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prison, Kunowski's DNA was uploaded in a police database to check if he could be linked to any unsolved crimes. As a result, both his DNA and fingerprints were found to be a positive match with the ones found on the cardigan worn by
Katerina Koneva. Following this revelation, the case caused a media frenzy, prompting a further investigation into the criminal's past. The English authorities initiated interviews with Kunowski, during which he confessed that he was evading the Polish police due to charges of rape. After cross-checking his claims, his extensive record of rapes dating back to the 1970s was revealed to the public.
227:. His father was a respected builder who worked on several construction sites, while his mother was a homemaker. When he was still young, the family moved to Mława after his father was offered an apartment in the city center by the PBRol company, which wanted to hire him. While his parents were regarded as decent, likeable people, Andrzej was considered a nervous, troublesome child who constantly had problems at school and had difficulty conversing with his peers. As a teenager, he stole some money from his parents' savings book and fled from home, wandering around the country.
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for the murder of
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Kunowski, who was working as an ambulance driver, began raping young girls and women in towns around Warsaw. According to several contemporary Polish newspapers, Kunowski would often spot women picking strawberries by the road while driving, whereupon he would stop the ambulance, run into the field,
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Kunowski jumped out of a window and ran away while being chased down by Konev. Kunowski threatened to stab him with a knife, carjacked a nearby woman and fled. Konev attempted to save his daughter, successfully cutting the cord wrapped around her neck, but police and the paramedics were unable to
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student to his Acton apartment, ostensibly to sell to her. When she entered, he began choking and raping her. This time, however, his victim escaped and later told the authorities about her attacker. Kunowski was quickly located, arrested, and sentenced to 9 years imprisonment for rape. While in
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Kunowski's first arrest for rape was in 1973, when he was barely 17 years old. At the time, believing the teenager was unlikely to relapse, the court sentenced him to only three years. However, not long after his release, Kunowski was brought to trial again, this time for theft. He was given a
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were questioned, but neither was charged in the case. Kunowski was arrested again in 1995 on charges of raping two girls. After remaining in custody for two years, he complained of an obstructed artery, which was confirmed during a medical examination. As a result, the courts issued that he
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drag his victims to the nearby bushes, and then rape them. In one instance, it was alleged that
Kunowski lured a victim by asking for directions, but then ignored her response and asked her to lean into the car. He then closed the window on her neck, raping her while she was immobilized.
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reward for any information that may lead to the capture of
Katerina Koneva's killer. After examining the crime scene, they found hairs and fingerprints belonging to the unidentified assailant, but were unable to connect them to the killer.
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259:. Despite a joint effort by local resident and the police to locate her, Grzybicka was never found, leading some to believe that she had been abducted and killed. As part of the inquiry, both Kunowski and
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Elizabeth Chau, who vanished in April 1999. The second case was that of 27-year-old Lola Shenkoya, who disappeared several months later while walking home from her workplace.
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