Leszek Jacek Pękalski, known as The Vampire of Bytów (born 12 February 1966) is a Polish murderer and suspected
serial killer
A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more persons,A
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. He is believed to have killed at least 17 people between 1984 and 1992. At some stages of the criminal proceedings, he admitted to having killed as many as 80 people;
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] which he later retracted.
Nevertheless, due to problems with the collection of evidence, he was convicted of only one murder. Pękalski is set to be released in December 2017,
then transferred to a National Center for the Prevention of Dyssocial Behavior in
Gostynin
Gostynin is a town in central Poland with 19,414 inhabitants (2004). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodship since 1999 and was previously in the Płock Voivodship from 1975 to 1998. It is the capital of Gostynin County.
History
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See also
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List of serial killers by country
This is a list of notable serial killers, by the country where most of the killings occurred.
Convicted serial killers by country Afghanistan
*Abdullah Shah: killed at least 20 travelers on the road from Kabul to Jalalabad while serving under ...
References
1966 births
20th-century Polish criminals
21st-century Polish criminals
Living people
People convicted of murder by Poland
Polish people convicted of murder
Suspected serial killers
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