Antonis Daglis
Antonis Daglis | |
|---|---|
| Born | Greek: Αντώνης Δαγλής 1974 |
| Other names | The Athens Ripper |
| Criminal penalty | life imprisonment plus 25 years |
| Details | |
| Victims | 3 (murder), 6 (attempted murder) |
Span of crimes | 1992–1995 |
| Country | Greece |
Antonis Daglis (Greek: Αντώνης Δαγλής; born 1974 – 2 August 1997) was a Greek serial killer who was convicted of the murders of three women and attempted murder of six others in Athens on 23 January 1997.[1] Referred to as the "Athens Ripper",[2] he was sentenced to thirteen terms of life imprisonment, plus 25 years.[3]
Daglis, a truck driver,[3] preyed upon Athens prostitutes between 1992 and 1995. He had been a repeat juvenile offender since the age of 14.[4] He had a prior record for a 1988 charge of seducing a minor, and in 1989 he was arrested for attacking a group of men at the Zappeion in Athens with a knife.[4]
Daglis was initially suspected for two murders after he was arrested for the rape and abduction of an English woman named Ann Hamson.[5] After his arrest, Daglis confessed to the rape, strangulation and dismemberment of two women and the attempted murder of a further six, and having robbed all eight women.[3] He later admitted to dismembering the bodies of two women, Eleni Panagiotopoulou, 29, and Athina Lazarou, 26, with a hacksaw and disposing of them around Athens.[4] Daglis subsequently confessed to the previously unsolved murder of a prostitute whose dismembered body was found in a dumpster in 1992.[6][7]
During his trial, Daglis told the court, "I hated all prostitutes and continue to hate them. I went to meet them for sex but suddenly other pictures came into my head. I heard voices which ordered me to kill. Once I thought about strangling my fiancée, but I restrained myself."[4]
Antonis Daglis committed suicide on 2 August 1997.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ Amanda Howard and Martin Smith, River of Blood: Serial Killers And Their Victims. Universal Publishers, 2004. ISBN 1-58112-518-6
- ^ Mail&Guardian online
- ^ a b c Athens News Agency: News in English, 01-23-07
- ^ a b c d A.N.A. Bulletin, 1-26-96
- ^ Amanda Howard and Martin Smith, River of Blood: Serial Killers And Their Victims, page 108, Universal Publishers, 2004. ISBN 1-58112-518-6
- ^ Berlin Zeitung, 1-30-96
- ^ Athens News Agency, 1-26-96