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1979: Kampatimar Shankariya

Posted on 16 May, 2019 by Headsman

“I have murdered in vain,” said India’s most prolific serial killer as he went to the gallows in Jaipur on this date in 1979. “Nobody should become like me.”

Becoming like Kampatiyar Shankariya would entail committing upwards of 70 hammer-bludgeon murders.

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Posted in 20th Century, Capital Punishment, Common Criminals, Crime, Death Penalty, Execution, Hanged, India, Murder, Serial Killers | Tagged 1970s, 1979, jaipur, kampatimar shankariya, may 16

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