Two hitchhikers murdered by serial killer Miroslav Somora

VALAŠSKÉ KLOBOUKY, ZLÍN REGION, CZECHOSLOVAKIA (CZECH REPUBLIC) – AUGUST 9, 1976 On August 8, 1976 two 19-year-old high school students from Trenčín, Viera Kukulská and Tatiana Gangurová, got into a Roman-brand truck driven by 32-year-old Miroslav Somora. The girls were hitchhiking toward the High Tatras when the driver attacked them in a remote location near Trenčianska Teplá. He first repeatedly struck them with a heavy lug wrench before using a knife approximately 12 inches (30 centimeters long). He murdered both women and subsequently sexually assaulted one of them. He later transported their naked bodies and hid them at a municipal landfill in Valašské Klobouky.

The bodies were discovered the following day, and investigators began searching for a suspicious truck. Miroslav Somora was arrested on August 10, 1976, after attempting to remove bloodstains from the cab of his vehicle. He subsequently confessed to the murders. He had previous convictions for violent and sexual offenses and had also escaped from prison in the past. He was sentenced to death for the double murder. On February 9, 1979, he was executed by hanging in Bratislava.

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