Pupetta Maresca

Pupetta Maresca
Studio portrait of young Maresca taken when she was a local beauty queen ca. 1954
Born
Assunta Maresca

(1935-01-19)19 January 1935
Died29 December 2021(2021-12-29) (aged 86)
Castellamare di Stabia, Campania, Italy
NationalityItalian
Spouse
(m. 1955; died 1955)
Children3
AllegianceCamorra
Criminal chargeMurder
Penalty18 years of imprisonment, later reduced to 13 years and 4 months
Accomplice(s)Umberto Ammaturo

Assunta "Pupetta" Maresca (19 January 1935 – 29 December 2021) was an Italian criminal who was a well-known figure in the Camorra. She made international newspaper headlines in the mid-1950s when she killed the murderer of her husband in revenge.