and the murderer to stop him shoots the boy. the young man managed to back the car across the road, but his rear wheels got stuck in a ditch. the car wouldn t move. the monster shot the two headlights out, and then he fired a shot which struck the boy in the middle of the forehead. and then when he went across the street and got into the car, he shot the boy a second time. and he shot the girl. and he shot the girl when he got in the car. but with the car stuck beside a busy road, the monster apparently didn t feel he had enough time to perform his ritual mutilation of the woman. he fled, once again leaving no clues to his identity. murders seven and eight. as the killings continued, the terror and paranoia ratcheted up. florentines changed their daily routines. they never traveled alone, and they eyed each other suspiciously because the monster could be any one of them. at one point, a witness thought he had seen the killer. police released a sketch. the result was chaos.
police arrested a suspect and the killer, almost as if taunting them, killed again. and the police were humiliated and had to release him. the monster struck again eight months later in june of 1982 about ten miles south of florence. a young couple had parked just off a busy road. this time, the young man apparently spotted the killer. he saw the murderer coming? yes, because he tried to start with the car. and the murderer to stop him shoots the boy. the young man managed to back the car across the road, but his rear wheels got stuck in a ditch. the car wouldn t move. the monster shot the two headlights out, and then he fired a shot which struck the boy in the middle of the forehead. and then when he went across the street and got into the car, he shot the boy a second time. and he shot the girl. and he shot the girl when he got in the car. but with the car stuck beside a busy road, the monster apparently didn t feel he had enough time to perform his ritual mutilation