well stranger things hae happendd im still a bit sceptical though is there anything to link this guy with dalkieth
Nothing more than all the other places in Europe where murders are thought to have been committed by him.
Restivo's conviction yesterday for Heather Barnett's murder brings to a close an extraordinary story, but many mysteries remain. Some observers are convinced that a compulsive, psychotic killer such as Restivo must have commited more murders between 1993 and 2002.
Over the years he has been linked to many other deaths, particularly to a series of brutal murders in southern France and Spain. In September 1997 a young
French-Algerian woman from Perpignan, Moktharia Chaib, was stabbed and her breasts, as well as other body parts, removed. Marie Hélène Gonzalez had, in 1998, been
brutally mutilated, having disappeared in Perpignan. In 1999, in Puerto de
Alcuida, Majorca, a British woman called Yvonne O'Brien was stabbed 40 times and one of her breasts was removed. On Easter Day 2003 a South Korean woman adopted by an Italian family, Erika Ansermin, disappeared. Her body has never been found but a photograph of her, downloaded from an Italian news channel, was found on Restivo's computer.
His first murder was Elisa Claps in Italy As a child he tied two children to chairs and attacked them with a knife but it was hushed up and settled out of court. It was the discovery of Claps body mummified in a church that set the ball rolling for the conviction of Heather Barnet in Dorset in 2002.
There is a significant diaspora of Italians in Scotland. He may have had friends. I believe his wife may have had family in Scotland but I may be wrong.
You should look at this guy more closely nugnug. Just put in his name to find a mountain of information about him.
His MO is pretty clear.
IS IT WORTH A CHECK
Where EXACTLY was Danilo Restivo on the evening of 30/06/03?
Similarities between the Heather Barnett murder (12/11/2002) and that of Jodie Jones (30/06/2003).
1 Head wounds; both had blunt force injuries to the back of the head with no weapon found, though a hammer was attributed in HB’s case. However the pathologist in the Jones case said it could also have been made by forcing her head against something hard like a wall.
2 Neck wounds; both suffered massive mutilation injuries with a bladed weapon to the neck area almost severing the head.
3 Breast area; both had been mutilated in this area. Barnett’s were fully removed. Jones’s left breast had been attacked.
4 Both crime scenes had evidence of a struggle before death.
5 Clothes; both victims had their clothes cut off.
6 Elements of symmetry/quirkiness; it is said that HB’s incised breasts were placed either side of her head. Jodie’s brassiere cups were placed one inside the other.
7 Hair; HB had some of her hair placed by one hand with the hair of another woman next to the other. Jodie had some of her hair pulled out and some of her hair was around her fingers. The uncovered body overnight with rain may be a factor either as a cause or adjuster of volume or positioning. It seems to me from pictures that all three women had auburn hair.
Danilo Restivo tied up his first victim the Italian Alisa Claps and Jodie was tied up. He was also suspected of tying up two children and cutting one with a knife. Settled out of court in Italy when he was younger.
Part of my reasoning for him as JJ's killer is that he may have wanted to conduct a similar murder to that of Heather Barnett to shift suspicion he was under in Dorset by murdering elsewhere with a similar MO having created an alibi for the killing of JJ. It is possible that the Dorset and Scottish police forces were not in communication at the time of JJ's murder because the Dorset police had shifted their attention from DR to HB's ex by 2003. It is unlikely that the Scottish police were following the HB case because it was not UK wide news in 2003 and was still under investigation.
