Brazilian man claims killing 42 people gave him adrenaline rush
QMI Agency
First posted: Friday, December 12, 2014 10:42 AM EST | Updated: Friday, December 12, 2014 10:53 AM EST
Brazilian police have arrested a man who claims to have killed 42 people since 2005.
Sailson Jose das Gracas was taken into custody Wednesday for allegedly stabbing a woman to death in a Rio de Janeiro suburb, BBC News reports.
In his interview with police, he confessed to stabbing or strangling 37 other women, three men and a two-year-old girl, the report says.
A police interview with das Gracas was aired on Brazil's TV Globo, in which he says killing gave him an adrenaline rush and he would do it again if he was released from prison.
Police don't know if he really is a serial killer or if he's making it all up, but they said they went back through previous police reports and have so far found four victims.
Sailson Jose das Gracas, 26, is escorted by policemen at a police station in Nova Iguacu near Rio de Janeiro December 11, 2014. Gracas, who was arrested on Wednesday, told reporters at a police station in the state of Rio that he killed for pleasure and the accompanying adrenaline rush. He said he also operated as a killer for hire. He said his preferred victims were white females, whom he strangled. Among the 42 victims, 39 are thought to be women. REUTERS/Fabio Golcalves/Agencia O Dia
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QMI Agency
First posted: Friday, December 12, 2014 10:42 AM EST | Updated: Friday, December 12, 2014 10:53 AM EST
Brazilian police have arrested a man who claims to have killed 42 people since 2005.
Sailson Jose das Gracas was taken into custody Wednesday for allegedly stabbing a woman to death in a Rio de Janeiro suburb, BBC News reports.
In his interview with police, he confessed to stabbing or strangling 37 other women, three men and a two-year-old girl, the report says.
A police interview with das Gracas was aired on Brazil's TV Globo, in which he says killing gave him an adrenaline rush and he would do it again if he was released from prison.
Police don't know if he really is a serial killer or if he's making it all up, but they said they went back through previous police reports and have so far found four victims.
Sailson Jose das Gracas, 26, is escorted by policemen at a police station in Nova Iguacu near Rio de Janeiro December 11, 2014. Gracas, who was arrested on Wednesday, told reporters at a police station in the state of Rio that he killed for pleasure and the accompanying adrenaline rush. He said he also operated as a killer for hire. He said his preferred victims were white females, whom he strangled. Among the 42 victims, 39 are thought to be women. REUTERS/Fabio Golcalves/Agencia O Dia
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