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Leonarda Cianciulli

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Leonarda Cianciulli

Birth
Montella, Provincia di Avellino, Campania, Italy
Death
15 Oct 1970 (aged 76)
Pozzuoli, Città Metropolitana di Napoli, Campania, Italy
Burial
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A.K.A.: "The Soap-Maker of Correggio"

Classification: Serial killer
Characteristics: Turned their bodies into soap
Number of victims: 3
Date of murder: 1939 - 1940
Date of birth: November 14, 1893
Victims profile: Faustina Setti, 73 / Francesca Soavi / Virginia Cacioppo, 53
Method of murder: Beating with an axe
Location: Correggio, Emilia Romagna, Italy
Status: Sentenced to thirty years in prison and three years in a criminal asylum. Died of cerebral apoplexy in the women's criminal asylum in Pozzuoli on October 15, 1970.

Leonarda Cianciulli (November 14, 1893, Montella, Province of Avellino – October 15, 1970) was an Italian serial killer. Better known as the "Soap-Maker of Correggio", she murdered three women in Correggio between 1939 and 1940, and turned their bodies into soap.

The murderess, when questioned, immediately admitted to the murders. She was sentenced to 30 years in prison and 3 years in a criminal asylum. She died in Puzzuoli, in the women's asylum, in 1970, struck down by cerebal apoplexy.
A.K.A.: "The Soap-Maker of Correggio"

Classification: Serial killer
Characteristics: Turned their bodies into soap
Number of victims: 3
Date of murder: 1939 - 1940
Date of birth: November 14, 1893
Victims profile: Faustina Setti, 73 / Francesca Soavi / Virginia Cacioppo, 53
Method of murder: Beating with an axe
Location: Correggio, Emilia Romagna, Italy
Status: Sentenced to thirty years in prison and three years in a criminal asylum. Died of cerebral apoplexy in the women's criminal asylum in Pozzuoli on October 15, 1970.

Leonarda Cianciulli (November 14, 1893, Montella, Province of Avellino – October 15, 1970) was an Italian serial killer. Better known as the "Soap-Maker of Correggio", she murdered three women in Correggio between 1939 and 1940, and turned their bodies into soap.

The murderess, when questioned, immediately admitted to the murders. She was sentenced to 30 years in prison and 3 years in a criminal asylum. She died in Puzzuoli, in the women's asylum, in 1970, struck down by cerebal apoplexy.

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