Vasile Tcaciuc | |
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Born |
c. 1900 |
Died | |
Cause of death | Shot by police |
Other names | The Butcher of Iași |
Motive | Robbery |
Criminal charge | Murder |
Details | |
Victims | 21–26+ |
Span of crimes | 1917–1935 |
Country | Romania |
Vasile Tcaciuc ( c. 1900 – 17 October 1935) [1] was a Romanian serial killer who lured victims and then murdered them with an axe that he specially constructed. He killed between 21 and 26 people from 1930 to 1935; the primary motive was robbery. [2] [3]
Originally from Bessarabia, [2] Tcaciuc was known to the Iași police since around 1930, [3] and had been arrested and sent to prison on robbery and burglary charges. [4] On 7 September 1935, a dog found six bodies under his house in Iași. He confessed to having committed at least 21 murders at the behest of a 17-year-old girl, who then helped him bury the victims under the floors of several isolated houses and in a forest. [5] He was shot dead by a policeman while trying to escape during a reconstruction of one of his crimes. [4]
Vasile Tcaciuc | |
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Born |
c. 1900 |
Died | |
Cause of death | Shot by police |
Other names | The Butcher of Iași |
Motive | Robbery |
Criminal charge | Murder |
Details | |
Victims | 21–26+ |
Span of crimes | 1917–1935 |
Country | Romania |
Vasile Tcaciuc ( c. 1900 – 17 October 1935) [1] was a Romanian serial killer who lured victims and then murdered them with an axe that he specially constructed. He killed between 21 and 26 people from 1930 to 1935; the primary motive was robbery. [2] [3]
Originally from Bessarabia, [2] Tcaciuc was known to the Iași police since around 1930, [3] and had been arrested and sent to prison on robbery and burglary charges. [4] On 7 September 1935, a dog found six bodies under his house in Iași. He confessed to having committed at least 21 murders at the behest of a 17-year-old girl, who then helped him bury the victims under the floors of several isolated houses and in a forest. [5] He was shot dead by a policeman while trying to escape during a reconstruction of one of his crimes. [4]