Cause of death Shot by police Country Romania Other names The Butcher of Iasi Name Vasile Tcaciuc | Victims 21-26+ Died 1935 Span of killings 1917–1935 | |
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Born 1900s Romania | ||
Vasile Tcaciuc was a Romanian man who lured victims and then murdered them with an axe that he specially constructed. The primary motive was robbery. On 7 September 1935, a dog found six bodies under his house in Iași. He had already been in prison on robbery and burglary charges. He confessed to having committed at least 26 murders. He was shot dead by a policeman while trying to escape during a reconstruction of one of his crimes.
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