Ricardo Silvio Caputo (1949 – October 1, 1997) was an Argentine American serial killer active during the 1970s who was known as The Lady Killer.[1]

Ricardo Caputo
Undated photo of Caputo
Born1949 (1949)
Died (aged 48)
Other names"The Lady Killer"
Details
Victims4–6
Span of crimes
1971–1977
CountryUnited States, Mexico
State(s)New York, California, State of Mexico
Date apprehended
March 1, 1994

Life

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Caputo was born in 1949 in Mendoza, Argentina. In 1970, he moved to the United States and settled in New York City. According to his brother Alberto, Caputo was physically and sexually abused as a child.[2]

Though he was not definitively linked to any murders after 1977, he remained a fugitive throughout the 1980s, and finally surrendered to police in 1994.

Incarcerated at Attica State Prison in New York, Caputo had a fatal heart attack in October 1997, at the age of 48.[3]

Victims

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Suspected victims

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  • Devon Green, 23, Los Angeles (1981) – Caputo became a suspect in Green's death when a former coworker of hers spotted him on a crime show and identified Caputo as having worked at a Los Angeles restaurant where Green was a chef. Already imprisoned when this information came to light in 1994, Caputo was neither charged with nor did he admit to her murder.
  • Jacqueline Bernard, 64, New York City (1983) – Caputo was a suspect in this murder but was never charged. A friend of the victim's, Linda Wolfe, published a book titled Love Me to Death in 1998 in which she conjectured that Caputo was Bernard's killer.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ricardo Caputo". Frances Farmers Revenge. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  2. ^ McQuiston, John (March 17, 1994). "Slaying Suspect's Grim Youth Recalled by His Brother". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Friedman, Bruce Jay (15 February 1998). "A Real Lady Killer". New York Times. Retrieved 2 April 2013.