7. Bartolomeo Gagliano
Italian serial killer Bartolomeo Gagliano got his start in 1981, when he beat a 29-year-old prostitute to death with a rock. He was arrested and sentenced to eight years in a mental institution. In 1983, he escaped and took a family hostage. He was recaptured after a shoot-out with the police.
In early 1989, Gagliano and another patient broke out of an asylum and shot two people to death. In February, they shot transsexual Nahir Fernandez Rodriguez in the mouth. Then on Valentine’s Day, they shot transvestite and drug addict Francesco Panizzi. A few days after that, they shot prostitute Laura Baldi in the face and the neck, but she miraculously survived. The pair was captured shortly afterward. Again, Gagliano was committed to an asylum. This time, he served his time for the three murders and was released. SEE ALSO: The shocking last words of famous serial killers – You’ll be surprised! (+Pics)
In 2010, Gagliano was back in prison for extortion. Officials there claimed they weren’t aware of Gagliano’s murderous past and thought he was just a thief. By acting like a model prisoner, Gagliano got a day pass to visit his mother in the hospital. Once outside, he hijacked a car and kidnapped the man inside. Gagliano was arrested three days later in France near the Italian border.
Gagliano was given six years and 10 months for crimes committed while on the lam. On January 22, 2015, he committed suicide by hanging himself with his bedsheet in prison.
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