country conviction birth_place alias sentence birth_date victims beginyear article_title endyear name apprehended
italy april 12 , 2000 potenza , italy the liguria monster the monster of liguria 13 terms of life imprisonment 10 july 1951 17 1997 donato bilancia
 1998 donato bilancia may 6 , 1998
donato bilancia

donato `` walter '' bilancia -lrb- born july 10 , 1951 -rrb- is a serial killer who murdered 17 people -- nine women and eight men -- on the italian riviera in the seven months from october , 1997 to may , 1998 .
he was sentenced to 13 terms of life imprisonment , with no possibility of release .
