Kampatimar Shankariya
AGAIN NO PICTURES INDIA IM GUESSING THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO TAKE ANY
Classification: Serial killer
Characteristics: Told police that he had killed his victims for the pleasure it provided
Number of victims: 70 +
Date of murders: 1977 - 1978
Date of arrest: 1978
Date of birth: 1952
Victims profile: Men and women
Method of murder: Hitting with a hammer
Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Status: Executed by hanging at Jaipur on May 16, 1979
A native of Jaipur, India, 27-year-old Kampatimar Shankariya was convicted in early 1979 of using a hammer to murder at least seventy victims over the past two years. In his detailed confession, Shankariya told police that he had killed his victims for the pleasure it provided.
Hanged at Jaipur on May 16, 1979, the killer's last words were a gallows lament. "I have murdered in vain," he declared. "Nobody should become like me."
AGAIN NO PICTURES INDIA IM GUESSING THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO TAKE ANY
Classification: Serial killer
Characteristics: Told police that he had killed his victims for the pleasure it provided
Number of victims: 70 +
Date of murders: 1977 - 1978
Date of arrest: 1978
Date of birth: 1952
Victims profile: Men and women
Method of murder: Hitting with a hammer
Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Status: Executed by hanging at Jaipur on May 16, 1979
A native of Jaipur, India, 27-year-old Kampatimar Shankariya was convicted in early 1979 of using a hammer to murder at least seventy victims over the past two years. In his detailed confession, Shankariya told police that he had killed his victims for the pleasure it provided.
Hanged at Jaipur on May 16, 1979, the killer's last words were a gallows lament. "I have murdered in vain," he declared. "Nobody should become like me."
