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• [Crime fact 1] In 2007, a thief drove a $280,000 Porsche through the glass window of a Malaysian luxury car showroom. The car was abandoned nearby, its fuel tank empty. The thief kept the keys and returned with a can of gas to the police station where the car was impounded, successfully stealing the vehicle a second time.

  Crime, Transportsource

• [Crime fact 2] André Stander was a South African police officer who robbed almost 30 banks. Sometimes he’d carry out a crime during his lunch break and then return to the scene as an investigating officer. He was caught but escaped, formed a gang and robbed more banks. He was eventually killed in Florida.

  Crime, Peoplesource

• [Crime fact 3] An Italian woman named Leonarda Cianciulli went through 17 pregnancies during her marriage, but only four of her children made it into adulthood, so she was very protective of them. When one of her boys was preparing to enlist for WW2, determined to protect him, she resorted to human sacrifice. She killed 3 women who were all her neighbors. She then cut them into small pieces, turned their body fat into soap which was given to her neighbors. She also used their blood as an ingredient for cakes which were eaten by her friends, her son and herself.

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• [Crime fact 4] In December 2000, a family in Setagaya, Japan was killed in their home. After killing the family, the murderer used the family computer, ate ice cream, used the bathroom, and left his pullover behind before leaving. Although the police have the suspect's DNA and a possible description, the case remains unsolved.

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• [Crime fact 5] In 2001, a 12-year-old boy named Christopher Pittman shot his grandparents, burned their house down, and stole their car to flee the scene in Huntsville, Alabama. His attorneys maintain that the side effects of Zoloft (which was not approved for minors) caused him to do it. Pittman was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2005, which was later reduced to 25 years.

  Crime, Peoplesource

• [Crime fact 6] Kenneth McDuff, a Texas serial killer who was on death row, was then paroled, committed more murders and then finally executed. He caused an overhaul of the Texas Justice system including harsher paroles, more prisons and a rise in executions.

  Crime, Death, Peoplesource

• [Crime fact 7] Serial killer John Wayne Gacy (killing at least 33 young men) was very active in local community activities. As a result of his contributions, he met and was photographed with then-First Lady Rosalynn Carter and given special security clearance by the secret service.

  Crime, People, Placessource

• [Crime fact 8] Chicago gangs in the 1970s and 80s made business cards, or "compliment cards," with member nicknames, associated symbols and turf, and the names and symbols of rival gangs. These cards were used to show affiliation, recruit new members, and disrespect rival gangs by inverting their symbols.

  Crime, Miscsource

• [Crime fact 9] Juan Catalan spent nearly 6 months in jail for the murder of a teenage girl until his lawyer found unused footage from HBO's 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' that proved he had been at a Dodger's game with his 6 years old daughter.

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• [Crime fact 10] In 1996, the infamous serial killer 'The Yorkshire Ripper' (Peter Sutcliffe) was almost strangled to death in custody, before being saved by serial killer Kenneth Erskine aka 'The Stockwell Strangler'.

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