https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The man believed to be behind the so-called “crucifixion killing” of a prostitute whose body was discovered tied to an iron bar was arrested in Florence on Friday morning, Italian media reported. He has reportedly confessed to the crime. https://www.thelocal.it/20140509/man-confesses-to-florence-crucifixion-killing Fri, 09 May 2014 11:30:00 +0200 man-confesses-to-florence-crucifixion-killing Police have found DNA matches in three separate cases linked to the so-called “crucifixion killing” of a prostitute whose body was found tied to a horizontal bar in a position similar to that of crucifixion in the outskirts of Florence. https://www.thelocal.it/20140508/crucifixion-killing-police-find-three-dna-matches Thu, 08 May 2014 13:22:00 +0200 crucifixion-killing-police-find-three-dna-matches One day after the body of a woman was found taped to a horizontal bar in Florence “as if she had been crucified”, police are investigating possible links to six other cases from the past ten years as fears grow that there could be a serial killer on the loose. https://www.thelocal.it/20140506/crucifixion-killing-could-be-linked-to-six-cases Tue, 06 May 2014 18:43:00 +0200 crucifixion-killing-could-be-linked-to-six-cases Prison director Salvatore Mazzeo has returned to his post in the Marassi jail in Genoa less than a month after serial killer Bartolomeo Gagliano escaped. https://www.thelocal.it/20140110/prison-boss-keeps-job-after-serial-killer-escaped Fri, 10 Jan 2014 16:18:00 +0100 prison-boss-keeps-job-after-serial-killer-escaped An Italian serial killer nicknamed the "Valentine's Day monster", whose escape from prison in Genoa this week triggered a huge manhunt, was caught Friday on the French Riviera, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20131220/italian-serial-killer-caught-in-france Fri, 20 Dec 2013 19:10:00 +0100 italian-serial-killer-caught-in-france