolution in the late 18th century.

Footnotes Jump up ^ (French) Matei Cazacu, Gilles de Rais, Paris: Tallandier, 2005, pp.11 ; pp.23-25 Jump up ^ (French) François Macé, Gilles de Rais, Nantes: Centre régional de documentation pédagogique de Nantes, 1988, pp.95-98.

Jump up ^ (French) Matei Cazacu, Gilles de Rais, Paris: Tallandier, 2005, p.11 ; 23-25.

Jump up ^ (French) Ambroise Ledru, "Gilles de Rais dit Barbe-Bleue, maréchal de France. Sa jeunesse, 1404-1424", L'union historique et littéraire du Maine, vol. I, 1893, pp.270-284; (French) Matei Cazacu, Gilles de Rais, 2005, p.11.

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Jump up ^ Benedetti 1971, p. 109 ^ Jump up to: a b c Benedetti 1971, p. 112 ^ Jump up to: a b c Benedetti 1971, p. 113 ^ Jump up to: a b c Benedetti 1971, p. 114 ^ Jump up to: a b Benedetti 1971, p. 115 Jump up ^ Benedetti 1971, p. 171 ^ Jump up to: a b Benedetti 1971, p. 168 Jump up ^ Wolf 1980, p. 173 Jump up ^ Benedetti 1971, p. 169 Jump up ^ Benedetti 1971, pp. 176–177 Jump up ^ Wolf 1980, p. 178 Jump up ^ Benedetti 1971, pp. 177, 179 Jump up ^ Benedetti 1971, pp. 182–183 Jump up ^ Benedetti 1971, p. 184 ^ Jump up to: a b c d Benedetti 1971, p. 189 ^ Jump up to: a b c d Benedetti 1971, p. 190 Jump up ^ Wolf 1980, p. 213 ^ Jump up to: a b Wolf 1980, p. 215 Jump up ^ Wolf 1980, p. 223 Jump up ^ "Gilles de Rais: The Pious Monster". The Crime Library. Retrieved 17 November 2011.

Jump up ^ Murray, Margaret (1921). The Witch-Cult in Western Europe. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp.

173–174. Gilles de Rais was tried and executed as a witch and, in the same way, much that is mysterious in this trial can also be explained by the Dianic Cult Jump up ^ "Historical Association for Joan of Arc Studies."

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Jump up ^ Russell, Jeffrey. A History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics, and Pagans, 1970.

Jump up ^ Simpson, Jacqueline. "Margaret Murray: Who Believed Her and Why?" Folkrealllore 105, 1994, pp. 89–96.

Jump up ^ Hutton, Ronald. The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy.

Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1991.

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Jump up ^ Alain Jost, Gilles de Rais, Marabout, 1995, pp. 152 Jump up ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers? nid=1817&dat=19921111&id=ATkdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5KUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6620,2828943 Jump up ^ Jean Kerhervé, « L'histoire ou le roman ? », in Le Peuple breton, n° 347, November 1992, pp. 6-8 Jump up ^ Michel Fleury, "Gilles de Rais ou les malheurs de l'Histoire", Bulletin de la Société d'études et de recherches historiques du pays de Retz, Paimbœuf, Éditions du pays de Retz, n° 13, 1993, pp. 47 Jump up ^ http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/jun/17/bluebeard-gilles-de-rais-france Jump up ^ Gilbert Philippe, « L'écrivain Gilbert Prouteau s'est éteint à 95 ans - Vendée », in OuestFrance, Friday August 2012.

Jump up ^ Jean de Raigniac, book review of Gilbert Prouteau's Roman de la Vendée, in Lire en Vendée, June–December 2010, pp.5 Jump up ^ Philip José Farmer. The Image of the Beast. Creation Oneiros, 2007. ISBN 1 902197-24-0 Jump up ^ Marie-Madeleine Castellani, « Les figures du Mal dans la bande dessinée Jhen », Cahiers de recherches médiévales [En ligne], 2 | 1996, mis en ligne le 04 février 2008, consulté le 28 décembre 2013. URL : http://crm.revues.org/2502 ; DOI : 10.4000/crm.2502 Jump up ^ Machen, Arthur (1922). The House of Souls. US: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. pp. 118, 119.

Jump up ^ [1] Bibliography[edit] Historical studies and literary scholarship[edit] Georges Bataille, The Trial of Gilles de Rais, Los Angeles (California): Amok Books, ISBN 978-1-87892302-8.

(French) Eugène Bossard, Gilles de Rais, maréchal de France, dit "Barbe-Bleue", 1404-1440 : d'après des documents inédits, Paris: Honoré Champion, 1886, XIX-426-CLXVIII p., https://archive.org/stream/gillesderaismar00bossgoog#page/n11/mode/2up (French) Arthur Bourdeaut, "Chantocé, Gilles de Rays et les ducs de Bretagne", in Mémoires de la Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Bretagne, Rennes: Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Bretagne, t. V, 1924, pp. 41–150, http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4413300/f41.image.r (French) Pierre Boutin, Pierre Chalumeau, François Macé et Georges Peyronnet, Gilles de Rais, Nantes: Centre national de documentation pédagogique (CNDP) / Centre régional de documentation pédagogique (CRDP) de l'Académie de Nantes, 1988, 158 p. ISBN 2-86628-074-1 (French) Olivier Bouzy, "La réhabilitation de Gilles de Rais, canular ou trucage ?", in Connaissance de Jeanne d'Arc, n° 22, 1993, pp. 17–25, http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58316056/f17.image.r (French) Olivier Bouzy, "Le Procès de Gilles de Rais. Preuve juridique et "exemplum"", in Connaissance de Jeanne d'Arc, n°26, janvier 1997, pp. 40-45, http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5831681k/f40.image.r (French) Matei Cazacu, Gilles de Rais, Paris: Tallandier, 2005, 384 pp., ISBN 2-84734-227-3. (Italian) Matei Cazacu, Barbablù. Storia di Gilles de Rais, Mondadori, 2008, ISBN 978-8804581819.

(French) Jacques Chiffoleau, "Gilles de Rais, ogre ou serial killer ?", in L'Histoire, n°335, octobre 2008, pp. 8–16.

Emile Gabory, Alias Bluebeard The Life And Death of Gilles De Raiz, New York: Brewer & Warner Inc., 1930, 315 pp.

(French) Michel Meurger, Gilles de Rais et la littérature, Rennes: Terre de brume, coll. "Terres fantastiques", 2003, 237 pp., ISBN 2-84362-149-6.

Val Morgan, The Legend of Gilles de Rais (1404-1440) in the Writings of Huysmans, Bataille, Planchon, and Tournier, Lewiston (New York): Edwin Mellen Press, coll. "Studies in French Civilization" (n° 29), 2003, XVI-274 pp., ISBN 0-7734-6619-3.

Ben Parsons, "Sympathy for the Devil : Gilles de Rais and His Modern Apologists", in FifteenthCentury Studies / edited by Barbara I. Gusick and Matthew Z. Heintzelman, Rochester, New York / Woodbridge, Suffolk, Camden House / Boydell & Brewer, vol. 37, 2012, pp. 113–137, ISBN 978-157113-526-1.

(French) Vincent Petitjean, Vies de Gilles de Rais, Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2016, 562 pp., ISBN 978-28124-4759-4.

(French) Noël Valois, "Le procès de Gilles de Rais", in Annuaire-bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de France, Paris: Librairie Renouard, t. LIX, 1912, pp. 193–239, http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k12298r/f3.image Literature[edit] Benedetti, Jean (1971), Gilles de Rais, New York: Stein and Day, ISBN 978-0-8128-1450-7 Wolf, Leonard (1980), Bluebeard: The Life and Times of Gilles De Rais, New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., ISBN 978-0-517-54061-9 Georges Bordonove, Gilles de Rais, Pygmalion, ISBN 978-2-85704-694-3.

(Spanish) Juan Antonio Cebrián, El Mariscal de las Tinieblas. La Verdadera Historia de Barba Azul, Temas de Hoy, ISBN 978-84-8460-497-6.

Joris-Karl Huysmans, Down There or The Damned (Là-Bas), Dover, ISBN 978-0-486-22837-2.

Reginald Hyatte, Laughter for the Devil: The Trials of Gilles De Rais, Companion-In-Arms of Joan of Arc (1440), Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, ISBN 978-0-8386-3190-4.

Hubert Lampo, De duivel en de maagd, 207 p., Amsterdam, Meulenhoff, 1988 (11e druk), ISBN 90290-0445-2. (1e druk: ’s-Gravenhage, Stols, 1955). (French) Le Diable et la Pucelle. 163 p., Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2002, ISBN 2-85939-765-5.

Robert Nye, The Life and Death of My Lord, Gilles de Rais. Time Warner Books. ISBN 978-0-34910250-4.

External links[edit] The Life of Gilles de Rais on Medieval Archives Podcast Media related to Gilles de Rais at Wikimedia Commons Authority control WorldCat Identities VIAF: 25395777 LCCN: n79142948 ISNI: 0000 0000 8104 7265 GND: 118639234 SUDOC: 027371441 BNF: cb11942762n (data) NKC: mzk2003202444 BNE: XX1220803 Categories: 1440 deathsPeople from Maine-et-LoireHouse of Montmorency-LavalFrench serial killersPeople executed by France by hangingPeople of the Hundred Years' WarHistory of BrittanyFrench people of Breton descentFrench alchemistsCrimes involving Satanism or the occultExecuted serial killersFrench rapistsFrench murderers of childrenExecuted French peopleFrench people convicted of murderJoan of ArcPeople excommunicated by the Roman Catholic ChurchExecuted people from Pays de la LoireMale serial killers15th-century executionsMarshals of FranceFrench dramatists and playwrights Joseph Vacher From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Joseph Vacher Joseph Vacher3.jpg Joseph Vacher wearing his trademark rabbit-fur hat Born November 16, 1869 Beaufort, Isère, France Died December 31, 1898 (aged 29) Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France Cause of death Execution Other names The French Ripper The South-East Ripper Killings Victims 11-27+ Span of killings 1894–1897 Country France Date apprehended 1897 Joseph Vacher (November 16, 1869 – December 31, 1898) was a French serial killer, sometimes known as "The French Ripper" or "L'éventreur du Sud-Est" ("The South-East Ripper") due to comparisons to the more famous Jack the Ripper murderer of London, England in 1888. His scarred face, accordion, and plain, white, handmade rabbit-fur hat became his trademark appearance.

Contents [hide] 1 Life 2 Insanity plea 3 In popular culture 4 References 5 Bibliography Life[edit] The son of an illiterate farmer, young Joseph was sent to a very strict Catholic school, where he was taught to obey and to fear God. Seeking escape from the intense poverty of his childhood as the 15th child of a peasant family, he joined the army in 1892. Frustrated by slow promotion and no recognition and infused with the grandiose belief that he was not receiving the attention he deserved, Vacher attempted to kill himself for the first time by slicing his throat. This would prove to be the first of two unsuccessful suicide attempts.

While Vacher had been in the military, he fell in love with a young maidservant, Louise, who was not attracted to him and spurned his advances. After his attempted suicide led to his dismissal from the military, he again tried to woo her, even going so far as to propose. Bored by him and uninterested in his offer, she mocked him and his proposal. This second slight also motivated violence: in a rage, Vacher shot Louise four times and then tried to commit suicide. Both attempts were unsuccessful.

Louise was badly injured but survived the shooting, and Vacher severely maimed himself. Shooting himself twice in the head, Vacher succeeded in paralyzing one side of his face, deforming him severely. One of the bullets would remain lodged in his ear for the remainder of his life, and the damage to his brain likely exacerbated his existing mental illness. He felt that the shooting damaged him more than physically - he would later claim, after his arrest, that the reactions of strangers to this self-inflicted deformity drove him to hatred of society at large. This second suicide attempt put him in a mental institution in Dole, Jura. Despite a one-year stay and a pronouncement from his doctors that he was "completely cured," Vacher began murdering his victims shortly after his release at the age of 25.

During a three-year period beginning in 1894, Vacher murdered and mutilated at least 11 people (one woman, five teenage girls, and five teenage boys). Many of them were shepherds watching their flocks in isolated fields. The victims were stabbed repeatedly, often disemboweled, raped, and sodomized. Vacher was a drifter, travelling from town to town, from Normandy to Provence, staying mainly in the southeast of France, and surviving by begging or working on farms as a day laborer. By most accounts, he appeared unkempt and frightening, wandering from town to town as a vagrant in filthy clothes, begging in the streets and surviving on the scraps he received from anyone who spared him a kindness.

In 1897 Vacher tried to assault a woman gathering wood in a field in Ardèche. She fought back and her screams soon alerted her husband and son, both of whom came rushing to her aid. The men overpowered Vacher and took him to the police. Despite their belief that they had apprehended the man responsible, the authorities had little evidence that Vacher was responsible for the series of murders. However, and with little apparent prompting, Vacher confessed to committing all eleven murders, saying, "I committed them all in moments of frenzy."[1] Insanity plea[edit] After his arrest, Vacher claimed he was insane and attempted to prove it in a variety of ways. He claimed that a rabid dog's bite had poisoned his blood, causing madness, but later blamed the quack cure he received for the bite. He also claimed he was sent by God, comparing himself to Joan of Arc. Despite his protestations, he was pronounced sane after lengthy investigations by a team of doctors which included the eminent professor Alexandre Lacassagne. He was tried and convicted by the Cour d'Assises of Ain, the county where he had murdered two of his victims, and was sentenced to death on October 28, 1898. Vacher was executed by guillotine two months later, at dawn on December 31, 1898. Reluctant if not insane, he refused to walk to the scaffold under his own power and was dragged to the guillotine by the executioners.

In popular culture[edit] In 1976 French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier made a film called Le juge et l'assassin (The Judge and the Murderer), which was inspired by Vacher's story. The name of the murderer, played by Michel Galabru, is slightly changed into "Joseph Bouvier" (in French, bouvier and vacher are two words describing the same profession, a herdsman).

In the Castle episode "Probable Cause", serial killer 3XK uses Vacher's name as an alias.

In the film Psychopathia Sexualis Vacher is the first case study of a sexual mental illness presented.

References[edit] Jump up ^ Lane, Brian; Wilfred Gregg. "The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers". Retrieved 7 January 2013.

'Yes, I committed the crimes ... I committed them all in moments of frenzy.'

Bibliography[edit] Lacassagne, Alexandre, Vacher l'éventreur et les crimes sadiques, 1899 On-line (French) Bouchardon, Pierre, Vacher l'éventreur, Albin Michel, 1939, 252 p.

Deloux, Jean-Pierre, Vacher l'éventreur, E/dite Histoire, 2000 (1995), 191 p. (Main source used to improve this article) Garet, Henri and Tavernier, René, Le juge et l'assassin, Presses de la cité, 1976, 315 p.

Hülsmanns, Dieter. Vakher, Joseph Melzer Verlag, Darmstadt, 1966, 97 p.

Kershaw, Alister. Murder in France, Constable, London, 1955, 188 p.

Lane, Brian. "Encyclopedia of Serial Killers", Diamond Books, 1994.

Koq. La peau de Vacher, Edilivre, 2013, 404p.

Starr, Douglas: The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York 2010. ISBN 978-0-307-59458-7 [eBook]

Authority control WorldCat Identities VIAF: 153368 LCCN: n96074485 ISNI: 0000 0000 4239 2891 GND: 1021680427 SUDOC: 035556021 BNF: cb131961815 (data) NKC: xx0159117 Categories: 1869 births1898 deaths19th-century executions by FranceExecuted serial killersFrench murderers of childrenFrench people convicted of murderExecuted French peopleFrench rapistsFrench serial killersPeople convicted of murder by FrancePeople executed by France by decapitationPeople executed by the French Third RepublicPeople executed by guillotinePeople from GrenobleExecuted people from Rhône-AlpesMale serial killers Jeanne Weber From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeanne Weber Jeanne Weber l'ogresse.JPG Jeanne Weber (1908) Born Jeanne Weber October 7, 1874 France Died July 5, 1918 (aged 43) Other names The Ogress Criminal penalty Not guilty by reason of insanity Conviction(s) Murder Killings Victims 6 Span of killings March 2, 1905–May 8, 1908 Country France Date apprehended May 8, 1908 Cover of Le Petit Journal, 24 May 1908. Jeanne Weber murders a child Jeanne Weber (7 October 1874 – 5 July 1918) was a French serial killer. She strangled at least 10 children, including her own. She was both convicted of murder and declared insane in 1908; she hanged herself ten years later.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Murders 3 Death 4 References 5 External links Early life[edit] Born in a small fishing village in northern France, Weber left home for Paris at age 14, working various menial jobs until her marriage in 1893. Her husband was an alcoholic, and two of their three children died in 1905. By then, Weber was also drinking heavily, residing in a seedy Paris tenement with her spouse and her seven-year-old son.

Murders[edit] Cover of Le Petit Journal, 12 May 1907. Portrait of Jeanne Weber On 2 March 1905, Weber was babysitting for her sister-in-law, when one of the woman's two daughters — 18-month-old Georgette — suddenly "fell ill" and died. Strange bruises on her neck were ignored by the examining physician, and Weber was welcomed back to babysit on 11 March.

Two-year-old Suzanne did not survive the visit, but a doctor blamed the second death on unexplained "convulsions."

Weber was babysitting for her brother, on 25 March, when his daughter, seven-year-old Germaine, suffered a sudden attack of "choking," complete with red marks on her throat. The child survived that episode, but she was less fortunate the following day, when Weber returned. Diphtheria was blamed for her death, and for that of Weber's son, Marcel, just four days later. Once again, the tell-tale marks of strangulation were ignored.

On 5 April 1905, Weber invited two of her sisters-in-law to dinner, and remained home with her 10year-old nephew Maurice while the other women went out shopping. They returned prematurely, to find Maurice gasping on the bed, his throat mottled with bruises, Jeanne standing over him with a crazed expression on her face. Charges were filed, and Weber's trial opened on 29 January 1906, with the prosecution alleging eight murders, including all three of Weber's own children and two others — Lucie Aleandre and Marcel Poyatos — who had died while in her care. It was alleged that Weber killed her son in March to throw suspicion off, but Weber was being defended by the brilliant defense lawyer Henri-Robert, and jurors were reluctant to believe the worst about a grieving mother. She was acquitted on 6 February.

Fourteen months later, on 7 April 1907, a physician from the town of Villedieu was summoned to the home of a peasant named Bavouzet. He was greeted at the door by a babysitter, "Madame Moulinet," who led him to the cot where nine-year-old Auguste Bavouzet lay dead, his throat badly bruised. The cause of death was listed as "convulsions," but the doctor changed his opinion on 4 May, when "Madame Moulinet" was identified as Jeanne Weber. Weber engaged the lawyer Henri-Robert once more. Held over for trial, Weber was released in December, after a second autopsy blamed the boy's death on typhoid.

Weber quickly dropped from sight, surfacing next as an orderly at a children's hospital in Faucombault, moving on from there to the Children's Home in Orgeville, run by friends who sought to "make up for the wrongs that justice has inflicted upon an innocent woman." Working as "Marie Lemoine," Weber had been on the job for less than a week when she was caught strangling a child in the home. The owners quietly dismissed her and the incident was covered up.

Back in Paris, Weber was arrested for vagrancy and briefly confined to the asylum at Nanterre, but doctors there pronounced her sane and set her free. She drifted into prostitution, picking up a common-law husband along the way. On 8 May 1908, the couple settled at an inn in Commercy. A short time later, Weber was found strangling the innkeeper's son, 10-year-old Marcel Poirot, with a bloody handkerchief. The father had to punch her three times in the face before she would release the lifeless body.

Death[edit] Held for trial on murder charges, Weber was declared insane on 25 October 1908, packed off to the asylum at Mareville. Credited with at least ten murders, she survived ten years in captivity before manually strangling herself in 1918.[1] References[edit] Jump up ^ Site (in French) [1] External links[edit] Crime Library French Ogress again arrested, New York Times, May 5, 1907 Media related to Jeanne Weber at Wikimedia Commons

Categories: 1910 deathsFemale suicidesSuicides by hanging in FranceSerial killers who committed suicide in prison custodyFrench female serial killersFrench murderers of childrenFilicidesPeople acquitted by reason of insanityFrench people who died in prison custodyPrisoners who died in French detentionPeople convicted of murder by FranceFrench people convicted of murder1874 births Eugen Weidmann From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eugen Weidmann Eugène Weidmann IJ.jpg Born February 5, 1908 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Died June 17, 1939 (aged 31) Versailles, France Occupation Career criminal Criminal charge Conspiracy, kidnapping, fraud, robbery, murder, resisting arrest Criminal penalty Death Criminal status Executed by guillotine on 17 June 1939 Motive Personal gain Eugen Weidmann (February 5, 1908 – June 17, 1939) was a German criminal who was executed by guillotine in France, the last public execution in that country. Executions by guillotine continued in private until Hamida Djandoubi's execution on 10 September 1977.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Kidnapping 3 Arrest 4 Execution 5 Book about Eugen Weidmann 6 References 7 External links Early life[edit] Weidmann was born in Frankfurt am Main in Germany to the family of an export businessman, and went to school there. He was sent to live with his grandparents at the outbreak of World War I; during this time he started stealing. Later in his 20s he served five years in Saarbrücken jail for robbery.

During his time in jail Weidmann met two men who would later become his partners in crime: Roger Million and Jean Blanc. After their release from jail, they decided to work together to kidnap rich tourists visiting France and steal their money. They rented a villa in Saint-Cloud, near Paris, for this purpose.

Kidnapping[edit] Their first kidnap attempt ended in failure because their victim struggled too hard, forcing them to let him go. In July 1937, they made a second attempt, Weidmann having made the acquaintance of Jean De Koven, a 22-year-old New York City dancer visiting her aunt Ida Sackheim in Paris. Impressed by the tall, handsome German, De Koven wrote to a friend: "I have just met a charming German of keen intelligence who calls himself Siegfried. Perhaps I am going to another Wagnerian role - who knows? I am going to visit him tomorrow at his villa in a beautiful place near a famous mansion that Napoleon gave Josephine." During their meeting they smoked and "Siegfried" gave her a glass of milk. She took photos of him with her new camera (later found beside her body, the developed snapshots showing her killer). Weidmann then strangled and buried her in the villa's garden. She had 300 francs in cash and $430 in traveller's cheques, which the group sent Million's mistress, Colette Tricot, to cash.

Sackheim received a letter demanding $500 for the return of her niece. De Koven's brother Henry later came to France offering a 10,000 franc reward from his father Abraham for information about the young woman.[1] On September 1 of the same year, Weidmann hired a chauffeur named Joseph Couffy to drive him to the French Riviera where, in a forest outside Tours he shot him in the nape of the neck and stole his car and 2500 francs. The next murder came on September 3, after Weidmann and Million lured Janine Keller, a private nurse, into a cave in the forest of Fontainebleau with a job offer. There he killed her, again with a bullet to the nape of the neck, before robbing her of 1400 francs and her diamond ring. On October 16, Million and Weidmann arranged a meeting with a young theatrical producer named Roger LeBlond, promising to invest money in one of his shows. Instead, Weidmann shot him in the back of his head and took his wallet containing 5000 francs. On November 22, Weidmann murdered and robbed Fritz Frommer, a young German he had met in jail. Frommer, a Jew, had been held there for his anti-Nazi views. Once again the victim was shot in the nape of the neck.

His body was buried in the basement of the Saint-Cloud house where De Koven was interred. Five days later Weidmann committed his final murder. Raymond Lesobre, a real estate agent, was shot in the killer's preferred fashion while showing him around a house in Saint-Cloud. Five thousand francs were taken from him.[1] Arrest[edit] Officers from the Sûreté, led by a young inspector named Primborgne, eventually tracked Weidmann to the villa from a business card left at Lesobre's office. Arriving at his home, Weidmann found two officers waiting for him. Inviting them in, he then turned and fired three times at them with a pistol.

Although they were unarmed, the wounded Sûreté men managed to wrestle Weidmann down, knocking him unconscious with a hammer that happened to be nearby.[1] Weidmann was a highly cooperative prisoner, confessing to all his murders, including that of de Koven, the only one for which he expressed regret. He is reported to have said tearfully: "She was gentle and unsuspecting ... When I reached for her throat, she went down like a doll."[1] The murder trial of Weidmann, Million, Blanc and Tricot in Versailles in March 1939 was the biggest since that of Henri Désiré Landru, the modern-day "Bluebeard", 18 years earlier. One of Weidmann's lawyers, Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, had indeed defended Landru. Also present was the French novelist Colette, who was engaged by Paris-Soir to write an essay on Weidmann.[1] Weidmann and Million received the death sentence while Blanc received a jail sentence of twenty months and Tricot was acquitted. Million's sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment.

Execution[edit] On June 17, 1939, Weidmann was beheaded outside the prison Saint-Pierre in Versailles. The "hysterical behaviour" by spectators was so scandalous that French president Albert Lebrun immediately banned all future public executions. Unknown to authorities, film of the execution was shot from a private apartment adjacent to the prison. British actor Christopher Lee, who was 17 at the time, witnessed this event.[2] Book about Eugen Weidmann[edit] Beaux Ténèbres - La Pulsion du Mal d'Eugène Weidmann by Michel Ferracci-Porri (Beautiful darkness, The Impulse to Evil of Eugen Weidmann) 412 pages, Editions Normant, France 2008 Comments On Cain by F. Tennyson Jesse (New York: Collier Books; London: Collier-Macmillan, Ltd., 1948, 1964), 158p., p. 99-158, "Eugen Weidmann: A Study in Brouhaha". There is a drawing of Weidmann as the frontispiece of the book.

References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Flanner, Janet. Paris was Yesterday. 1972. The Viking Press, 1972. Print.

Jump up ^ Lord of Misrule: The Autobiography of Christopher Lee, Orion Publishing Group Ltd., 2004 External links[edit] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eugen Weidmann.

Beaux Ténèbres - La Pulsion du Mal d'Eugène Weidmann Arbuckle, Alex Q. (November 4, 2015). "1939: France's last public execution". Mashable. Retrieved November 5, 2015.

Video of the execution Authority control WorldCat Identities VIAF: 45101670 LCCN: nr91014677 ISNI: 0000 0000 6318 7192 GND: 118962833 SUDOC: 027591468 BNF: cb11959844w (data) Categories: 1908 births1939 deathsPeople from FrankfurtPeople executed by guillotineFilmed executionsGerman people executed abroadPeople executed by the French Third RepublicGerman serial killersFrench serial killersMale serial killersExecuted serial killersGerman people convicted of murderPeople convicted of murder by FranceExecuted German peopleExecuted French peoplePeople executed by France by decapitation20th-century executions by FranceExecuted people from HesseGerman emigrants to France Here Terradada Saga ends.