Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha

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Brazilian serial killer

Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha
Born	Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha (1988-02-04) 4 February 1988 (age 36) Goiânia, Brazil

Criminal penalty	25 years
Details
Victims	11 convicted 39 claimed^[1]
Span of crimes	2011–2014
Country	Brazil
State(s)	Goiás
Date apprehended	October 2014

Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha (born 4 February 1988) is a Brazilian former security guard and serial killer 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] Sixteen of his victims were female, with the youngest being a 14-year-old girl whom he killed in January 2014.^[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 number plate 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 had murderous urges since age 11, when he was sexually abused by a neighbor.^[5]

In May 2016, he was convicted of 11 murders and sentenced to 25 years in prison.^[6]^[7]^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Brazil man 'confesses to 39 murders'". BBC News. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Captive Brazilian Beast serial killer asks police if he can murder other prisoners". The Daily Mirror. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Security guard feared to be one of world's worst serial killers after 'confessing to murder of 39 people'". The Daily Mirror. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
^ "Brazilian serial killer suspect Thi ago Henrique Gomes da Rocha, 26, 'confesses to 39 murders'". The Independent. 17 October 2014. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
^ 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". New York Daily News. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
^ "Veja as condenações do vigilante apontado como serial killer, em Goiás". Globo. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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