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In 2006, Gagliano was convicted of robbery, assault and weapons possession, upon which he was transferred to
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Sometime after his incarceration, Sedda managed to escape on his own and fled to Genoa, where he was caught after committing another robbery. He was returned to Genoa and died of AIDS in 1994, aged 36. In the meantime, Gagliano attempted to unsuccessfully escape on at least two occasions - once
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and had 7.65 mm caliber shell casings - was immediately arrested and reinterned at the hospital. A few days later, Sedda turned himself in and was also sent to a psychiatric hospital. Coincidentally, both men ended up at the same facility in
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received an anonymous phone call from a man, possibly Sedda, who claimed to have contracted AIDS from one of the murdered prostitutes and wanted to five others he had sex with.
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in downtown Genoa, with the driver and passenger being Sedda and
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would be made, which would lead to the arrest of an innocent man who was released on the same day. On 16 February, the editorial staff of
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