Luigi Chiatti

Luigi Chiatti (born February 27, 1968 in Narni[1]) is an Italian serial killer, named "The Monster of Foligno" by the media.

Luigi Chiatti
Born
Antonio Rossi

(1968-02-27) February 27, 1968
Narni, Italy
Other names"The Monster of Foligno"
Conviction(s)Murder
Criminal penaltyTwo life sentences; commuted to 30 years imprisonment
Details
Victims2
Span of crimes
1992–1993
CountryItaly
State(s)Perugia
Date apprehended
August 8, 1993

Biography

Born Antonio Rossi to mother Marisa Rossi, a young maid who, unable to provide for her son, abandoned him shortly after his birth. He spent his first years in an orphanage near Narni until his sixth birthday, when he was adopted by the physician Ermanno Chiatti and his consort Giacoma Ponti, a resident of Foligno. When his adoption became official on June 13, 1975, his name was changed to Luigi Chiatti.

Events

On the afternoon of October 4, 1992, one Sunday, little Simone Allegretti (4 years old) disappeared in the countryside between Foligno and Bevagna; his lifeless body was found two days later along an escarpment, not far from where he had disappeared. Shortly before the corpse was found, in a telephone booth in front of the railway station, in the center of Foligno, a note was found that claimed the murder and provided precise details on where the body was and what the clothing was. The note also asserted the murderer's willingness to strike again.

The police headquarters of Perugia activated a toll-free number and a note was issued to the killer. On October 13, a man called the toll-free number several times identifying himself as the "Monster of Foligno". Thanks to these phone calls, its users were traced, leading to the identification of Stefano Spilotros, a young Lombard real estate agent. In the face of inconsistencies and testimonies of Spilotros' friends and relatives, who said that on Sunday he was with them in Rodano, in the Milan province, a further autopsy was arranged on the victim's body, which excluded his guilt, revealing him to be a mythomaniac.[2]

The strong climate of hysteria created around the story created other similar situations: a young worker from the province of Macerata hanged himself, leaving a note saying "I am the monster, forgive me".[3]

On August 7, 1993, the real monster struck again: the corpse of 13-year-old Lorenzo Paolucci was found shortly after the crime and was only 30 feet from the villa inhabited by Chiatti. The tracks led straight to the house where Luigi Chiatti was subsequently captured. He almost immediately confessed to the murder, also admitting to the murder of Simone Allegretti.

First Degree Condemnation

On December 1, 1994, the trial against Luigi Chiatti, accused of the murder of Simone Allegretti and Lorenzo Paolucci, began. On December 28 of the same year, he was sentenced to two life sentences.[4]

Appeal and Supreme Court

On April 11, 1996, the Court of Appeals of Perugia reformed the sentence of the first instance, declaring Chiatti semi-mentally ill and condemned him to 30 years of imprisonment. Finally on March 4, 1997, the Supreme Court of Cassation upheld the sentence, thus imposing the sentence on the court final. Among the testimonies brought by the defense, there was an orphanage companion of Chiatti who stated that he himself, along with Chiatti, were sexually abused by a priest.[5]

He served his sentence in the Prato prison. He had asked twice for prize permits, but they were refused. It was rumored that in June 2009 he was released from prison for a few hours, but the lawyers denied the news.[6] On September 3, 2015, Luigi Chiatti finished his prison sentence, but will have to reside for at least another three years in a Rems (type of structure that since 2015 has replaced the old judicial psychiatric hospitals) in Sardinia.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Interview" (PDF). www.misteriditalia.it.
  2. Spilotros è innocente, solo un mitomane Corriere della Sera, articolo del 6 novembre 1992.
  3. "The Monster of Foligno". Archived from the original on 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  4. Due ergastoli a Chiatti Articolo su Repubblica del 29/12/1994.
  5. Un prete violentò Chiatti Articolo su Repubblica del 01/12/1995.
  6. ""Luigi Chiatti non è uscito dal carcere né ha mai chiesto la semilibertà" - Umbria24.it". 18 November 2010.
  7. "Sanità. Apertura Rems, Arru: "Cure, arte terapia e migliore qualità della vita per persone con disturbi psichiatrici colpevoli di reati" - Regione Autonoma della Sardegna". www.regione.sardegna.it.
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