Valentinas Laskys

{{short description|Lithuanian serial killer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox serial killer | name = Valentinas Laskys | image = | image_size = | caption = | alt = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth year|1953}} | birth_place = Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|12|12|1953|01|01|df=yes}} | death_place = Lukiškės Prison, Vilnius, Lithuania | cause = Execution by shooting | conviction = Murder with aggravating circumstances (3 counts) | sentence = Death | victims = 4 | beginyear = 1990 | endyear = 1992 | country = Lithuania and Belarus | states = | apprehended = | imprisoned = | criminal_status = Executed }} '''Valentinas Laskys''' (1953 – 12 December 1993) was a Lithuanian serial killer who, together with his daughter, robbed and killed four people. He was executed by shooting for these crimes.

==Early life== During his infancy, Laskys was taken away from his mother due to neglect. He grew up in a care home, and was transferred from primary school to a specialized care home.<ref name="bernardinai.lt"/>

==Murders== Throughout his criminal career, Laskys was convicted seven times before being sentenced to death.<ref name="bernardinai.lt">{{cite web|url=http://www.bernardinai.lt/straipsnis/2010-01-25-jis-nebezudys-ar-atleisti-ikalintajam-iki-gyvos-galvos/38896|title="Jis nebežudys": ar atleisti įkalintajam iki gyvos galvos?|publisher=Bernardinai.lt|date=25 January 2010|accessdate=23 October 2021|language=lt}}</ref> In 1991, after committing a murder in Minsk, he went into hiding in Russia, Georgia and Moldova where he was arrested in Chișinău.<ref name="delfi">{{cite web|url=http://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/ivykiai-sukrete-lietuva-mirtininkai.d?id=48206617|title="Įvykiai, sukrėtę Lietuvą". Mirtininkai|publisher=Delfi|date=2 August 2011|accessdate=23 October 2021|language=lt}}</ref>

== Trial and execution == On 5 August 1993, Laskys was found guilty of committing at least three murders since 1990. The court sentenced him to death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/EUR53/002/1993/en/4cae7adf-ecbd-11dd-85fd-99a1fce0c9ec/eur530021993en.pdf|title=Republic of Lithuania: Valentinas Laskys|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205154308/http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/EUR53/002/1993/en/4cae7adf-ecbd-11dd-85fd-99a1fce0c9ec/eur530021993en.pdf |archivedate=2010-12-05 }}</ref>

Laskys was executed by shooting at Lukiškės Prison on 12 December 1993. Vladimiras Ivanovas was also executed on the same day for killing a mother and her 4-year-old daughter.<ref name="delfi"/>

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Category:1953 births Category:1993 deaths Category:20th-century murderers Category:20th-century executions by Lithuania Category:Executed Lithuanian serial killers Category:Executed Soviet serial killers Category:Lithuanian people convicted of murder Category:People convicted of murder by Lithuania Category:People convicted of robbery Category:People executed by Lithuania by firearm Category:People from Kaunas