Metod Trobec
Metod Trobec (June 6, 1948 – May 30, 2006) was a Slovene serial killer. Life and death. Trobec was born an illegitimate child in Planina nad Horjulom, then part of Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. At the age of 14, he is said to have burned his neighbor's hay, and to have stolen a moped at the age of 18. After doing his military service, he worked for Yugoslav Railways and then emigrated to Germany. He returned to Slovenia in 1974 and committed several crimes, and was sentenced to 13 months in prison. Between 1976 and 1978  he raped, killed, and cremated at least five women. He was sentenced to death (the last death sentence in Slovenia), but this was commuted to 20 years in prison. During his imprisonment he tried to kill fellow prisoners twice, and 15 years were added to his sentence. He committed suicide at Dob pri Mirni Prison in Slovenska Vas on May 30, 2006. He was buried at state expense in an anonymous grave in Šentrupert. At the time of his death, he had prostate cancer and spent 27 years in prison, which is a Slovenian record.