Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha

Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha
Born Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha
Brazil
Details
Victims 39 claimed[1]
Span of crimes
 2011–2014
Country Brazil
State(s) Goiás
Date apprehended
 October 2014

Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha is a Brazilian former security guard who has claimed to have killed 39 people.[1] He approached his victims on a motorbike and shouted "robbery" before shooting them.[2] However, he never took anything.[1] He targeted homeless people, women and homosexuals in Goiás.[1][3] His youngest victim was a 14-year-old girl killed in January 2014 and 16 of his victims were women.[3] Gomes da Rocha was arrested after being caught riding a motorbike with a fake plate. He earlier caught the attention of police after they discovered that he was facing trial for stealing the numberplate off a motorbike at a supermarket in Goiania in January 2014. A motorbike, stolen plates and the suspected murder weapon, a .38 revolver, were retrieved from a home he shared with his mother.[3] He attempted suicide in his prison cell on 16 October 2014 by slashing his wrists with a smashed light bulb.[4][2] Gomes da Rocha has claimed to have gained murderous urges after being sexually abused by his neighbor at age 11.[5]

In May 2016 he was convicted of eleven murders and sentenced to 25 years in prison.[6][7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Brazil man 'confesses to 39 murders'". BBC News. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Captive Brazilian Beast serial killer asks police if he can murder other prisoners". mirror.co.uk. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Security guard feared to be one of world's worst serial killers after 'confessing to murder of 39 people'". The Mirror. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Brazilian serial killer suspect Thi ago Henrique Gomes da Rocha, 26, 'confesses to 39 murders'". independent.co.uk. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Wagner, Meg (21 October 2014). "'I'm a victim here, too': Confessed Brazilian serial killer says childhood sex abuse, women's rejection drove him to murder 39 people". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Veja as condenações do vigilante apontado como serial killer, em Goiás". Globo. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Serial killer de Goiânia é condenado a 25 anos de prisão em oitavo júri popular". Abril. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "Tiago Henrique condenado a 25 anos de prisão em 8º julgamento por homicídio". diariodegoias. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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