15 minutes agoOver 100 murders, Brazil's notorious criminal is killed
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(3 years ago)A Brazilian considered the country's worst serial killer after committing more than 100 murders and was released after 42 years in prison, was executed Sunday near São Paulo. Unidentified persons have killed Pedro Rodríguez Filio in front of his sister's house, confirms police are looking for authors. [...]
Filio, also called “Petrinio Matador” (“kasap Petrakis”), was 68 years old.
He had grown up in a violent environment. His father often beat his mother, and when he was a child, Pedro began working at a slaughterhouse when he was nine years old. He later said that his father had kicked his girlfriend when she was pregnant.
His first murder took place at the age of 14, and has since killed over 100 people, including his father, who was in prison for his mother's murder.
He was released in 2018. Since then he has told his life story in several media and documentaries. He has even started a career on YouTube, where he talked about his life, commented on various crimes, and warned young people not to commit criminal acts. On the Kwai platform, he became famous and counted more than 267,000 subscribers.
Criminologist and author of “serial killers: Made in Brazil”, Ilana Casoy, said that “Pearnho” killed people he considered undesirable “” in society, many of them were gang members or other inmates. She also said he was a funny, polite and very intelligent man. /abcnews. al
