monster committed a crime that hannibal lecter would find hard to top. the young lovers this time were tourists from france, camping in the hills south of florence. as they made love in their tent, the monster shot the woman in the face, killing her instantly. the man was shot several times, but somehow managed to burst from the tent. here s someone who s running for his life, and yet the killer was actually able to catch him, reach up behind him, cut his throat. the killer then returned to the tent and mutilated the dead woman in his new, more terrible way. but he still wasn t done. one of the prosecutors in the case, a woman named silvia della monica, received in the mail a letter addressed like a ransom note, you know, letters cut out of a newspaper. and inside was one item, it was the nipple from the victim. the monster s grisly taunt was the exclamation point on a string of murders that had spanned 11 years and taken 14
was actually able to catch him, reach up behind him, cut his throat. the killer then returned to the tent and mutilated the dead woman in his new, more terrible way. but he still wasn t done. one of the prosecutors in the case, a woman named silvia della monica, received in the mail a letter addressed like a ransom note, you know letters cut out of a newspaper. and inside was one item, it was the nipple from the victim. the monster s grisly taunt was the exclamation point on a string of murders that had spanned 11 years and taken 14 lives. it had transfixed and terrorized a nation. investigators tried one last time to crack the sardinian clan they arrested its leader, salvatore vinci, whom they had long suspected but didn t have the evidence to convict him. much to everyone s chagrin and outrage, he was acquitted. just too much time had passed. i mean witnesses were vague. they couldn t remember. the hard evidence was gone.