Considered the biggest serial killer in his country after a hundred murders, Pedro Rodrigues Filho died riddled with bullets near Sao Paulo. An investigation was opened after his death on Sunday in Mogi das Cruzes, not far from the great metropolis.
“The victim was hit by firearms and the suspects fled,” the Sao Paulo State Public Security Secretariat said in a statement. “Pedrinho Matador” (the killer little Pedro), 68 years old, spent 42 years in prison. He was released in 2018.
Criminologist Ilana Casoy claimed that ‘Pedrinho’ eliminated people he considered undesirable to society. The expert said she was impressed by the “joy, casualness and intelligence” of the serial killer she had met.
“He ended up exerting a fascination on people,” she said, quoted by the daily Folha de S.Paulo: “It is a reflection of the society we have (in Brazil), where only 10 % of homicides cleared up. »