In July 2025, geneticist Ugo Ricci dropped another bombshell: DNA testing has revealed that Natalino Mele—the six-year-old boy who escaped the 1968 Signa murder—was not the biological son of Stefano Mele, the convicted husband. His real father was Giovanni Vinci, the eldest of the Vinci brothers and a member of the Sardinian "clan" under investigation since 1982. Giovanni Vinci had been romantically linked to Barbara Locci but had never been officially implicated.
The spree spanned 17 years, often occurring during new moons in isolated wooded areas: Il Mostro Di Firenze -The Monster Of Florence- ...
Suspicions remain that Pacciani was merely a pawn, or that the murders were ordered by someone else. In July 2025, geneticist Ugo Ricci dropped another
Sixteen victims. Eight brutal murders. Countless theories, suspects, and convictions. And yet, more than five decades after Barbara Locci and Antonio Lo Bianco were gunned down in their car, the true identity of the Monster of Florence remains unknown. The Italian courts have convicted men for these crimes—most notably Pietro Pacciani, later overturned, and his "Snack Buddies" Mario Vanni and Giancarlo Lotti. But as the Britannica recently noted, "it is widely believed that the actual killer (or killers) was never caught". The spree spanned 17 years, often occurring during
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Despite the convictions of Vanni and Lotti, many investigators, journalists, and researchers believe the true mastermind, or "Monster," was never caught.
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