homosexual couple by mistake. police hit the sardinian gang again, arresting two more of its members. florentines hoped the terrifying case had finally been solved. but then in july 1984 came the headline everyone dreaded, il mostro e tornato, the monster has returned. the victims were young lovers parked in the country north of florence, both shot to death with that same beretta .22, the woman, just 18, mutilated. but this time it was worse. in this case, the monster had done more than just remove the woman s vagina. he had also cut off and taken away her left breast. murders 11 and 12. there was outrage across italy, and now police were the focus of it. because again and again, the police have been arresting people, and again and again the monster had been killing people when those suspects were in custody. in september of 1985, the
in italian they called it the la piste sarde, the sardinian track. in 1982 police arrested one of the sardinians that they believed either was the monster or knew who was. and in september of 1983, while he was in custody the monster struck again. a young german couple was making love in the back of a vw bus. the monster shot through the window, killing both. murders nine and ten. and then he entered the vw bus, and that s when he discovered he had killed a homosexual couple by mistake. police hit the sardinian gang again, arresting two more of its members. florentines hoped the terrifying case had finally been solved. but then in july 1984 came the headline everyone dreaded, il mostro e tornato, the monster has returned. the victims were young lovers parked in the country north of florence, both shot to death with that same beretta .22, the woman, just 18, mutilated.