Wiesław Wiszniewski

Wiesław Wiszniewski (born May 15, 1971) is a Polish serial killer who, with the help of three accomplices, murdered eight elderly women in Warsaw from 1998 to 1999 during robberies. He was later arrested, tried and convicted for the murders, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Early life Wiszniewski was born on May 15, 1971, in the village of Dunajek, Olecko County, in the Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship. The youngest child in a large family, he was physically abused by his father at an early age.

He committed his first crime at the age of nine, stealing and selling some stamp albums to buy some candy and cookies. The group would drive around in Byszewski's cab around Warsaw and seek out elderly women with a particular profile: short height (between 140 and 160 centimeters), over the age of 75, and either ailing or living by themselves. Once a victim was singled out, the group followed her until she reached the apartment. Byszewski would remain inside the cab as a lookout, while the other three would enter the apartment under various pretexts. After entering the apartment, Wiszniewski would immediately attack the victim.

He would inflict many blows on the victims' heads, arms and legs, resulting in a number of major facial injuries, and also strangled them. He also restrained their limbs with objects such as belts and stockings; stuffed tissues or other materials in the victims' mouths and wrapped the victims' faces with duct tape so they could not spit out the gag. Immediately after his arrest, Wiszniewski said to the officers that he remembered little about the murders, as he was always intoxicated when committing them. A detailed account of the crimes were instead given by Jarzynka.

On November 22, 2001, the Warsaw District Court sentenced Wiszniewski to life imprisonment, as they found that the murders were carefully planned and cruel. His life sentence was ultimately upheld, with Wiszniewski commenting that he believed the verdict satisfied everyone.

List of victims Lp.OfiaraData1.Michalina D.December 16, 19982.Wanda PeszkoDecember 21, 19983.Alicja SowińskaJanuary 29, 19994.Felicja RatuszniakFebruary 10, 19995.Jadwiga ZalewskaFebruary 16, 19996.Regina SkalskaFebruary 17, 19997.Alicja KrychFebruary 19, 19998.Zofia Dobosz