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Man confesses to killing 24 boys
From correspondents in Rio De Janeiro
April 1, 2004
A 39-YEAR-OLD bicycle mechanic has confessed to killing 24 boys in a string of castration murders stretching back over a decade.
Prosecutors said today that Franciso das Chagas made his latest confession yesterday after four days of intense police questioning.
If the confessions prove true, they would spell the end to the mystery of who was killing and castrating boys in northeastern Maranhao state at a rate of about three per year since 1991.
"These confessions are just the beginning of the investigation. There are people who have been convicted and are serving tim
for some of these crimes, so we will have to look carefully for corroborating evidence," Mananhao State Prosecutor Marcio Tadeu Marques, said by telephone from Sao Luiz, 2250 kms northeast of Rio d
e Janero.
Marques said, however, the confessions were remarkable for the richness of detail and could only have come from someone who was at the crime scene or who had a morbid fascination with the crimes and had extensively investigated them.
more at...
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0...255E401,00.html
From correspondents in Rio De Janeiro
April 1, 2004
A 39-YEAR-OLD bicycle mechanic has confessed to killing 24 boys in a string of castration murders stretching back over a decade.
Prosecutors said today that Franciso das Chagas made his latest confession yesterday after four days of intense police questioning.
If the confessions prove true, they would spell the end to the mystery of who was killing and castrating boys in northeastern Maranhao state at a rate of about three per year since 1991.
"These confessions are just the beginning of the investigation. There are people who have been convicted and are serving tim
for some of these crimes, so we will have to look carefully for corroborating evidence," Mananhao State Prosecutor Marcio Tadeu Marques, said by telephone from Sao Luiz, 2250 kms northeast of Rio d
e Janero.
Marques said, however, the confessions were remarkable for the richness of detail and could only have come from someone who was at the crime scene or who had a morbid fascination with the crimes and had extensively investigated them.
more at...
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0...255E401,00.html