January 1, 1949 - Ricardo Caputo

Caputo spent roughly two decades as a fugitive after killing at least four women in the early 1970s, evading capture across multiple countries while authorities in the United States sought him. His eventual voluntary surrender in 1994 — after years of living under assumed identities — made him an unusual case in the annals of American fugitive history. "Ricardo Silvio Caputo (1949 – October 1, 1997) was an Argentine American serial killer active during the 1970s who was known as The Lady Killer."

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Ricardo Silvio Caputo (1949 – October 1, 1997) was an Argentine American serial killer active during the 1970s who was known as The Lady Killer.

Life

Caputo was born in 1949 in Mendoza, Argentina. In 1970, he moved to the United States and settled in New York City. According to his brother Alberto, Caputo was physically and sexually abused as a child.

Though he was not definitively linked to any murders after 1977, he remained a fugitive throughout the 1980s, and finally surrendered to police in 1994.

Incarcerated at Attica State Prison in New York, Caputo had a fatal heart attack in October 1997, at the age of 48.

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