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'''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 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 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 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 baseball bat. | ||
{{#spoiler:hide=hide_message|Testing one, two, trhee}}testing 1, 2, 3 | |||
Lazzaro was never suspected of any of the crimes until weeks after his final murder in 2016.<sup>[1]</sup> 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.<sup>[2]</sup> 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 Brooklyn with several of the victims<sup>[3]</sup> (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.<sup>[4]</sup> However, McMurphy was quickly proven innocent of any wrongdoing.<sup>[5]</sup> | Lazzaro was never suspected of any of the crimes until weeks after his final murder in 2016.<sup>[1]</sup> 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.<sup>[2]</sup> 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 Brooklyn with several of the victims<sup>[3]</sup> (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.<sup>[4]</sup> However, McMurphy was quickly proven innocent of any wrongdoing.<sup>[5]</sup> | ||
