| Pedro Rodrigues Filho | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Pedrinho Matador |
| Born | 1954 Brazil |
| Conviction | 2003 |
| Sentence | 30+/128 years |
| Killings | |
| Number of victims: | 71+ |
| Country | Brazil |
Pedro Rodrigues Filho (born 1954 in Santa Rita do Sapucaí) is a Brazilian serial killer. Nicknamed Pedrinho Matador (Little Peter the Killer) and arrested in 1973, in 2003 he was convicted of murdering at least 71 people and sentenced to 128 years in prison. The maximum prison term that can be served in Brazil is 30 years.
He has claimed over 100 victims, 47 of them prison inmates; he killed for "personal pleasure". He also killed his father at the age of 18 after stabbing his mother, Manuela, with a machete. Pedro ate a piece of his heart. He killed his first two victims at the age of 14. Pedro will be released from prison in 2017. [1]