Luigi Richetto | |
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 Group photo with Luigi Richetto | |
| Born | Gioanni-Luigi Richetto 22 March 1853 |
| Died | 14 December 1901 (aged 48) |
| Conviction(s) | Murder x2 Theft x3 |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
| Details | |
| Victims | 4 (2 convictions) |
Span of crimes | 1893–1899 |
| Country | France |
| State(s) | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Date apprehended | 9 January 1900 |
Gioanni-Luigi Richetto (22 March 1853 – 14 December 1901) was an Italian serial killer who murdered and dismembered four people in Lyon, France, from 1893 to 1899.[1][2] He was arrested on 9 January 1900, and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1901; he was sent to serve his sentence at the Salvation Islands in French Guiana, where he died a few months later.[3]
- ^ Baptismal extract, Arch. dép. Rhône 2 U 645. (in French)
- ^ Stora-Lamarre 2002, p. 94 (in French)
- ^ "The crime of Lyon". L'Ouest-Éclair (in French) (160). 11 January 1900. ISSN 1261-6249. Retrieved 22 December 2013..