Who Is The Monster of Florence?

A little about Florence, Italy.

• It is the Capital of Tuscany, in Central Italy. Built on both sides of the Arno river.
• Florence was Founded as a roman military colony in the first century bce.
• Florence’s vernacular became the italian language
• Noteworthy celebrities that flourished here were Leonardo da Vinci, Filipp Brunelleschi, Niccolò Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Dante, and Galileo.
• Some famous buildings that reside here are the Baptistery of St. John, the Gothic Duomo, and the Uffizi Gallery.
• Economy is largely based around tourism... duh duh duuuuuuuuun.

What happened

• • Between 1968 and 1985, 14 to 16 people were murdered in florence italy, in what leading criminologists and police officials have declared as one of the most puzzling crimes of their time.
    • Mostly all couples
  • First Known victims were Antonio Lo Bianco and his Sardinian lover Barbara Locci
    • Killed on August 21, 1968
    • Small town near florence
    • Locci’s 6 year old son, Natalino Mele, asleep in the back seat. (saw somewhere that they were having sex in the car and kid was asleep in back seat).
    • Kid woke up and found his mother dead and he fled.
      • Kid ran two kilometers and knocked on the door of a house.
      • Kid banged on the door and told the homeowner “open the door and let me in, I'm sleepy and my daddy is sick in bed. THen you have to drive me home, because my mother and my uncle are dead in their car.”
      • Kid was questioned by authorities as to how he ran alone in the dark two kilometers on unpaved country road.
      • Kid originally said that he was scared and alone but changed his story later on saying that his father or an uncle drove him to the house.
      • Kid said years later that he was alone but was too shocked to really remember what happened.
    • Uncle was the name given to the mothers lovers.
    • Mother had the nickname of ape regina or queen bee, due to the countless affairs she had.
    • Lover of several men including 3 brothers; Giovanni, Salvatore and Francesco Vinci. Manual laborers and petty criminals
      • Salvatore lived with Locci and Mele in their own home for a short time.
    • Lovers were shot and killed in the car by a .22 caliber pistol.
    • Suspected killer was Loccis’s husband, Stefano Mele.
      • Considered to be older and mentally slow
    • Cops found a glove that was his that was tested and shown to have gun fire residue.
    • Mele confessed but retracted his confession, and then confessed again but accused the vinci brothers of being involved, but later confessed to doing it alone.
    • Despite changing his story and his son changing stories numerous times, the cuckolded husband was convicted and sent to prison for 14 years
      • Given a light sentence due to suffering from “infirmity of the mind” and deemed mentally dysfunctional.
    • Mele said that he dropped the gun at the crime scene but it was never recovered.
    • Considered a cut and dry case of a simple crime of passion.
• UNTIL...
• • Saturday night of September 14th, 1974.
    • Young couple, Stefania Pettini and Pasquale Gentilcore were regulars to a small secluded spot in the gentle suburban countryside on the outskirts of Florence, so they can spend some “private time alone”.
    • The young couple was found dead the next morning.
      • The young man was found inside the car leaning on the door
      • Young lady was found in the grass behind the vehicle.
      • Her body was nude and there had been stab wounds found.
        • Not deep
        • Surface wounds
        • Stabbed or “Pricked” over 90 TIMES!!!!
        • Raped? With a thin olive branch
        • An author by the name of Magdalen Nabb wrote in her novel “The Monster Of Florence” -which was a fictional adaptation of the case- saw the act as a sign that the killer was impotent, writing: “He tries to rape the girl, but isnt able, so he violates her with an olive vine instead”.
    • No money was stolen but it was noted that a few pieces of jewelry were stolen from Stefania
    • Florence officials considered this a one-off event
  • Seven years go by
• Saturday Night June 6th,1981
• • • Carmela de Nuccio and Giovanni Faggi were parked on a dirt road just outside of Florence, known as Scandicci which is close to the popular night club, the “Anastasia Club”.
    • They made it a habit to go to this spot alone
    • Next morning bodies were found dead
      • Both shot and stabbed
      • Giovanni was found in the driver's seat with half of his clothes on.
      • Carmela was found 20 feet away from the car with her jeans pulled down and her pubic area had been cut out and...