Luigi Chiatti

Murderer

2known / alleged victims

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: Italy
Location: Foligno, Perugia, Italy
Date of birth: February 27, 1968
Age at first offence: 24
Characteristics: rape
Victim profile: Simone Allegretti, 4 / Lorenzo Paolucci, 13
Method of murder: Strangulation
Date(s) of murder: October 4, 1992 / August 7, 1993
Years active: 1992–1993
Date of arrest: August 8, 1993
Status: Imprisoned
Sentenced to 30 years in prison in 1993.

Case Summary

Background

Luigi Chiatti was an Italian serial killer. He was born Antonio Rossi to a 24-year-old single mother, Maria Rossi, who worked as a waitress in a restaurant. Just after he was born, his mother gave him to an orphanage run by the nuns in Narni, Umbria. At the age of six, he was adopted by Ermanno Chiatti and Giacoma Ponti, a wealthy family from Foligno.

Investigation

Luigi Chiatti was arrested for the murder of Lorenzo Paolucci, 13, on August 8, 1993. He confessed to being the so-called "Monster of Foligno" who had already killed four-year-old Simone Allegretti on October 4, 1992.

Arrest

Trial

Sentencing

Luigi Chiatti was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 1993. He was still detained in Spoleto high-security prison at the time of the summary.

Outcome

Luigi Chiatti remained detained in Spoleto high-security prison while serving his 30-year sentence.

Other details

Luigi Chiatti was born February 27, 1968. He was adopted by Ermanno Chiatti and Giacoma Ponti from Foligno. Maria Rossi was 24 years old and was a single mother.

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