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The young face of the murdered prostitute who was found stripped naked and ‘crucified’ beneath a bridge in Ugnano, a village near Florence, Italy, has been revealed.
Andrea Cristina Zamfir, 26, was discovered naked except for her gym shoes and socks and was bound with tape to an iron bar in a position similar to crucifixion.
The Romanian immigrant, who was murdered on Sunday night, is thought to be the victim of a serial killer akin to the ‘Monster of Florence’ who killed 16 people over 30 years ago.
Murdered: Andrea Cristina Zamfir, 26, was found naked and bound with tape to an iron bar in a position similar to crucifixion, beneath a bridge in Ugnano, a village near Florence, Italy
The close-up picture shows the tortured brunette woman’s face. She has dark brown eyes, long straight hair and two silver hoop earrings on in the photo.
Ms Zamfir was found by a cyclist beneath a motorway flyover at the end of Via del Cimitero after they spotted her body taped by the wrists to a road barrier, with her head slumped back.
Her clothes and handbag were found half a mile down the road near the Tuscan capital.
Italian police fear a serial killer like the ‘Monster of Florence’ could be responsible, as a year ago an Italian prostitute,46, was found in the same place and in a similar state, although she was still alive.
The woman, who had been raped, suffered internal injuries so serious that she spent three weeks in hospital.
She later identified the suspect as a short, chubby, balding man in his 50s with a white car, who spoke Italian.
‘For now all we can assume is that we are dealing with a case of a client who killed a prostitute. Our investigations will also determine if there is any connection between this death and the case that happened a year ago, when a prostitute was found by a client in a similar position. Fortunately, she was still alive,’ said one of the investigators.
There have also been four other incidents in the same area since 2006 involving both immigrants and prostitutes and four more attacks in the nearby city of Prato. The victims described their attacker as aged between 50 and 60, of stocky build and with thinning hair.
Police have begun house-to-house enquiries in a bid to track down Ms Zamfir’s killer.
The victim had a criminal record in Italy for prostitution, and was identified through her fingerprints.
Sources in the investigation said evidence shows that the dead woman was sexually abused before she was taped to the iron bar and then abandoned.
The allegations are supported by numerous bruises on her arms and back, showing that she tried hard to free herself.
A local police inspector said she had a terrible and slow death from internal bleeding.
He added: ‘The woman was found by a cyclist under the bridge in an area known to be frequented by prostitutes and drug users.’
A nearby neighbour, Pasquale Checcacci, who is in his 80s, was called to the scene by the cyclist.
He reportedly said the body ‘looked like it was crucified’.
Meanwhile, another resident in the village, Patrizia Ruggiero, 40, told La Nazione newspaper that she heard moans at 11.30pm and felt scared.
‘My puppy wasn’t barking, but I was afraid because I was by myself. My boyfriend wasn’t there, so I barricaded myself in my house,’ she said.
The ‘Monster of Florence’ notoriously killed 16 people around Florence from 1968 to 1985, using the same gun and pattern each time.
He prayed on couples in lovers’ lanes in the picturesque Italian city but was never caught.
The case of Ms Zamfir’s horrific murder is being investigated by prosecutor Paolo Canessa, who previously worked on the unsolved ‘Monster of Florence’ case.
‘We can say with certainty that the perpetrator is a homicidal maniac and that he is a serial homicidal maniac,’ he said, The Mirror reports.
The ‘Monster of Florence’ mystery is now being turned into a film, which George Clooney will produce and star in as the American writer Douglas Preston, who wrote the 2008 book the film is based on.
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A B C D E F G H I
J K L M N O P Q R
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B = 2 K = 2 T = 2
C = 3 L = 3 U = 3
D = 4 M = 4 V = 4
E = 5 N = 5 W = 5
F = 6 O = 6 X = 6
G = 7 P = 7 Y = 7
H = 8 Q = 8 Z = 8
I = 9 R = 9
Andrea Zamfir
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