Ion Rîmaru

Ion Rîmaru
Born	Ion Rîmaru 12 October 1946 Caracal, Olt County, Romania
Died	23 October 1971 (aged 25) Jilava, Ilfov County, Romania
Cause of death	Executed (firing squad)
Other names	The Vampire of Bucharest The Wolf-Man
Criminal penalty	Death
Conviction(s)	4 counts of murder in the first degree
Killings
Victims	4
Span of killings	8 April 1970–4 May 1971
Country	Romania
Date apprehended	27 May 1971

Ion Rîmaru (or, in newer spelling, Râmaru; b. 12 October 1946, Caracal–d. 23 October 1971, Jilava) was a Romanian serial killer dubbed "the vampire of Bucharest" or "the blondes' killer". He terrorized Bucharest between 1970 and 1971. All Romanians that had the name of "Rîmaru" changed them after this. Authorities had made over 2,500 arrests before he was apprehended. Ion Rîmaru killed four women and attacked more than 10 others. The women were attacked with an axe, bitten on the breasts and thighs and raped after they were already dead.

Rîmaru's parents married in Caracal and had three sons, Ion being their eldest child. His father, Florea, would beat his mother daily; the couple eventually separated and his father moved to Bucharest, taking a job as a night tram driver. After his death years later, Florea was discovered to have been a serial killer (see below).

Ion was born in Corabia. His early life was a troubled one: he repeated the ninth grade, provoked a public scandal in his home town when he was found to be having a sexual relationship with the minor daughter of his teacher, and, at age 18, was convicted of aggravated theft. Nevertheless, during high school, he always received a perfect grade in conduct.

He entered the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in 1966 with a grade of 5.33 (out of 10). He repeated his second year there. At the time of his arrest, Rîmaru was in the course of repeating his third year. Although he entered a university, one of his professors described him as shy and semi-literate, with a very poor vocabulary and an extremely narrow set of interests.

His roommates reported that he behaved strangely, so they avoided him. When he became enraged, he would harm himself; he was found to have over 20 cuts on his arms and legs. From adolescence, Rîmaru had an uncontrollable libido. For instance, a university classmate reported that one night, at the dormitory, Rîmaru did not sleep at all, but instead prowled outside a room where he knew a girl had come to visit a classmate. Doctors diagnosed him with esophageal spasm, reactive nervous syndrome and mental problems in 1967.

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