Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Insider view on the boutique murderer

Sometimes a friend can have a secret life that would send chills down your spine if you were to know the truth.

The following text was sent to Coolopolis by a one-time friend of one of the city's most cold-blooded killers, Agostino Ferreira of 1032 Ontario East, who worked at the Crocodile restaurant on downtown Cathcart street. Ferreira later became the 173 th Canadian convict to be deemed a dangerous offender, which means that he will likely never set foot outside a Canadian prison again. I'll add a photo if and when I can find one.
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Last night,I watched a program on tv called UN TUEUR SI PROCHE, and it was about the serial rapist Agostino Feirrera who was arrested on January 4, 1995. I remember that night very
well; Agostino Feirrera, Tino as I used to call him, was one of my employee and sadly, my friend. That day he was supposed to come in at 4-4:30pm for the evening shift, he was the only waiter that night because it wasn't very busy that time of year. He was late and for the past week, he was acting very strange, telling me stories about demons and him couldn't getting out of his room the day after Xmas...so I called his place to know if he was coming to work or not. I talked to one of his roommate who told me that he'd already left. And I waited for him but I was little bit pissed off...I wanted to threaten to fire him if he would be late again (that was the second time in a week). He showed up...a little after 5, he wasn't himself...he had shaved part of his head and was pale as a ghost. He told us (a barmaid, a busboy and myself)that he was leaving on a trip, so I asked where, he said he didn't know where or why or how long ! Then I tolded him to get lost and call me when he will be able to talk to me in a reasonable way. And he left...So, I couldn't believe it when a detective came to see me at the restaurant where I was working as the head manager to tell me that the police was looking for Tino. He told me that Tino had kidnapped and rapped 2 girls that same day and that he was very dangerous as he was walking with a bomb around his waist...

Then he asked me to call him if I ever have some news from Tino.
So I called his place and I talked again to his roommate,who said that Tino was busy...so I told the guy that if Tino wouldn't answer the phone, he could kiss his job goodbye...
And Tino talked to me at last, don't ask me why, maybe because we were friends I don't know.

I never mention the policeman who was looking for him, neither I talked about the girls, I just asked him what was going on, what was wrong with him lately. He told me that he wasn't able to answer me right now, that he wasn't in a good state of mind...
We hanged up as he promised me he will call later that evening.
Right after that, I called back the detective and told him that Tino was home and they could go get him. And they did, with the S.W.A.T. team and everything.
The rest is history.

I never suspected him of anything, he was good looking, smart, funny and very protective of me. By the way,I'm a woman, I was born the same day and year as Tino.
To this day, I still don't understand how someone could act that way with other human beings.

I'm glad he was caught but I honestly think that it was what he wanted that day.

1 comments:

blamma said...

i still remember that horrible story...i had just moved from the plateau and had lived right near where those murders and rapes took place. I do remember that he was this very goodlooking guy, but when he appeared at his trial he grew a wild beard and long hair and looked like Charlie Manson. I think they said he had all kinds of personality disorders and would never be rehabilitated.