A prison author whose daring bolt from Austria and eventual arrest in Miami drew headlines last year was indicted Monday in the murders of 11 prostitutes, including three in Los Angeles. Jack Unterweger, 43, was indicted in the murders although state prosecutor Heimo Lambauer admitted that there are no witnesses linking Unterweger to any of the killings. There are no new facts. All were found strangled with their bras during the summer of , when Unterweger was known to have been in the city, U.
Unterweger held jobs as a free-lance journalist, and, during his visit to Los Angeles, he requested and got a ride in a police patrol car through areas of the city frequented by prostitutes. Back in Austria, he wrote magazine articles about Los Angeles prostitutes. He came under renewed suspicion in February, , when Austrian authorities issued a warrant in connection with two prostitute murders in the southern Austria city of Graz.
Unterweger fled with his year-old girlfriend. After taunting authorities with telephone calls to TV shows and newspapers, he eventually was arrested in Miami. In addition to the three murders police believe he committed in Los Angeles, police have linked him to the deaths of seven prostitutes in Austria and one in Hungary. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
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