Michal Semanský

Michal Semanský, known as the Angel of Death , is a Czech serial killer who murdered three elderly people from 2009 to 2012 with the motive to robbery. He would later be tried, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Murders On 30 September 2009, Semanský rode from Dvůr Králové nad Labem to Sudkov on a bicycle, a trip of about 300 kilometers, to borrow some money from his 72-year-old uncle. While the uncle had given him money on previous occasions, this time he refused, as Semanský still had not paid him back for previous times he had borrowed money. Unwilling to leave without the money, Semanský strangled his uncle to death and then stole 90,000 CZK with which he wanted to pay off his and his girlfriend's rent and to take care of his adopted daughter. Before leaving the house, he set the house on fire. Because of the fire, initial thoughts was that the old man died in an accident. Semanský then took a taxi home, which cost him around 2,000 CZK.

On 20 February 2011, Semanský learned that a 67-year-old relative of his, who was visiting from Prague, intended to report him for stealing alcohol and committing other crimes. He was given the nickname Angel of Death by Czech media.