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We all deserve a second chance in life, for our
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small indiscretions or when we show real change in ourselves.
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But some people just shouldn't be given that chance. This
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week we discuss Jack Unterweger, the Vienna Strangler. Let's open
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the serial killer file. Johannes Jack Unterweger was born August 16, 1950,
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in the province of Styria, Austria, to a single mother,
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Theresia Unterweger. Theresia left home in her late teens to
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work as a barmaid and waitress, and was a petty criminal,
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committing theft and fraud, but was also, purportedly, a prostitute.
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She met an American soldier in Trieste, Italy, and became
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pregnant soon after. For much of her pregnancy, she was
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jailed for fraud, but was released and returned to Graz,
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Austria to give birth to Jack. Jack spent much of
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his childhood in the care of his maternal grandfather after
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his mother was arrested in 1953. He claimed they lived
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in poverty, and his grandfather was an abusive alcoholic who
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introduced him to drinking at a very young age. Surrounded
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by the seedy underbelly of Austrian society, He was raised
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around prostitutes and pimps, eventually adopting the lifestyle, acting as
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a pimp to a local prostitute. Likely due to the
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abandonment by his mother, he developed a hatred of women
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and a penchant for violence. Jack assaulted a prostitute at
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the age of 16 and was arrested, and later accumulated
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over 16 more convictions into early childhood, mainly for petty
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crime and sexual assaults. But his first murder, committed when
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he was 24 years old, set the precedent for what
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was to come. In 1974, Jack was in a relationship
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with a prostitute, Barbara Scholz, and while out driving, he
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spotted a friend of hers, an 18-year-old German woman named
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Margaret Schaefer. According to testimony by Barbara, the pair picked
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her up after robbing Margaret's parents' house and drove her
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to an isolated location. When she refused to have sex
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with him, he struck her in the head and strangled
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her to death with the strap of her own bra,
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abandoning her body in the woods. Jack confessed to seeing
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his mother's face in Margaret's and said he simply snapped.
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He was arrested and convicted for the crime in 1976
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and was sentenced to life in prison. The forensic psychologist
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who examined him at his trial declared him a sexually
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sadistic psychopath with narcissistic and histrionic tendencies and believed he
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was a severe danger to society. However, in prison, Jack flourished.
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He had been illiterate prior to his incarceration and taught
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himself to read and write and with his new skills
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wrote children's books, poetry, and a best-selling autobiography titled titled
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Purgatory or the Trip to Jail? Report of a Guilty
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Man in 1983. His accomplishments and good behavior earned him
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the esteem of the literary community in Austria, who saw
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him as a reformed man and sought to have him
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pardoned in 1985. Though he was required to serve the
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15-year minimum of his sentence, he continued to write and
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gain more favor in the Austrian public, and he was
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finally paroled on May 23rd, 1990. Jack became a media celebrity,
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appearing on television shows, working for magazines, and reporting for
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public broadcaster ORF, working on crime stories. Outwardly, he maintained
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the appearance of a 40-year-old wealthy intellectual bachelor surrounded by
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beautiful young women. But little did the public know that
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beneath the surface lay a monster in hiding. Bodies of
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prostitutes began turning up in Vienna shortly after Jack's release.
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On September 15, 1990, the body of 30-year-old Blanka Bakova
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was found by Vltava River in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She was
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nude except for her wedding ring and socks. A few
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weeks after Blanka's body was found, 39-year-old Brunhilde Masser, a
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well-known prostitute in the area, was reported missing. In December,
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Heidi Marie Hammerer, a local prostitute, went missing, and her
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body was found near Graz on New Year's Eve. Five
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days later, the decomposing body of Brunhilde Masser was found
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near Bregenz, Austria. All three women were poorly concealed by
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leaves and branches, partially nude, and were strangled using an
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intricate slipknot. Police faced difficulty in handling the cases. Prostitution
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was legal in Austria. No witnesses came forward and little
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physical evidence could be tied to a particular person. The
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only clues were several unidentifiable red fibers found on Heidi
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Marie's clothing. On March 7th, 1991, another prostitute by the
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name of Elfriede Schrempf disappeared from the same area as Brunhilde.
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On October 5th, that same year, her skeletal remains were found,
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convincing the authorities that they had a serial killer on
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the loose. Within the span of a month, four more
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prostitutes would disappear from Penzing, Vienna. As for Jack Unterweger,
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his career was only growing. In June of 1991, Jack
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flew to Los Angeles, California to write for an Austrian
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magazine about the differences in attitude towards prostitution between the
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United States and Austria. There, he participated in ride-alongs with
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police under the guise of research, all while committing more crimes.
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The bodies of 21-year-old Shannon Exley, 33-year-old Irene Rodriguez, and
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26-year-old Sherry Long were found in the area within the
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span of a month. All three women were involved in
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prostitution and had been beaten, sexually assaulted, and strangled with
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a piece of their clothing, which had knots identical to
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to the ones used in the Austrian murders. Jack was
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not on the police's radar until 70-year-old retired investigator August
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Schenner noted the similarities between Jack's first homicide and the
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recent local killings. Police now had to investigate a man
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who by all appearances was a well-adjusted former criminal turned
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celebrity writer. Looking through his credit card and car rental records,
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Police linked Jack to the victims at the time each disappeared.
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Witnesses reported seeing a man wearing a leather jacket and
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red scarf with two of the victims just before they
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went missing. After obtaining Warren's, police searched Jack's apartment in
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Vienna and his car and found the red scarf that
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matched the fibers found on Heidi Marie Hammerer. DNA evidence
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connected him to the murder of Blanka Bokova and the
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Los Angeles murders. Upon being tipped off by friends, Jack
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and his 18-year-old girlfriend Bianca Mrock fled Austria across Europe,
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traveling to Canada and entering the United States. He contacted
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the press in Austria and played the victim, accusing police
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of framing him for their lack of suspects, but that
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didn't stop authorities from hunting him down. Jack and Bianca
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were apprehended by U.S. Marshals on February 27th 1992, while
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collecting money from a Western Union in Miami, Florida. Jack
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chose not to fight extradition to Austria because facing murder
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charges in California meant facing the death penalty. He returned
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to Austria four months later, and not long after, the
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bodies of four prostitutes turned up. Sabine Moitse was found
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in a wooded area just outside of Vienna on May 20, 1992,
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followed by the body of Karen Eroglu three days later.
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The remains of Sylvia Zagler and Regina Prem were never found,
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but it is believed Jack killed them in April of
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1991 and dumped their bodies near Graz. In June 1994,
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in the Trial of the Century, as it was called,
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Jack was tried for 11 counts of murder. Throughout the proceedings,
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he attempted to manipulate and charm the jury into buying
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his innocence, but he was very much unsuccessful. He was
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found guilty for nine counts of murder on June 28, 1994,
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and was sentenced to life in prison. The next night,
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Jack hanged himself in his prison cell, where he died.
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In total, Jack Unterweger was attributed to the deaths of
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12 women, including that of Marcia Horvath, whom he was
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accused of killing but never tried for. Because Jack had
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not exhausted his appeals, Austrian law does not sustain his
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conviction after his death. So the law may technically consider
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him innocent, but his infamous legacy as a serial killer
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We all deserve a second chance in life, for our
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small indiscretions or when we show real change in ourselves.
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But some people just shouldn't be given that chance. This
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week we discuss Jack Unterweger, the Vienna Strangler. Let's open
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the serial killer file. Johannes Jack Unterweger was born August 16, 1950,
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in the province of Styria, Austria, to a single mother,
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Theresia Unterweger. Theresia left home in her late teens to
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work as a barmaid and waitress, and was a petty criminal,
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committing theft and fraud, but was also, purportedly, a prostitute.
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She met an American soldier in Trieste, Italy, and became
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pregnant soon after. For much of her pregnancy, she was
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jailed for fraud, but was released and returned to Graz,
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Austria to give birth to Jack. Jack spent much of
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his childhood in the care of his maternal grandfather after
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his mother was arrested in 1953. He claimed they lived
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in poverty, and his grandfather was an abusive alcoholic who
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introduced him to drinking at a very young age. Surrounded
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by the seedy underbelly of Austrian society, He was raised
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around prostitutes and pimps, eventually adopting the lifestyle, acting as
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a pimp to a local prostitute. Likely due to the
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abandonment by his mother, he developed a hatred of women
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and a penchant for violence. Jack assaulted a prostitute at
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the age of 16 and was arrested, and later accumulated
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over 16 more convictions into early childhood, mainly for petty
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crime and sexual assaults. But his first murder, committed when
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he was 24 years old, set the precedent for what
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was to come. In 1974, Jack was in a relationship
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with a prostitute, Barbara Scholz, and while out driving, he
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spotted a friend of hers, an 18-year-old German woman named
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Margaret Schaefer. According to testimony by Barbara, the pair picked
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her up after robbing Margaret's parents' house and drove her
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to an isolated location. When she refused to have sex
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with him, he struck her in the head and strangled
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her to death with the strap of her own bra,
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abandoning her body in the woods. Jack confessed to seeing
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his mother's face in Margaret's and said he simply snapped.
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He was arrested and convicted for the crime in 1976
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and was sentenced to life in prison. The forensic psychologist
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who examined him at his trial declared him a sexually
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sadistic psychopath with narcissistic and histrionic tendencies and believed he
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was a severe danger to society. However, in prison, Jack flourished.
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He had been illiterate prior to his incarceration and taught
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himself to read and write and with his new skills
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wrote children's books, poetry, and a best-selling autobiography titled titled
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Purgatory or the Trip to Jail? Report of a Guilty
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Man in 1983. His accomplishments and good behavior earned him
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the esteem of the literary community in Austria, who saw
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him as a reformed man and sought to have him
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pardoned in 1985. Though he was required to serve the
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15-year minimum of his sentence, he continued to write and
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gain more favor in the Austrian public, and he was
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finally paroled on May 23rd, 1990. Jack became a media celebrity,
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appearing on television shows, working for magazines, and reporting for
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public broadcaster ORF, working on crime stories. Outwardly, he maintained
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the appearance of a 40-year-old wealthy intellectual bachelor surrounded by
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beautiful young women. But little did the public know that
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beneath the surface lay a monster in hiding. Bodies of
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prostitutes began turning up in Vienna shortly after Jack's release.
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On September 15, 1990, the body of 30-year-old Blanka Bakova
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was found by Vltava River in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She was
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nude except for her wedding ring and socks. A few
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weeks after Blanka's body was found, 39-year-old Brunhilde Masser, a
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well-known prostitute in the area, was reported missing. In December,
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Heidi Marie Hammerer, a local prostitute, went missing, and her
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body was found near Graz on New Year's Eve. Five
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days later, the decomposing body of Brunhilde Masser was found
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near Bregenz, Austria. All three women were poorly concealed by
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leaves and branches, partially nude, and were strangled using an
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intricate slipknot. Police faced difficulty in handling the cases. Prostitution
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was legal in Austria. No witnesses came forward and little
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physical evidence could be tied to a particular person. The
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only clues were several unidentifiable red fibers found on Heidi
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Marie's clothing. On March 7th, 1991, another prostitute by the
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name of Elfriede Schrempf disappeared from the same area as Brunhilde.
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On October 5th, that same year, her skeletal remains were found,
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convincing the authorities that they had a serial killer on
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the loose. Within the span of a month, four more
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prostitutes would disappear from Penzing, Vienna. As for Jack Unterweger,
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his career was only growing. In June of 1991, Jack
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flew to Los Angeles, California to write for an Austrian
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magazine about the differences in attitude towards prostitution between the
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United States and Austria. There, he participated in ride-alongs with
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police under the guise of research, all while committing more crimes.
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The bodies of 21-year-old Shannon Exley, 33-year-old Irene Rodriguez, and
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26-year-old Sherry Long were found in the area within the
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span of a month. All three women were involved in
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prostitution and had been beaten, sexually assaulted, and strangled with
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a piece of their clothing, which had knots identical to
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to the ones used in the Austrian murders. Jack was
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not on the police's radar until 70-year-old retired investigator August
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Schenner noted the similarities between Jack's first homicide and the
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recent local killings. Police now had to investigate a man
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who by all appearances was a well-adjusted former criminal turned
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celebrity writer. Looking through his credit card and car rental records,
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Police linked Jack to the victims at the time each disappeared.
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Witnesses reported seeing a man wearing a leather jacket and
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red scarf with two of the victims just before they
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went missing. After obtaining Warren's, police searched Jack's apartment in
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Vienna and his car and found the red scarf that
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matched the fibers found on Heidi Marie Hammerer. DNA evidence
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connected him to the murder of Blanka Bokova and the
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Los Angeles murders. Upon being tipped off by friends, Jack
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and his 18-year-old girlfriend Bianca Mrock fled Austria across Europe,
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traveling to Canada and entering the United States. He contacted
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the press in Austria and played the victim, accusing police
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of framing him for their lack of suspects, but that
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didn't stop authorities from hunting him down. Jack and Bianca
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were apprehended by U.S. Marshals on February 27th 1992, while
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collecting money from a Western Union in Miami, Florida. Jack
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chose not to fight extradition to Austria because facing murder
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charges in California meant facing the death penalty. He returned
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to Austria four months later, and not long after, the
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bodies of four prostitutes turned up. Sabine Moitse was found
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in a wooded area just outside of Vienna on May 20, 1992,
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followed by the body of Karen Eroglu three days later.
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The remains of Sylvia Zagler and Regina Prem were never found,
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but it is believed Jack killed them in April of
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1991 and dumped their bodies near Graz. In June 1994,
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in the Trial of the Century, as it was called,
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Jack was tried for 11 counts of murder. Throughout the proceedings,
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he attempted to manipulate and charm the jury into buying
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his innocence, but he was very much unsuccessful. He was
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found guilty for nine counts of murder on June 28, 1994,
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and was sentenced to life in prison. The next night,
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Jack hanged himself in his prison cell, where he died.
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In total, Jack Unterweger was attributed to the deaths of
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12 women, including that of Marcia Horvath, whom he was
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accused of killing but never tried for. Because Jack had
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not exhausted his appeals, Austrian law does not sustain his
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conviction after his death. So the law may technically consider
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him innocent, but his infamous legacy as a serial killer
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