Viktor Kalivoda
Viktor Kalivoda (11 September 1977 in Slaný – 26 September 2010 in Valdice Prison), also known as the "Forest Killer", was a Czech spree killer who shot three people. Youth Kalivoda was born in Slaný, where he studied at the local grammar school, excelling in mathematics and physics. His classmates described him as a silent, introverted loner. In 1996, he passed his matura. He then studied at the Faculty of Informatics of the Masaryk University in Brno and the Faculty of Education of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, before working as a policeman for Prague 6. He attempted suicide several times, once even longing to jump off from the Nusle Bridge. In 2004, he appeared on the 333rd and 334th episodes of the Czech version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, where he won 320,000 Czech koruna. He was eliminated after incorrectly guessing the name of the father of the Brothers Čapek. Murders Two days after his 28th birthday, he decided to kill people. On 13 October 2005, an older couple was shot dead in the forest near Nedvědice, hitting them in the chest and head. Three days later, on 16 October, he gunned down a