Pedro Rodrigues Filho, also called “Pedrinho Matador”, a Brazilian serial killer who spent 42 years in prison after a hundred murders died riddled with bullets, authorities announced. An investigation was opened after his death on Sunday in Mogi das Cruzes, not far from the great metropolis of Sao Paulo.
“The victim was hit by firearms and the suspects fled,” the public security secretariat of Sao Paulo state said in a statement.
Pedro Rodrigues Filho, known as “Pedrinho Matador” (the little Pedro killer), 68, had told the story of his life to various media and in documentaries after his release from prison in 2018.
Videographer on YouTube and social networks
He had started a career on Youtube by evoking his extraordinary life or by commenting on famous crimes and warning young people against crime. On the Kwai short video platform, he had become a star, with more than 267,000 subscribers.
Criminologist and author of the book “Serial Killers: Made in Brazil”, 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”, declared Ms. Casoy, quoted by the daily Folha de S.Paulo: “it is the reflection of the society that we have (in the Brazil), where only 10% of homicides are solved”.