Sergio Curreli

Sergio Curreli (born 1960), known as The Monster of Arbus , is an Italian serial killer and contract killer who murdered five people in Sardinia from 1982 to 1990, sometimes with the help of accomplices.

Curreli was eventually linked to all of the crimes, for which he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Early life Born in Arbus in 1960, little is known about Curreli's background. He worked as a herder in his hometown, was married to a woman named Daniela Montoni and had two daughters. At some point during the early 1980s, Curreli turned to robbery, during which he also developed a drug addiction and started physically abusing his wife and children. Social services had to intervene on several occasions due to the severe beatings against Curreli's wife.

At some point, Curreli formed a gang in his hometown which primarily dealt with organized robberies, but sometimes also carried out murders-for-hire. Angered by this act, he grabbed a sawed-off shotgun and followed them to the dirt road, where he ambushed them while they were having sex. Curreli claimed that he stole all the Italian currency he found in the vehicle, and that he threw the shotgun down the Ingurtosu mine. Almost immediately, Curreli confessed to the three murders he had committed between 1986 and 1990. When pressed for a motive, he said that he wanted to take revenge on Heilmann and Helken-Jäger for killing his hunting dog. According to Curreli, the killer was a local criminal named Giannetto Casula, who had purportedly admitted responsibility for the crimes. It is currently unclear if he was convicted of this charge and, if he was, whether he was given any additional prison time.