These three photos were made near Florence, Italy, in the province of Tuscany, and show investigators at the scene of a double murder that was attributed to a serial killer nicknamed by the press il Mostro di Firenze—the Monster of Florence. The victims here, a twenty-six year old laborer named Stefano Baldi and a twenty-four year old telephone operator named Susanna Cambi, had been shot and stabbed. Cambi was sexually mutilated, her pubic area cut out. It’s possible Cambi was being stalked beforehand. A few days earlier she had told her mother that somebody was tormenting her and had tailed her car. Eventually, after sixteen killings beginning in 1968, mostly of young couples who had isolated themselves in lover’s lanes and similar places seeking privacy, two men were convicted: Mario Vanni and Giancarlo Lotti, who were sentenced to life imprisonment and twenty-six years, respectively. However, some observers think other perpetrators remained at large. Despite their very old look, these photos were made today in 1981.
