Serial Killers: Hadj Mohammed Mesfewi

Hadj Mohammed Mesfewi who was described as an old man was a shoemaker and public letter writer in Marrakesh, Morroco. He and an accomplice 70-year-old woman named Rahali (Annah) would invite Morrish young women over for dinner. They would then put a narcotic in the food that would cause them to pass out. While asleep he would murder the women by beheading them, rob them, and bury 26 under his home and 10 more on his property.

It was noticed in April of 1906 many women were going missing. One of the women was traced to the cobbler shop. They decided to torture information from Rahali she admitted that they drugged and killed the women. She would die from the torture, but everything she stated turned out to be true. Hadj would then confess to the murders.

He was supposed to be executed on May 2, 1906, by crucifixion, but foreign diplomats found that to be too brutal. He would be whipped daily until June 11, 1906. He would be walled up and left to die inside. It would take two days for him to die on June 13, 1906.


SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Murderpedia

Scoop Empire

People Pill

The Age September 6, 1906

The Times and Democrat