Sonya Caleffi
Sonya Caleffi is an Italian serial killer. She was suspected of killing 15 to 18 people and convicted of five of them.
Biography
At fifteen, Caleffi began to suffer from depression and anorexia nervosa, but at school, she remained a very quiet girl, with good performance in school.Between 1990 and 1993, she attended courses to become a professional nurse at the Valduce Hospital of Como. In 1993, she married a carpenter from Cernobbio after being engaged for six months. Continuous quarrels between them lead her to divorce after just a year. She later met a radiologist and went to live with him in Tavernerio, where she finished her job in a state of reclusion at home.
From 1993 to 2000, Caleffi worked at the Valduce Hospital of Como in the departments of surgery general, endoscopy and first aid. From 2000 to 2001 she worked in first aid at Ospedale Sant'Anna of Como. In October 2001, she returned for a month to Valduce Hospital of Como. From 2 to 13 November, she worked at the rest home and clinic Le Betulle of Appiano Gentile. In 2002, she worked in two different periods at the nursing home of Albese con Cassano, and in the department of psychiatry. On 4 August 2002, Caleffi tried to commit suicide with her car by driving into a wall at Salita Cappuccini in Como. She attempted suicide three more times between 2002 and 2004. Between September and November 2003, she worked in the general medicine department of Sant'Anna Hospital, where 8 terminally ill patients were killed due to injection of air, resulting in embolism. From September to 8 November 2004, she worked at Manzoni Hospital of Lecco, where she allegedly killed 18 people. This was discovered by the medical director of the garrison, who informed the Public Prosecutor's Office.