Roberto Succo
Roberto Succo (born April 3, 1962 in Mestre , † May 23, 1988 in Vicenza ) was an Italian violent criminal and serial killer .
crime
On April 9, 1981, Roberto Succo stabbed his mother and strangled his father. He cruelly abused the two corpses and deposited them in the bathtub. After he was caught, he was sentenced to ten years in prison and sent to a psychiatric prison in Reggio nell'Emilia . On May 15, 1986, he escaped over the roof of the facility and escaped the police.
Over the next two years, Succo committed an unknown number of car thefts, robberies, rape, hostage-taking and homicides in four European countries. In France he murdered two women, a doctor and two police officers.
On February 28, 1988, he was arrested in Mestre . At that time he was already number 1 on the wanted lists in France, Italy and Switzerland . After a failed attempt to escape four days later committed Roberto Succo on 23 May 1988 in his prison cell in Vicenza suicide .
Artistic processing
In 1988 Bernard-Marie Koltès wrote the play Roberto Zucco , which deals with the life and crimes of the perpetrator. In 1991 the French reporter Pascale Froment wrote the book Je te tue. Histoire vraie de Roberto Succo assassin sans raison . This tells the life of Succo on the basis of court documents and served as a template for the film Roberto Succo in 2001 ; Directed by Cédric Kahn , the role of Roberto Succo was taken on by Stefano Cassetti.
Web links
- Short biography on occhirossi.it (Italian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Succo, Roberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian violent criminal and serial killer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mestre , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 1988 |
| Place of death | Vicenza , Italy |