Andrea Matteucci

Andrea Matteucci (born 24 April 1962), known as The Monster of Aosta (Il mostro di Aosta, in Italian), is an Italian criminal and serial killer who committed four murders in the 1980s and 1990s. He is the only Aosta Valley serial killer.

Biography Matteucci was born in Turin. His father, a worker with a criminal record for theft and receiving stolen goods, abandoned the family the year his son was born. His mother, Maria Pandiscia, left Matteucci in the custody of her sister Lina, in Foggia. At the age of 5, he moved with his mother to Aosta, to a religious institute where he lived until he was 9 years old. When questioned about his mother, Matteucci said: "She was a prostitute and she let me attend meetings with her clients. I hate women who get paid to be with men." At age 14, he tried to rob the butcher's shop where he worked, but a week later he confessed to the act. From 14 to 18 he remained in the community, subsequently leaving to work as a mechanic in Quart.

Murders

On the evening of 30 April 1980, when he left home, Matteucci met the merchant Domenico Raso at the Roman Theatre of Aosta. The man, secretly a homosexual, made sexual advances, and Matteucci killed him with a boy scout's knife. Raso had a family, and this led Matteucci to believe that he had done the right thing because "a man can not do certain things":

Victims Domenico Raso, killed in Aosta in 1980 Daniela Zago, killed in Brissogne in 1982 Clara Omoregbee, killed in Arnad in 1994 Lucy Omon, attempted murder in 1994 Albana Dakovi, killed in Arnad in 1995