Smail Tulja

Serial Killer

Serial Killer Smail Tulja: A Detailed Account of His Crimes

Background

Smail Tulja, born Smajo Džurlić in 1940 or 1941 in Plav, Montenegro, Yugoslavia, was a Montenegrin national who became infamous for his involvement in a series of gruesome murders across multiple countries. His criminal activities spanned from the United States to Europe, leaving a trail of dismembered victims and unanswered questions.

Confirmed Crime

Mary Beal

• Date of Disappearance: September 15, 1990
• Date of Discovery: Approximately three weeks later
• Location: New York City, USA
• Details: Mary Beal, a 61-year-old resident of Norwood, New York City, went missing on September 15, 1990. Her dismembered and decapitated remains were found about three weeks later, disposed of in garbage bags. Tulja, who was her husband at the time, was later convicted for her murder in Montenegro in July 2010 and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Suspected Crimes

The Butcher of Mons Cases

• Carmelina Russo
• Age: 42
• Date of Disappearance: January 4, 1996
• Date of Discovery: January 21, 1996
• Location: Mons, Belgium
• Details: Russo's dismembered body was found in garbage bags.
• Martine Bohn
• Age: 43
• Date of Disappearance: July 21, 1996
• Date of Discovery: Later that month
• Location: Mons, Belgium
• Details: Bohn's remains were discovered dismembered in garbage bags.
• Jacqueline Leclercq
• Age: 33
• Date of Disappearance: December 22, 1996
• Date of Discovery: March 22, 1997
• Location: Mons, Belgium
• Details: Leclercq's dismembered body was found in garbage bags.
• Nathalie Godart
• Age: 21
• Date of Disappearance: March 1997
• Location: Mons, Belgium
• Details: Godart's dismembered remains were found in garbage bags.
• Begonia Valencia
• Age: 37
• Date of Disappearance: Summer of 1997
• Location: Mons, Belgium
• Details: Valencia's dismembered body was discovered in garbage bags.

Albanian Cases

• Unidentified Female Victim
• Date of Discovery: 2006
• Location: Albania
• Details: The dismembered remains of an unidentified woman were found in garbage bags.
• Unidentified Female Victim
• Date of Discovery: 2006
• Location: Albania
• Details: Another set of dismembered female remains was discovered in garbage bags.

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Confirmed Victims: (1)

Mary Beal Age: (61), Date of Death: 1990-09-15

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Suspected Victims:

Carmelina Russo Age: (42), Date of Death: 1996-01-21

Martine Bohn Age: (43), Date of Death: 1996-07-21

Jacqueline Leclercq Age: (33), Date of Death: 1996-12-22

Nathalie Godart Age: (21), Date of Death: 1997-03

Begonia Valencia Age: (37), Date of Death: 1997

Smail Tulja - Wikipedia

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