| Remember: If it's RUST, you can TRUST. Rust (orange-brown) text reflects real world information. Otherwise, this wiki contains FICTION from the worlds of author R.L. Akers. Click here for details. |
The Mad Batter: Difference between revisions
From WikiRLA
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
! Alma mater | ! Alma mater | ||
| Barbera Academy High School | | [[Barbera Academy High School]] | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction Convictions] | ! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction Convictions] | ||
| Line 46: | Line 46: | ||
'''Gian Lazzaro''' (born Giovanni Raffaele Lazzaro; September 12, 1990), sometimes known by the mob nickname '''"the Mouse"''' (Italian: ''Il Topo'') or more popularly as '''the''' '''Mad Batter''', is an American serial killer who pleaded guilty to a series of seven homicides committed in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City] between 2008 and 2016. Each murder, and at least one additional attack from which his victim recovered, was perpetrated with a wooden [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_bat baseball bat]. | '''Gian Lazzaro''' (born Giovanni Raffaele Lazzaro; September 12, 1990), sometimes known by the mob nickname '''"the Mouse"''' (Italian: ''Il Topo'') or more popularly as '''the''' '''Mad Batter''', is an American serial killer who pleaded guilty to a series of seven homicides committed in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City] between 2008 and 2016. Each murder, and at least one additional attack from which his victim recovered, was perpetrated with a wooden [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_bat baseball bat]. | ||
Lazzaro was never suspected of any of the crimes until weeks after his final murder in 2016. Despite suspicious circumstances, the death of his first victim was initially ruled an accident, and the bodies of his next three victims were not recovered until years later, hampering investigation. At first, no link between any of the victims was readily apparent, and even for some time later, the suggestion of a link was deemed theoretical at best. When police finally began to consider a connection among the cases, suspicion fell primarily upon [[Matteo Di Buca]], a member of the [[Di Buca crime family]] who was known to have attended Barbera Academy High School in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn Brooklyn] with several of the victims (as well as Lazzaro). For a brief time in early March 2016, homicide detective Patrick McMurphy was also suspected of involvement in at least some of the murders, which he allegedly committed in return for bribes from the Di Bucas. However, McMurphy was quickly proven innocent of any wrongdoing. | Lazzaro was never suspected of any of the crimes until weeks after his final murder in 2016. Despite suspicious circumstances, the death of his first victim was initially ruled an accident, and the bodies of his next three victims were not recovered until years later, hampering investigation. At first, no link between any of the victims was readily apparent, and even for some time later, the suggestion of a link was deemed theoretical at best. When police finally began to consider a connection among the cases, suspicion fell primarily upon [[Matteo Di Buca]], a member of the [[Di Buca crime family]] who was known to have attended [[Barbera Academy High School]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn Brooklyn] with several of the victims (as well as Lazzaro). For a brief time in early March 2016, homicide detective Patrick McMurphy was also suspected of involvement in at least some of the murders, which he allegedly committed in return for bribes from the Di Bucas. However, McMurphy was quickly proven innocent of any wrongdoing. | ||
On March 15, 2016, Lazzaro was taken into custody by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department New York City police] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide_investigator homicide detectives] outside an abandoned building in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunts_Point,_Bronx Hunts Point, Bronx], a notorious [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-light_district red light district]. In the months that followed, he was indicted and stood trial for all seven murders and one attempted murder, the latter charge eventually being downgraded to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault#Aggravated_assault assault with a deadly weapon]. Lazzaro pleaded guilty to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_in_New_York_law#Felony_murder_rule first-degree murder] for six of the killings and cooperated fully with authorities throughout the course of the investigation and trial. He bragged openly in court about his crimes, for which the judge frequently held him [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_court in contempt]. | On March 15, 2016, Lazzaro was taken into custody by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department New York City police] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide_investigator homicide detectives] outside an abandoned building in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunts_Point,_Bronx Hunts Point, Bronx], a notorious [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-light_district red light district]. In the months that followed, he was indicted and stood trial for all seven murders and one attempted murder, the latter charge eventually being downgraded to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault#Aggravated_assault assault with a deadly weapon]. Lazzaro pleaded guilty to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_in_New_York_law#Felony_murder_rule first-degree murder] for six of the killings and cooperated fully with authorities throughout the course of the investigation and trial. He bragged openly in court about his crimes, for which the judge frequently held him [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_court in contempt]. | ||
