June 6, 1948 - Metod Trobec
A career criminal before his crimes escalated to murder, Trobec carried out five killings over two years at a rural homestead, disposing of the victims' remains by burning them in a stove — a method that delayed discovery and underscored the calculated nature of the acts. His case holds a grim legal distinction as well: he became the last person sentenced to death in Slovenia before that sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. The arc of his case, from serial offending to the country's final capital sentence, made him a fixed reference point in Slovenian criminal history.
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Metod Trobec (June 6, 1948 – May 30, 2006) was a Slovene serial killer. A career criminal with a record dating back to 1967, he gained notoriety for murdering five women in a homestead in Dolenja Vas pri Polhovem Gradcu from 1976 to 1978, whose remains he burned inside a stove. The brutality of the crimes led him to become one of the most infamous Slovenes in the country's history, with one website stating that he was more well-known than most politicians.
The last convict to be sentenced to death in the country, his sentence was commuted and he spent the rest of his life in prison. On May 30, 2006, Trobec committed suicide while imprisoned at the Dob pri Mirni Correctional Facility.
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