True crime · 31.05.1996
Valdek Laas and the killings of elderly women
Valdek Laas was a postman from Pringi with earlier convictions for rape. In 1996 he killed three elderly women in southern Estonia. On 31 May he broke into a small house in Rõngu and killed an 84-year-old woman. In September he killed another woman of 84 in Ervu, and in October an 87-year-old at her farm at Pühajärve. In May 1997 police heard of a middle-aged man on a motorcycle asking villagers for drink and for lonely old people. They traced him and arrested him in a forest near his home on 16 May 1997. He confessed to the murders but died of tuberculosis in 1999, before he could be sentenced.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Valdek Laas oli Pringi postiljon, keda oli varem vägistamiste eest karistatud. 1996. aastal tappis ta Lõuna-Eestis kolm eakat naist. 31. mail tungis ta Rõngus väikesesse majja ja tappis 84-aastase naise. Septembris tappis ta Ervus teise 84-aastase naise ja oktoobris Pühajärvel oma talus elanud 87-aastase naise. 1997. aasta mais hakkas politsei saama teateid keskealisest mootorrattamehest, kes küsis külades alkoholi ja üksi elavate vanurite järele. Mees tuvastati ja 16. mail 1997 võeti ta kodu lähedal metsas kinni. Ta tunnistas mõrvad üles, kuid suri 1999. aastal tuberkuloosi, enne kui kohus jõudis karistuse mõista.
Source: English Wikipedia: Valdek Laas ↗