Ansis Kaupēns, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Latvian serial killer
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Place of Birth: Jelgava Municipality, Latvia
About Ansis Kaupēns
- Ansis Alberts Kaupens (born 2 November 1895 in Jelgava Municipality – 6 May 1927 in Vircava Parish) was a Latvian robber and serial killer; perhaps, the most famous Latvian criminal of the interwar period. Kaupens was born in 1895 and baptized near Platone Parish.
- In 1916 he began serving in the Imperial Russian Army, and after that for the Red Army's 9th Latvian Riflemen Regiment (with the sergeant rank), but in 1919 or 1920, he deserted and returned to live in Latvia.
- He committed his first robbery on 29 January 1920 and the last on 29 May 1926.
- During this period, more than 30 robberies and 19 murders were supposedly committed.
- He was also an observer in Jelgava during the day.
- He was even able to stop and rob a passenger train (on 27 September 1923 between Viesite and Daugava), but mostly robbed on highways.
- Arrested on 8 June 1926 and sentenced to death, Kaupens was executed by hanging on 6 May 1927.
- He was buried in Svete Parish. The life of Kaupens became the basis of several books and films, such as Andris Grutups' 2001 book Tiesašanas ka maksla and the 2011 film Kaupens, which was based on his crimes.
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