Ioan Luchian Mihalea was a Romania

Romania

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n composer, conductor and television producer. He was the founder and leader of the vocal group "Song" and the children's choir "Minisong." On November 29, 1993, Mihalea was murdered in his apartment in the Drumul Taberei

Drumul Taberei

Drumul Taberei is a neighbourhood located in the south-west of Bucharest, Romania, roughly between Timişoara Avenue and Ghencea Avenue, neighboring Militari to the North, Panduri to the East and Ghencea and Rahova to the South and South-East.It is one of the few examples of successful urban...

 neighborhood of Bucharest

Bucharest

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 by Nelu Florian Gavrila and Ionel Păun. The motive of the crime was robbery. The criminals were sentenced to life imprisonment at the Giurgiu

Giurgiu

Giurgiu is the capital city of Giurgiu County, Romania, in the Greater Wallachia. It is situated amid mud-flats and marshes on the left bank of the Danube facing the Bulgarian city of Rousse on the opposite bank. Three small islands face the city, and a larger one shelters its port, Smarda...

 penitentiary. Mihalea is buried in Bellu cemetery, Bucharest. It was rumored that Ioan Luchian Mihalea was gay

Gay

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. This was denied by his wife but supported by his murderers.

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