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Theofilos SECHIDIS
Classification: Mass murderer
Characteristics:
Parricide
- Dismemberment
Number of victims: 5
Date of murders: May 1996
Date
of arrest:August
1996
Date of birth: 1972
Victims profile: His parents, sister, grandmother
and an uncle
Method of murder: Shooting
Location: Thasos Island, Greece
Status:
Sentenced to life
in prison on June 20, 1997
In May 1996, 24-year-old, Greek law school student
Theo Sechidis confessed to murdering his parents, sister, grandmother
and an uncle on the northeastern Aegean island of Thasos.
Theo told
police he murdered each one separately over a five-day period, hacking
up their bodies and placing the remains in black plastic garbage bags
and leaving them in a garbage dump.
During his trial Theo said he
thought his family members were plotting against him and he had to act
in self defense.
On June 20, 1997 he was
found guilty of five counts of murder.
Mayhem.net
Law Student Accused of Slaughtering Five Family Members
Apnewsarchive.com
August 9, 1996
ATHENS, Greece (AP) _ A 24-year-old law school student was accused of
killing five members of his family, dismembering their bodies and
burying them at a garbage dump, police said today.
Police said that Theofilos Sechidis confessed Thursday to murdering his
parents, sister, grandmother and an uncle on the northeastern Aegean
island of Thasos in May. They were reported missing by relatives two
months ago.
He told police he murdered each one separately over a five-day period,
hacking up their bodies and placing the remains in black plastic garbage
bags.
News of the gruesome murders, a rarity in this relatively crime-free
country, covered the front pages of almost every Athens daily paper.
Private television channels carried live coverage of police searching
for body parts.
