Simone Pianetti

Mass murderer

7known / alleged victims

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: Italy
Location: Camerata Cornello, Lombardy, Italy
Date of birth: February 7, 1858
Age at first offence: 56
Characteristics: anarchist, spree killer
Victim profile: Six men and one woman
Method of murder: Shooting (rifle)
Date(s) of murder: July 13, 1914
Years active: 1914
Date of arrest: —
Status: Imprisoned
He was never arrested and his body was never found; Simone Pianetti was an Italian mass murderer.

Case Summary

Case details

Simone Pianetti was an Italian mass murderer born in 1858. He was born in Camerata Cornello, Lombardy.

Background

At a young age, he attempted to kill his father due to a legacy question, but he missed his target. For unknown reasons he was not charged.

In an agreement with the local chief of the Carabinieri, he left Italy and went to the United States of America. After some years in the US he returned to Italy with a ticket paid for by his father.

Back in his village, Pianetti married a woman named Carlotta, who gave birth to nine children.

Pianetti opened a small restaurant where customers were also allowed to dance. Because the local pastor and other church people did not agree to the fact that there was dancing in Pianetti's restaurant, the municipality forced him to close down the restaurant.

After that, he opened a mill that ran on electric power, but it was also unsuccessful.

Pianetti was the only one in the village who did not attend church on Sundays. He had grown to think that everyone in Camerata Cornello hated him, which led him to his spree.

The offence

In the morning of 13 July 1914, Pianetti took his rifle and shot and killed 7 people, including:

Domenico Morali
Abramo Giudici, the manager of the municipality
Valeria, Abramo Giudici’s daughter
Giovanni Ghilardi, a shoemaker
Stefano Filippi, the shepard of the parish
Giovanni Giupponi, a lay man
Caterina Milesi, a farmer of Camerata Cornello

Investigation, search and flight

Soon after the killing, Pianetti left his village and reached Monte Cancervo, where he lived for some days.

A search composed of 200 people was conducted, including Carabinieri, the Polizia di Stato, and a company of the 78th infantry regiment.

Pianetti shot some bullets against some Carabinieri in order to flee into a mountain zone near the villages of Olmo al Brembo and Cassiglio.

He was never arrested and his body was never found.

Aftermath

Pianetti became a hero to many anarchists, because he fought against the power of the Roman Catholic Church in the Val Brembana.

People

Simone Pianetti — mass murderer
Carlotta — Pianetti’s wife; gave birth to nine children
Domenico Morali — killed victim
Abramo Giudici — killed victim; manager of the municipality
Valeria — killed victim; Abramo Giudici’s daughter
Giovanni Ghilardi — killed victim; shoemaker
Stefano Filippi — killed victim; shepard of the parish
Giovanni Giupponi — killed victim; lay man
Caterina Milesi — killed victim; farmer of Camerata Cornello

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