FLORENCE, ITALY – Fear of a crucifixion killer strikes Florence for an attack on a woman strapped to a bar and tortured to death Monday.
Florence police said Monday they suspected a maniac had killed a prostitute found tortured to death after being strapped to an iron bar. The woman probably died slowly after being sexually tortured and left for dead, they said.
Bruising around the tape used to tie her to the bar showed she had vainly tried to get free, forensic experts said. The body was found in a crucifixion-like pose, prompting fears of a serial killer after a woman found in a similar position survived a year ago.
Police said Tuesday there were “six or seven similar cases” to that of the 26-year-old Romanian prostitute, Andrea Cristina Zamfir, found dead on the outskirts of the Tuscan capital after being sexually tortured and left to die slowly, struggling to free herself from her bonds.
One was a prostitute who was rescued by police before she died in a nearby spot in March 2013, while another took place outside the city, in a picnic spot where the still-mysterious Monster of Florence in 1981 attacked one of the eight young couples who became his victims from 1968 to 1985. Police said there was a real possibility that a new serial killer is on the rampage.
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