Serial Killer: Bartolomeo Gagliano

Bartolomeo Gagliano: ROME - Italian police on Thursday conducted a manhunt for a serial killer who was allowed to leave a Genoa prison on a two-day, good-behaviour pass to see his elderly mother but failed to return. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. There are fears that the fugitive might have driven across the nearby border into France. An undated photo showing Bartolomeo Gagliano, a convicted serial killer who was allowed to leave a Genoa prison on a two-day, good-behavior pass to see his elderly mother but failed to return. Police Italy has launched a manhunt for Gagliano, who is reportedly armed and "dangerous." Authorities said while Gagliano was allowed out Tuesday to visit his mother in Savona he forced a baker at gunpoint to start driving him away. He then forced the driver out of the car and drove off. There are fears he might have driven across the nearby border into France. Gagliano was convicted of fatally stoning one prostitute and wounding another in 1981, and after escaping from a criminal asylum, killing two others in 1989. He has escaped six times in all. AP Photo/Tano Pecoraro Bartolomeo Gagliano is armed and "dangerous," Genoa police official Fausto Lamparelli said. He urged people who think they might have spotted Gagliano to quickly call police. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.