Er Canaro

Who is Er Canaro?

Pietro De Negri, better known as Er Canaro, is an Italian criminal, a dog coiffeur and a cocaine addict.

De Negri was born at Calasetta, in Sardinia. Later he lived in the Rome's neighbourhood of Magliana. At the age of twenty seven, he killed former boxer, quarter tough guy, and fellow cocaine addict Giancarlo Ricci. The so-called Canaro's killing is notable for being one of the most gruesome crimes carried out in Italy since the end of World War II, particularly because the victim watched powerless during the excessive mutilation.