Metod Trobec

Metod Trobec
Born Metod Trobec
(1948-06-06)6 June 1948
Planina nad Horjulom, Upper Carniola, Slovenia
Died 30 May 2006(2006-05-30) (aged 57)
Dob pri Mirni Prison, Slovenska Vas, Slovenia
Cause of death Suicide
Criminal penalty Death
Commuted to 35 years in prison
Details
Victims 5
Span of crimes
 1976–1978
Country Slovenia

Metod Trobec (June 6, 1948 – May 30, 2006) was a Slovene serial killer.

Life and death

Trobec was born as an illegitimate child in Planina nad Horjulom. At the age of 14 he is said to have burned his neighbor's hay, and to have stolen a moped at age 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[1] he raped, killed, and cremated at least five women.[Note 1]

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 30 May 2006.[1] He was buried at state expense in an anonymous grave in Šentrupert.[2][3][4][5] At the time of his death he had prostate cancer and spent 27 years in prison, which is a Slovenian record.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Trobec was convicted of the murders of Vida Markovčič, Marjana Cankar, Urška Brečko, Ana Plevnik, and Zorka Nikolić. After his sentencing, the identity papers of Olga Pajić were also found in his house in Dolenja Vas pri Polhovem Gradcu and he is believed to have killed her.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Zakrajšek, Vojko. 2012. "Dolenja vas, kraj nesrečnega imena". Slovenske novice (5 Jan.). (in Slovene)
  2. ↑ Koncilja, Franci. 2011. "Serijski morilec Metod Trobec" Časnik (30 May). (in Slovene)
  3. ↑ Serijski morilci v Sloveniji (in Slovene)
  4. ↑ Štefančič, Jr., Marcel. "Metod - portret slovenske povprečnosti (Metod: A portrait of Slovenian mediocrity)" (in Slovenian). Mladina. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
  5. ↑ "Most Famous Serial Killer in Former SFRY Commits Suicide in Slovenian Prison". Posted by Joe on May 30, 2006. skcentral.com. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
  6. ↑ Svet24.si - Metod Trobec na svobodi ... Archived 2014-05-29 at the Wayback Machine.
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