May 26, 1886 - Giuseppe Sasia
Operating in rural Provence over a brief but lethal span, Sasia targeted shepherds and isolated laborers — men unlikely to be quickly missed — killing at least four in the Draguignan region for what amounted to petty theft. The choice of victims and setting reflected a calculated opportunism rather than frenzy, which is part of what made the case notable in interwar France. He was tried and guillotined within two years of the killings.
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Giuseppe Sasia (26 May 1886 – 17 February 1936), known as The Shepherds' Killer and The Haut-Var Killer, was an Italian criminal and serial killer, who, in several months in 1934, killed at least 4 men in Draguignan, France, with the aim of stealing from them. He was later guillotined for his crimes.
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