The Triple Cross Killer

The Triple Cross Killer was a serial killer active in Chicago during the 1910's. The Triple Cross Killer was never caught, although substantial evidence pointed toward James Chapel as the perpetrator.

Modus Operandi
The Triple Cross Killer was known to render his victims unconscious via blunt force or, later, chemical injection, then carve an X into both of their cheeks, finishing them off with a third X across their throat.

Giovanna Endrizzi
Giovanna Endrizzi was perhaps the most high profile of the Triple Cross Killer's victims. She was the daughter of the notorious and dangerous Alfredo Endrizzi, an underboss of La Famiglia Nostra. Giovanna was killed by strangulation at age 18 and left in a ditch outside of Chicago with three X's carved into her face. The Endrizzi family staged a massive city-wide manhunt for the killer. Because of Giovanna's romantic connection to James Chapel, he became the primary suspect in the slayings.