RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian police said yesterday they have arrested a suspected serial killer who admits to slaying 39 people in a four-year killing spree, including 16 young women.
“He was arrested Tuesday night after a 70-day investigation and Wednesday admitted to slaying 39 people since 2011, including 16 women and homeless people,” a police spokesman from central Goias state told AFP.
He said the suspect, 26-year-old security guard Thiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha, was arrested in the central city of Goiania, adding he had earlier yesterday slit his wrists after smashing the light bulb in his cell. Firefighters prevented the suspect from inflicting serious self-harm and police then paraded him before the media.
Police say he has told them he did not know his victims and acted out of an inner “fury he felt against everything” which only subsided when committing
murder. AFP
