# Sonya Caleffi > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sonya_Caleffi > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sonya_Caleffi.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonya_Caleffi > Source revision: 1333628153 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Italian serial killer (born 1970)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox serial killer | name=Sonya Caleffi | image= | image_size= 240px | caption= | birthname= | alias= | birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1970|7|21|df=yes}} | birth_place= [Como](/source/Como), [Italy](/source/Italy) | death_date= | death_place= | cause= | victims=5+ | country=Italy | states= | beginyear=2003 | endyear=2004 | apprehended=15 December 2004 | penalty=20 years }} '''Sonya Caleffi''' (born 21 July 1970) 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](/source/major_depressive_disorder) and [anorexia nervosa](/source/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](/source/Como). In 1993, she married a carpenter from [Cernobbio](/source/Cernobbio) after being engaged for six months. Continuous quarrels between them lead her to [divorce](/source/divorce) after just a year. She later met a [radiologist](/source/radiology) and went to live with him in [Tavernerio](/source/Tavernerio), where she finished her job in a state of reclusion at home.[http://www.serialkillers.it/caleffi.htm Articolo su SerialKillers.it] From 1993 to 2000, Caleffi worked at the Valduce Hospital of Como in the departments of [surgery](/source/surgery) general, [endoscopy](/source/endoscopy) and [first aid](/source/first_aid). From 2000 to 2001 she worked in first aid at [Ospedale Sant'Anna](/source/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](/source/rest_home) and clinic Le Betulle of [Appiano Gentile](/source/Appiano_Gentile). In 2002, she worked in two different periods at the nursing home of [Albese con Cassano](/source/Albese_con_Cassano), and in the department of [psychiatry](/source/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](/source/general_medicine) department of Sant'Anna Hospital, where 8 terminally ill patients were killed due to injection of air, resulting in [embolism](/source/embolism). From September to 8 November 2004, she worked at Manzoni Hospital of [Lecco](/source/Lecco), where she allegedly killed 18 people. This was discovered by the medical director of the garrison, who informed the Public Prosecutor's Office.Vincenzo M. Mastronardi; Ruben De Luca, ''I serial killer'', Roma, Newton & Compton, settembre 2005. {{ISBN|88-541-0459-0}} ==Arrest== {{Quote|text=«I am very sorry for what happened, and I ask forgiveness if it is possible. I didn't want those patients to end up like this. I performed those procedures because I liked that everyone rushed to save the patients in time.»}} On 15 December 2004, Caleffi was arrested but confessed to only six murders, four confirmed and two suspected.[http://www.repubblica.it/2004/l/sezioni/cronaca/infermiera/infermiera/infermiera.html Infermiera uccide sei pazienti "Volevo attirare l'attenzione"] [Police](/source/Polizia_di_Stato) during her house search found books about [bulimia](/source/bulimia), [anorexia nervosa](/source/anorexia_nervosa), [death](/source/death) and her most read novels are ''Invisible Women'' by [Fabiola De Clercq](/source/Fabiola_De_Clercq), ''Sprecata'' by [Marya Hornbacher](/source/Marya_Hornbacher), ''Death is a friend'' by [Marie de Hennezel](/source/Marie_de_Hennezel), and above all ''[Veronika Decides To Die](/source/Veronika_Decides_To_Die)'' by [Paulo Coelho](/source/Paulo_Coelho). The hospital administration of [Lecco](/source/Lecco) in the meantime opens the investigations. On 17 December 2004, she left the Bassone prison of [Como](/source/Como) and the power of attorney ascertained only one case of death.[http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Cronache/2004/12_Dicembre/17/lecco.shtml Infermiera killer, «solo un caso accertato»] On 18 December 2004, she was transferred to the seventh floor of Sant'Anna Hospital of Como in the detained ward. On 11 February 2005, she was transferred to the [Opg](/source/Psychiatric_hospital) of [Castiglione delle Stiviere](/source/Castiglione_delle_Stiviere) ([MN](/source/Province_of_Mantua)), and on 10 March, she withdrew the confession she made in December and three months later she said she remembered not killing anyone. From 2006, she worked as a telephonist at San Vittore Prison.[http://www.ildue.it/Notizie/SVittore/Dettaglio.asp?ID=537 Sonya Caleffi a 'Grazia': 'Non sono un'assassina'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514001944/http://www.ildue.it/Notizie/SVittore/Dettaglio.asp?ID=537 |date=May 14, 2008 |data=14 maggio 2008 }} ==Sentencing== On 14 December 2007, Caleffi was sentenced to serve 20 years of imprisonment for five murders and two attempted murders in [San Vittore Prison](/source/San_Vittore_Prison) causing anger among the families of the victims. On 3 March 2008, the Appeal Court of [Milan](/source/Milan) confirmed the first instance sentence of 20 years imprisonment, even if the attorney general had requested [life imprisonment](/source/life_imprisonment), but the abbreviated rite has reduced the sentence.[http://www.corriere.it/cronache/08_marzo_03/infermiera_killer_caleffi_88d3a982-e90a-11dc-9255-0003ba99c667.shtml Infermiera killer, i delitti erano programmati] ==See also== *[List of serial killers by country](/source/List_of_serial_killers_by_country) *[List of serial killers by number of victims](/source/List_of_serial_killers_by_number_of_victims) ==References== {{Reflist|2}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Caleffi, Sonya}} Category:1970 births Category:Italian female serial killers Category:Italian serial killers Category:21st-century Italian murderers Category:Italian people convicted of murder Category:Living people Category:Medical serial killers Category:People from Como Category:Poisoners Category:Nurses convicted of murdering patients --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sonya Caleffi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonya_Caleffi) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonya_Caleffi?action=history)). 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