Tadeusz Kwaśniak (24 January 1951 – 24 July 1991), known as the Towel Strangler (Polish: Ręcznikowy dusiciel), was a Polish paedophile and serial killer who raped and murdered five boys across Poland between April 1990 and April 1991.
Tadeusz Kwaśniak (24 January 1951 – 24 July 1991), known as the Towel Strangler (Polish: Ręcznikowy dusiciel), was a Polish paedophile and serial killer who raped and murdered five boys across Poland between April 1990 and April 1991.
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Crimes He was first reprimanded for committing lecherous acts with girls, spending a total of 12 years behind bars. After leaving Wronki Prison, Kwaśniak began a series of thefts, rapes and murders of young boys. The first attempt took place on 20 April 1990, in Bytom on Budryka Street. Under the pretence that he had received an envelope from the 10-year-old victim's father, Kwaśniak managed to enter the child's apartment. There, he began to strangle the boy with a towel, but the boy pretended to be dead. After the perpetrator left the flat, the boy informed his parents about the event. On 7 May 1990, in Radom, he robbed and murdered a 10-year-old boy. As before, he used a towel to strangle his victim. On 24 May 1990, in Wrocław, he attempted to rob, rape and murder an 11-year-old boy. He accosted the boy on the street, and under the pretence of picking up an envelope from the victim's apartment, he managed to enter the apartment. There he explained that he was going to take revenge on his father because he got Kwaśniak fired. He raped the boy, and then began strangling him with a towel. The boy fainted but…
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Arrest
On 22 April 1991, the police in Poznań received a signal from the headmaster of Primary School No. 6 on the Rusa Housing Estate about students who were being accosted by a suspicious man. Later, the same application was made by a woman who, during a walk around the estate, noticed the same strange man. As a result of this, the man was soon detained on one of the residential streets.
During interrogation, the man, who turned out to be Kwaśniak, admitted to the murders in Oława, Kutno, Szczecin, Radom and Poznań, to the attempted murders in Bytom and Wrocław, and to the rape in Sosnowiec. He also admitted to several dozen apartment thefts, including those in Słupsk, Białystok, Lublin, Kraków, Częstochowa, Bydgoszcz, Szczecin and Wejherowo.
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Death
On 24 July 1991, Kwaśniak committed suicide in his prison cell, hanging himself with a bandage. In connection with his death, the investigation was discontinued. He was buried at the Miłostowo cemetery on 1 August 1991.