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Vaslui Serial Killer · Murder Files Unsealed

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  Speaker 1: The individual referred to as the Vaslui serial killer, known
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  in Romanian as Criminalul and Syria in Vasluis, is an
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  unidentified perpetrator responsible for the murders of four women in
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  Vaslui County between the years two thousand and two thousand,
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  four murders. Although no one has been formally charged in
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  connection with these homicides, law enforcement officials have identified convicted
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  murderer cattle In Chiolpan as the primary suspect. Cholpan, who
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  worked as a heavy goods vehicle driver, was found guilty
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  of two sexually motivated murders committed in Austria and Germany
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  in twenty fourteen and twenty sixteen, respectively, and is currently
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  serving two life sentences for these offenses. On October twelfth,
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  two thousand, Marcella Tomose, a twenty nine year old nurse
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  and the wife of a priest residing in Kretzste, was
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  last seen entering the vehicle of an unknown individual near
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  Tekuchi while en route to a labour strike. The following day,
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  her body was discovered near a brick factory in bar Lad.
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  She had been strangled with her own scarf, which, along
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  with her jewelry, was missing. During the investigation of this case,
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  a forester in the vicinity of the forest in Matok
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  discovered two human skeletons. This discovery was promptly reported to
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  the authorities, who were able to identify both victims shortly
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  thereafter based on their clothing. The first skeleton was identified
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  as belonging to thirty year old Safter Tubataru from Burlad,
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  who had gone missing while en route to withdraw money
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  from her bank account. Her purse, gold wedding ring, and
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  silver necklace had been taken. The second skeleton was that
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  of forty six year old Maria Biru from rachitwasa who
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  disappeared after leaving to purchase medicine for her sister. Similar
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  to Tchubutaru, her purse and jewelry were also stolen, and
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  she was last seen hitchhiking outside the same factory. Although
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  the evidence suggested homicide, the cause of death for both
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  victims could not be determined. It No additional cases were
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  connected to these murders until May twenty first, two thousand four,
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  when twenty nine year old Miowara Anutsa Manea was reported missing.
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  She had gone to visit her parents in Shishkani and
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  was last seen hitchhiking near Vaslui. A week later, a
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  shepherd discovered Manaya's body in a forest close to Tatarani.
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  She had sustained multiple blows to the face and her
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  purse was missing. However, unlike the previous victims, her jewelry
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  remained untouched investigation. In the subsequent years, the cases were
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  assigned to various prosecutors, each possessing distinct perspectives on the
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  potential connections between the cases. Police Commissioner Constatin Barbieru, who
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  retired in two thousand seven, expressed in an interview his
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  conviction that all four victims were killed by the same perpetrator.
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  In contrast, his successor of Vidiu Bernde, asserted that he
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  believed only Tomose and Maneya were victims of the same assailant. Nevertheless,
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  Birinde also acknowledged that he was not fully informed about
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  all the details of the case. The prosecutor's office and
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  the Romanian police faced significant criticism regarding their management of
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  the case, with numerous allegations of negligence and misconduct directed
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  at the investigating officers. Claim indicated that several witnesses had
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  observed Tomose entering a blue Dasia pickup driven by an
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  unidentified individual, while others reported seeing her in the back
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  of a red version of the same vehicle, unable to
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  ascertain her condition. Upon noticing the witnesses, the driver swerved
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  into the adjacent woods, where skeletal remains were discovered. Months later,
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  these accounts were dismissed by investigators, allegedly due to their
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  belief that the witnesses were intoxicated. However, an analysis of
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  the roadway where the vehicle was seen revealed tire tracks
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  belonging to a Dacia, indicating that a vehicle had recently
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  traversed that area, which suggests the possibility that the witness's
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  statements were credible. No new developments regarding the murders were
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  reported until twoenty seventeen, when forty one year old hgv
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  DE driver Catalin Cholpan was apprehended for two unrelated homicides
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  that occurred in Austria and Germany. The first victim was
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  Lucille Klobut, a twenty year old French student who was
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  sexually assaulted and brutally killed with a metal bar in Kufstein, Austria,
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  on January twelfth, twenty fourteen. The second victim, Caroline Gruber,
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  age twenty seven, was reported missing from Endingen a m Kaiserstoul,
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  Germany on November sixth, twenty fourteen, twenty sixteen. Her remains
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  were discovered four days later, having suffered sexual assault and
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  murder in a manner akin to that of Klobut. Investigators
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  were ultimately led to Chiulpan through evidence collected from the
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  crime scenes and diligent detective work. He was arrested on
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  June second at his place of employment. Although he denied
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  the allegations, he was tried, found guilty and sentenced to
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  life imprisonment in both cases. His final appeal was rejected
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  by a German court in twenty twenty one, ensuring that
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  he will spend the rest of his life in prison.
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  Given the striking similarities between these cases and the unsolved
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  crimes in Vaslui, various news organizations have investigated Cholpin