Metod Trobec
Serial killer
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Case Facts
- Gender
- male
- Country
- former Yugoslavia
- Location
- Slovenia, former Yugoslavia
- Date of birth
- July 6, 1948
- Age at first offence
- 30
- Characteristics
- serial rapist, rape, abuser, torture
- Victim profile
- Vido Markovič, 18 / Marjano Cankar, 52 / Urško Brečko, 20 / Ano Plevnik, 42 / Zorko Nikolič, 35 / Olge Pajič, 36
- Method of murder
- Strangulation
- Date(s) of murder
- 1978
- Years active
- 1978
- Date of arrest
- —
- Status
-
Died in custody
Sentenced to death, 1980; commuted to 20 years in prison; committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell on May 30, 2006
Case Summary
Identification
Metod Trobec (born July 6, 1948; died May 30, 2006) was a serial killer in Slovenia.
Other details
Metod Trobec was also referred to as “the Monster of Gorejne Vasi.” He raped and killed at least five women. He burned the victims’ remains in an oven.
Timeline
- July 6, 1948 — Metod Trobec was born.
- 1978 — Trobec raped and murdered five women and burned their remains in his home baker’s oven.
- 1979 — Trobec was arrested for the murder of at least 5 women.
- 1980 — Trobec was sentenced to death.
- Date not stated — The Supreme Court of Slovenia commuted his sentence to 20 years in prison.
- 1992 — Trobec tried to murder another inmate and received 15 more years in prison.
- May 30, 2006 — Trobec committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell.
- May 31, 2006 — Prison authorities said he hanged himself with a blanket in a prison in Dob pri Mirni, southeastern Slovenia.
Outcome
Trobec was sentenced to death in 1980. His sentence was commuted to 20 years in prison by the Supreme Court of Slovenia. He was not released because in 1992 he attempted to murder another inmate and received an additional 15 years in prison. Trobec hanged himself in his cell on May 30, 2006.
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