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Ioan Petru Culianu, a 41-year-old Romanian male, was a distinguished historian of religion and a professor at the University of Chicago. On May 21, 1991, he was tragically murdered in a bathroom stall near his office in Swift Hall at the University of Chicago. Culianu was shot in the back of the head with a .25-caliber Beretta, a weapon small enough to fit into a handbag. The Cook County medical examiner determined that the shot was fired from a distance of at least 18 inches, suggesting a level ...Read More
Victim Details

Ioan Petru Culianu

Male

White / Caucasian

Chicago

IL

1991-05-21

41

Ioan

Petru Culianu

12/23/2025