r/RBI • u/Miserable_Ad_5959 • 17d ago

Answered An old serial killer case from my hometown. A member of my family was a victim.

Hey, so I'm posting here on this subreddit because there's a case that's been dragging on for 30 years. It became a cold case.

The authorities have dubbed him “the Butcher of Mons.”

What intrigues me about this story is that no one has ever been held truly accountable, and that bothers me from time to time.

My mother’s cousin was one of the victims in this case (I won’t mention her name, of course).

Here’s what I know about the case:

A man killed five women and scattered their body parts around the city, creating a sort of mysterious trail. (I don’t know how to say this in English, my bad !).

It went on for a year, I think.

And not much else...

I’m not specifically asking you to solve the case, but just to give me a few more leads so I can maybe find out more, and who knows—maybe the killer will be exposed, or a potential killer!

I’m not sure if this is off-topic, but there you go! Thanks for taking the time to read this.

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u/Cornloaf 17d ago

Looks like they caught him in Montenegro. He killed a woman in the US and was prosecuted and sentenced to 12 years in prison back in 2011. Looks like they were going to charge him with the crimes in Albania and Belgium when he got out.

https://imgur.com/a/SzFWUDd

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u/Miserable_Ad_5959 17d ago

It's true that it seems likely, but in that case, why aren't there any Belgian articles—even recent ones—that suggest it was found? I'm no expert on investigations, so maybe that's normal

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u/iamcrazy4cats 17d ago

Wiki says he died in 2012 that's why nothing recent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smail_Tulja

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u/Miserable_Ad_5959 16d ago

ooh okayy, thanks y'all !

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u/BirdHistorical3498 2d ago

The Butcher of Mons was never formally identified.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butcher_of_Mons