To his friends, Andrea Pizzocolo was an “adorable” and good-natured man. To his family, he was a caring partner and a devoted father to a five-year-old daughter. At his job, he was a respected accountant, an impeccable professional at a multinational company. But behind this mask of an ordinary life, Pizzocolo harbored an abyss of obsession and brutality. On a September morning in 2013, the body of an 18-year-old girl was found discarded in a field. She had been strangled with plastic zip ties, a simple hotel towel covering her face. This single clue led investigators not to a monster lurking in the shadows, but to the front door of this seemingly normal family man. What they would uncover was not a simple crime of passion or a "raptus of madness". Instead, they found a secret world funded by massive corporate embezzlement, documented through a false identity, and meticulously recorded with hidden cameras. Pizzocolo had a ritual, a nearly obsessive script he followed with numerous women. But one night, the script was broken, and the cameras kept rolling, capturing a premeditated act of calculated violence. Investigators were about to learn that the most terrifying horror can be meticulously planned, lucidly executed, and hidden behind the most unremarkable of faces. ---------------------------------------------------------- Don't forget to subscribe to the Casefile Confidential podcast Two chilling episodes will be released every week, on Tuesdays and Fridays. ---------------------------------------------------------- Visit tonysale.com for original case files, in-depth articles on unsolved and forgotten crimes, and a collection of books that dig deep into the world’s darkest chapters.
