Cold Cases in Italy

ColdCaseIndex documents 4 cases in Italy, dated 1968 to 2014. 1 is recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Monster of Florence Victims (1968) and the most recent is Saronno Hospital Patient Deaths (Leonardo Cazzaniga case) (2014).

Regions covered: Tuscany (1).

Status of the 4 cases in this index
  • Unsolved 1 (25%)
  • Partly resolved 1 (25%)
  • Solved or convicted 2 (50%)
Italy cases by decade
Decade of the incident or disappearance. Select a column to see every case from that decade.
012341960s: 1 case11960s1970s1980s: 1 case1980s1990s2000s: 1 case2000s2010s: 1 case2010s
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DecadeCases
1960s1
1980s1
2000s1
2010s1

By type

2 Serial Killer Cases1 Missing Person1 Homicide

All Italy cases

Conviction 2014

Saronno Hospital Patient Deaths (Leonardo Cazzaniga case)

Leonardo Cazzaniga, a former deputy head of the emergency department at Saronno Hospital in Lombardy, Italy, was convicted of killing patients with overdoses of morphine, anaesthetics and sedatives.

Saronno Serial Killer Victims
Conviction 2007

Meredith Kercher

British exchange student Meredith Kercher, 21, was killed in her bedroom in Perugia, Italy, on November 1, 2007. Rudy Guede was convicted of murder and sexual assault in 2008 and released in 2021 after serving 13 years of a…

Perugia Homicide Age 21
Unsolved 1983

Emanuela Orlandi

Fifteen-year-old Emanuela Orlandi, daughter of a Vatican employee, disappeared in Rome. Her case has been linked to theories involving the Vatican, organized crime, and international espionage.

Rome Missing Person Age 15
Partially Solved 1968

Monster of Florence Victims

Sixteen people were killed in eight double shootings in the countryside around Florence, Italy, between 1968 and 1985, most of them couples in parked cars.

Florence Serial Killer Victims