Orhan Aksoy

Orhan Aksoy (born 16 September 1971), known as The Parcel Killer (Turkish: Kolici Katil), is a Turkish serial killer who strangled five people around Istanbul from 2000 to 2001, stuffing their corpses in boxes he dumped in open fields or near construction sites. For his crimes, he was given five life terms and two years of solitary confinement. While he was still young, the entire family moved to Bursa. Both Aksoy and his siblings suffered terrible beatings from their father, Ahmet, who beat them for the smallest of mishaps. In a later interview with two of his older sisters, Perihan and Ruveyde, the pair claimed that when Aksoy was young and their home was undergoing construction work, he was running around when he fell and hit his head. In an effort to erase any and all traces of foul play, he kept the corpses underwater for an extended period of time, and would also cover them with either newspapers or silicone to mask the body odors emanating from the decomposing bodies. As a result, Orhan Aksoy was swiftly arrested there on 26 January 2001. Nonetheless, his most damning admission was his apparent liking for murder, lack of remorse and likeliness to reoffend if released. A plastic bag had been placed over his head, and he had tied with duct tape in a remarkably similar fashion to his son's victims. Upon closely inspecting the fingerprints, the gendarmerie linked them to the man's tenant, Hüsamettin Karaca, a convicted extortionist. It is thought that the killing was done as an act of revenge for Aksoy's own murders.