I also recall that the original story was the result of Nadia herself confessing what happened to her.
The rapes and the steroids she was forced to take to delay puberty messed her up big time.
If you want to get a sense of how crazy Romania is rent 'Time of the Gypsies' It's an eye opener.
Man, I'll be glad when everything ever published is on the internet!
I did find one account by a woman who said she was in a restaurant once where Nicu was dining and saw him suddenly pull out a gun and shoot another customer to death, for no apparent reason that she could discern.
He was a very, very bad guy (but a very good communist).
Hope Romania's "new" leadership didn't let him go.