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The assistant DA in charge of the investigation, Sylvia Della Monica, is

on a new... Nine shots in the night fired by a sick man who came out of the

bushes. This... The nightmare

of the maniac who surprises and kills young couples.

Another brutal killing with the young woman's body found...

We had no choice but to arrest them.

So much evidence stacked up it was undeniable.

We need to exercise more caution from this point forward.

We can't afford any more mistakes.

Every error means people die. Sure, but we can't let fear of making a mistake

prevent us from taking action either.

Across all of these murders, we've got one single witness.

We know there's one person who saw the true face of the killer.

Nathalie Nomelle?

Now, back in 1969, while you were still at the orphanage, you told us that your

father had been here with Piero Mucciarini.

I really don't know.

And later that year, during another interview, your story was different. You

said that Francesco Vinci was here.

I was really young.

I'm not sure what I said.

I was having so many nightmares back then.

You understand these are all young people, right? That continue to be

Francesco Vinci?

My dad told me to say he was here that night.

Your dad said that?

Yeah, he told me that right after the murders.

And again when I visited him.

That was back when everyone used to tell me what to say.

Then my aunt said to just keep my mouth shut, so...

What

do you see?

Those reeds.

What about them?

That night they were moving just like that.

Hey.

Did you see someone hiding behind the reeds?

Vinci, open up. This is the police.

Let us in, Vinci. We have a search warrant.

Deep breath.

Deep breath.

I

hope

you're not going to hell.

This is from 1976.

What made you keep it all these years?

I didn't think it was illegal.

Look at this.

The dark red stains are human blood, and the gray ones are gunpowder residue.

Almost as if someone had cleaned a gun with this rag. You found it in your

house.

Hidden in the back of your closet in a straw bag.

Rating any bells?

Bag is... Well, it might belong to my former roommate, you know? I remember

buying it with a straw hat. I think she had it at the beach once. Huh.

You want to explain the traces of blood or the gunpowder?

I've never kept a single weapon in my home.

What about this?

That's for my job.

So sometimes I need to unlock a door, and to do that I need to be able to see,

and I need my hands free.

And apparently the monster needed the same kind of setup. To perform the

excisions, he needed both hands free and a source of light.

The Prime Minister faced tough questions today about the state of the economy.

He declared securing peace his top priority. The Prime Minister also

his commitment to lowering inflation rates, driving a skyrocketing cost of

living. We will take strong measures to combat inflation, he said. We will also

have to sacrifice, but we will come out stronger together.

In other news, 43 -year -old Francesco Vinci is now free. The Sardinian

bricklayer was accused of the double homicides of Barbara Loci and Antonio Lo

Bianco in August 1968 and was a key suspect in the killings perpetrated by

Monster of Florence.

Vinci was arrested in August 1982.

Mr. Vinci, there are rumors you killed Loci and Lo Bianco and then got rid of

the weapon. Do you have any comment?

I spent two years in prison because of rumors and baseless accusations, and no

one's apologized.

It's all lies.

Then who is the monster of Florence?

He's a very shrewd man, intelligent.

He's a man who can navigate the countryside at night.

A man who has exceptional ability with a knife.

A man who had his heart broken.

Who is this man? Give us a name!

So you became a man.

I really miss this place.

I miss the music.

And that, too.

You know, we can start over together.

We can.

Goddamn faggot!

What?

Dogs! Run! Run! Run!

I

gotta

talk to you.

Yeah, I'm right here father only women talk in the kitchen

You

served as a soldier that makes you a man you should be getting married

rumors you know people talk if you're a man you need a woman

doesn't that friend of yours have a sister

huh he does father but she's engaged if a man wants a certain woman

he hates her

Oh, it's you. You scared me.

Did your brother talk to you?

Sasa told me, yeah.

I'm sorry, but I can't do it.

Because of Antonio Pini?

Yeah, yeah.

I want him to be my husband.

Fine, but he's just a kid.

No.

And I'm a man.

Stop it, Salvatore.

Your husband should be a real man. No, stop.

Do you even care what people think of us?

You, a married man, coming and going at all hours of the night?

And you, you're no brother to me.

Say something.

You think I don't know?

You think I don't know what you're doing?

I know all about the two of you.

Are you Salvatore?

I'm late.

The room for rent is in your house?

This is it.

Is it all right?

Mommy's here. It's all right, sweetheart.

Put him back in his crib.

No.

No, no, no, no, no. Come to papa.

Come here, sweetheart.

People saw you with them, you know.

Are you trying to ruin me?

You want people to laugh at me? Is that it?

I see you're afraid.

Afraid they'll all find out who you are.

That they'll find out what you do.

What would your father say?

Not to mention everyone else.

Because I'll tell them.

You don't get a choice, understand? You belong to me.

It's over between us.

I'm leaving you.

Even if you try to stop me, I swear, no one will be looking at me.

All eyes will be on you. And on my brother, I swear.

On my baby soul.

What's going on?

Barbarina's got folks over and she's locked me out.

The baby's crying up a storm.

Sorry about yesterday.

I don't want to take advantage of your hospitality.

I was raised to treat my guests well.

You got any grappa?

Hey.

I asked you a question.

Give me half a glass.

And your husband?

You don't serve him too?

You, drink up.

You stay here.

What do you want?

Get out.

Get out.

Stefano!

If you tell anyone, if you say anything, if I even suspect you've been talking

to anyone,

You know, you're making him suffer.

But you have no idea how much more I could make you suffer if I choose.

The monster killed all these young people using the same gun.

The one used on Barbara Loci and Lo Bianco.

In 1968, you had an affair with Barbara, didn't you?

No, I didn't.

You never had any intimate relations with Barbara Loci?

Yeah, but they ended in 62 when I married Rosina Massa.

I hadn't heard any news about Barbara until...

Until she was killed.

That's interesting.

Stefano Menne told us you visited her again.

It's possible I saw Stefano.

Where were you during the murders?

I was home with my wife, Rosina Massa.

Maybe you should ask her.

Well, we already did.

Of course.

And she confirmed your story.

If she confirmed my story, why are you still asking me all of these questions?

Because I know you're lying about it.

And I know the women in your life have no choice but to give you an alibi.

Because they're afraid of you.

Definitely.

And the wine?

I'm pregnant.

Four months long.

Did you know about this?

No, I had no idea, I swear

Where are you going?

Away. Why?

Didn't you hear her? She's pregnant.

I can't stay any longer.

We'll be careful.

Just don't go, please.

I'm coming back, Barbara.

Anytime I want to.

Don't forget, you belong to me.

You know why you're here, right?

I imagine it's about Salvatore Vinci?

It is, ma 'am.

Tell me about him.

I got to know Salvatore when I was 18 years old.

In Sardinia.

It wasn't until I came to Tuscany for work that I met him again in 1960.

My parents knew of him.

And they didn't want me seeing him because, well, he was a widower and the

details surrounding his wife's death were unclear.

What do you mean, unclear?

I heard she might not have taken her own life, as people said.

That Salvatore killed her because she was cheating on him.

But I didn't listen to the rumors.

When I got pregnant...

That's when they stopped trying to convince me.

Hi. Hi.

Hi.

Get your stuff. We're going to Kishine Park.

I said move it.

I don't feel like arguing right now.

This is Rosina, my wife.

perfect day I'm glad I

Ah, there we go.

Ah.

Thank you. How much do I owe you?

It's 2 ,500 lira, ma 'am.

Here you go.

Lucina?

When I left Salvatore for the first time, that was back in 1974, I went home

Sardinia to live with my parents.

But I wasn't happy there, so I went back to him.

I had children to feed. I had to do it.

But in July of 1980, I couldn't take any more and left again.

This time, I didn't go back.

I've been in Trieste ever since.

And every time you left him, the monster struck.

Lena?

Mrs. Massa, we need to get some clarification regarding events that

1968.

1968, is that so? In August of that year, Insigne, Barbara Loci, and Antonio

Lobianco were killed.

You were living with Salvatore Vinci then, weren't you?

Yes.

You corroborated his alibi for that night.

And now we'd like to know whether you were telling the truth or not.

Please tell us.

They were killed with the same gun used to murder Barbara Loci and Antonio

Lubianco.

And the person who used it then could be the same one who continues

to use it to this day.

And they'll use it again if we don't stop them.

I understand that all of this must be distressing for you, reliving all these

memories.

But you understand the importance of why I have to ask again.

On the night of the Luchillo Bianco murders, your husband, was he at home

you or not?

You were able to get out.

Barbarina Terry and Barbara Lucci couldn't.

Salvatore wasn't at home with me that night.

He only came back the next morning.

But that wasn't so unusual.

What makes me think twice about it is that he was being Barbara Lucci again.

Tomorrow I'm coming to take you for a walk to Kishine Park.

Tomorrow Frencheth goes home. And when I tell him what you did to me, he'll gut

you like an animal.

I already told you this once.

And I'll tell you again.

You are mine.

Thank you.

There's no other choice than just cheating on you.

You have to do what I did to my whore of a first wife.

I had to kill her.

Come on, let's go.

Come with Uncle Salvatore.

Your ex -wife lied about your alibi back then.

She just recanted.

In her new deposition, she tells a different story. She alleges that you

seeing Barbara Loti again in 1968.

Well, I saw her, sure.

It's our understanding that you'd resumed an intimate relationship.

As I already discussed with your colleagues, we had a relationship, but

sexual nature.

The night of the murders, the only survivor was little Natalino Mele.

He rang the doorbell of Mr. De Felice.

Now the neighboring house belonged to your shepherd, Silvano Vargio.

We believe that Natalino Mele made a mistake.

He was not supposed to go to De Felice, but it was the only house with a light

on. The person who brought him away from the murder site told him to go straight

to Varju.

Varju was my shepherd when I was in Sardinia, but then I lost track of him.

That's your story, is it?

Yeah. But in 1968, Varju was one of only three people who gave you an alibi

during the Loce Lobianco murders.

And now he's the only alibi you have.

If you're going to keep asking me questions, I want my lawyer.

You don't need a lawyer, Mr. Vinci.

You're only a person of interest to us in this case And besides we have no

further questions for you for the moment

you

Here you go, ma 'am, your mail from when you were away. Thanks.

Bring this to forensics.

Sylvia. What's going on?

What are the police doing outside my place?

It's because of the letter you got, Sylvia.

Forensics discovered the letter contained traces of flesh from the

who was killed with her boyfriend.

We think he sent it to you so we could know he struck again.

Why me?

You're the only woman working on this investigation.

You challenged him.

After the murders of Mignarini and Minardi.

I have to stop him now. It's September.

We know that four of the eight murders were committed in September and October.

I am not having another two deaths on my conscience.

Stop him how?

What do you want?

All of the monster's crimes were committed using a .22 caliber Beretta 70

series. Only 11 of those guns were sold in your hometown of Villa Chidro.

And we recovered them all, except for one.

It belonged to your relative, who emigrated to Holland before their death.

gun has never been recovered.

Gentlemen, am I being charged with something or not?

If you have proof, show it to me.

You're officially under investigation as a suspect in the death of your first

wife, Barbarina Steri, which occurred in Villa Chidro on January 15th, 1960.

She must have killed herself.

Bring in the witness.

Good morning, Mr. Milley.

Please have a seat.

Being aware of the responsibility you assume by swearing the following oath,

swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so

God. Say, I swear.

I swear.

The prosecution may proceed.

Mr. Malley, during questioning by the police, you said that Salvatore Vinci

you he killed his wife, Barbarina Steri, because she cheated on him.

and that he carried out the murder in such a way as to avoid incrimination.

Can you confirm this?

Mr. Mele, did you hear me?

Can you confirm your statement or not?

I can't recall.

He can't recall.

I can't recall much from back then.

Too many years have passed.

Quiet, please.

Castle, Castle, what happened in the courtroom?

The prosecution tried to incriminate my client and convict him for a crime he

didn't commit.

And only because they had no proof to prosecute him for all the heinous crimes

he supposedly committed later on.

Mr. Vinci, are you satisfied with the verdict?

I'm satisfied that the truth eventually came out.

What's next in this case?

We'll have to see. Thank you very much.

I urge you to find the next possible opportunity to question one of our

citizens born in Viquio, a resident of our town, Mercatale.

This individual, based on the reports of many people, was in prison for 15 years

for the murder of his girlfriend.

He has many skills which may have aided him in his crimes. He is a shrewd man,

cunning, a farmer.

With big shoes and a bigger intellect.

He keeps his family under lock and key.

He never lets his wife or his daughters leave their home.

And they have no friends.

Please, I'm begging you.

Question this man and his daughters as soon as you can.

His name is Paciani Pietro.