Óscar García Guzmán

Óscar García Guzmán (born 1990), known as The Monster of Toluca, is a Mexican serial killer.[1][2] He was first identified as a suspect in the disappearance of a fellow university student in October 2019.[3] On October 30th, after searching his home in Villa Santin, Toluca, State of Mexico, officers found the strangled bodies of three women, two of them buried in the backyard and one hidden in the bathroom.[4][5][6][7] Guzmán went on the run, but was arrested over a month later on December 6th.[8][9] After his capture he admitted to killing not only the three women, but also three other people: a girl and her father in 2012, in Otzolotepec, as well as his own father in 2006, when he was just 16 years old.[10][11][12][13][14] He is currently awaiting trial for the murders.

Óscar García Guzmán
Born1990 (age 29–30)
Toluca, Mexico
Other names"The Monster of Toluca"
Conviction(s)Awaiting trial
Criminal penaltyAwaiting trial
Details
Victims4–6
Span of crimes
2006–2019
CountryMexico
State(s)State of Mexico
Date apprehended
December 6, 2019

Background

Little is known about Óscar's early life before his crimes, but there have been suspicions that his father was physically abusive to his mother and him.[12]Although Guzmán would declare that he was attracted to the idea of killing in his youth,[10] paradoxically, unlike many other serial killers, he also showed a great interest and attachment to animals. At the time of his capture, he had two dogs and a cat as pets, for which he showed great concern during his time in jail.[2][3]"The Monster of Ecaptepec, El Coqueto and the Monster of Toluca...the most brutal confessions of the most ruthless feminicides in Mexico (videos)" (HTML). Vanguardia (in Spanish). Vanguardia. February 27, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.</ref> According to Dr. Feggy Ostrosky, his inclination for animals could be because of pathological narcissism, where he sees himself as a "protector", by taking care of animals he can exercise this role without any resistance from his protégés. She considers him a psychopath and narcissist, who is eager for attention.

Among his hobbies were krav maga, which he actively practised for at least four years,[6] death metal,[12] satanism and stories about serial killers, whom he admired for their "intelligence".[15][16] Although he had lived alone for years, Óscar was economically dependent on her mother, and neighbors described him as a quiet man who never spoke to anyone and always dressed in black.[17] At the time of his capture, he was studying psychology at a local university.[1]

Murders

Initial killings

Óscar's first victim was his own father, whom he murdered at 16 years of age in 2006.[11] During a phone call with his mother from prison made in January 2020, he confessed to the crime.[2][18][14] Later on, he formally admitted his guilt.[19] The circumstances surrounding his father's death have not been disclosed, but the prosecution has confirmed that Guzmán was responsible.[20]

His next victims were a woman identified only as "Mónica" and her father. Guzmán first encountered her on September 10, 2012, at a high school in Otzolotepec, quickly becoming enfatuated with and stalking her. At one point, he went to her house and decided to search through, unaware that the girl's father, identified only as "Tomás", was there. After being discovered by the latter, Óscar decided to kill him, stabbing the man repeatedly and later finishing him off with an axe. He then sat down and waited for Mónica to return, with the deceased Tomás' remains still in the house. When she arrived, Guzmán subdued her using his skills in krav maga and took her to his house in Villa Santin, where he kept the girl alive for two weeks, repeatedly sexually assaulting and torturing her, before ending her life by beating her to death two days before her birthday. He then dismembered the body, put the remains in cardboard boxes and threw then in a ravine in El Mirador, Mexico City.[10][11][13][21]

Fourth and fifth murders

Guzmán's next victim was Adriana González Hernández, a 27-year-old psychology student at the Insurgentes University of Toluca, who disappeared on March 24, 2017, after leaving her home in El Ranchito neighborhood in Toluca.[22][23][24] According to relatives of hers, a few days before her disappearance, Adriana presented Óscar as her "boyfriend" at a family gathering. He later confessed to activist Frida Guerrera Villalzavo that he kept Adriana alive until February 2018.[1]

The fifth victimw as Martha Patricia "Patty" Nava Sotelo, 25, a criminology and law student who disappeared on February 9, 2019 in Huixquilucan.[22][25] Months before she vanished, Patty expressed concerns to her family that somebody was following her, in particular, of a black truck whose driver kept driving after her.[26] It is known that Óscar knew the Nava family, as the mother was his neighbor. After her disappearance, the last place where Patty's cell phone reception was detected was near the Villa Santin house. She was held captive under the effects of Rivotril (a brand of clonazepam) for several days until her death later that month.[27]

Last murder

The last victim was 23-year-old Jéssica Guadalupe Orihuela, a fellow psychology student studying in the same university as Guzmán, who disappeared on October 24, 2019, after leaving her home in Colonia 5 de Mayo.[28] Óscar had started harassing her months before her abduction.[29] When she vanished, Jéssica's family suspected that it none other than Guzmán himself: they came to his house on several occasions, but he repeatedly denied having seen her and ended up threatening them to "stop bothering him." Far from that, several family members stood outside the house for four days between October 26th and 30th. Legally, the police couldn't enter the premises without a court order, which took several days to arrive, despite the fact that the relatives claimed to have seen Jéssica through the house windows.[30]

On October 30th, the order finally came. The police entered the house, but by then, Guzmán had fled. While examining the household, they found Jéssica's strangled body in the bathroom. She had reportedly been killed hours prior to discovery.[29][30]

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