Italian police search for fugitive serial killer Bartolmeo Gagliano GENOA, Italy, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Italian police said they began the third day of their search Thursday for a serial killer who disappeared when he was on good behavior leave from prison. Bartolomeo Gagliano, 55, was convicted of three murders and an attempted murder in the 1980s after he attacked two prostitutes and a transsexual. Gagliano was on good behavior leave Tuesday morning when he threatened a baker at gunpoint to drive him to Genoa, where he was supposed to turn himself back into authorities at a criminal psychiatric hospital, ANSA reported. But Gagliano never returned and police have been unable to find him. Prostitutes in the area are on alert and employing safety measures, ANSA said.