Francisco das Chagas Rodrigues de Brito

Francisco das Chagas Rodrigues de Brito (born 1965 in Maranhão) is a Brazilian serial killer and former mechanic, responsible for the deaths of at least 30 children in Maranhão and Pará, notably emasculating his victims—his case garnered international repercussions as "a case of emasculated children of Maranhão."[1]

Francisco das Chagas Rodrigues de Brito
Born1965
Maranhão, Brazil
Conviction(s)Murder
Criminal penalty217 years imprisonment
Details
Victims30-42
Span of crimes
1989–2003
CountryBrazil
State(s)Maranhão, Pará
Date apprehended
December 2003

Murders
Main article: Maranhão child emasculations

The case of poor children being killed in the capital city of São Luís was elucidated in 2004 with the murder of minor Jonahtan dos Santos, who, before disappearing, had said that he would meet with the mechanic.[1]

The suspect was arrested on suspicion of killing Jonahtan and 16 other boys, leading investigators to murders dating back from 1997, also in the municipalities of Paço do Lumiar and São José de Ribamar. Two bones were also found on the grounds of the house in which he lived.[1][2]

The lack of clarification on these homicides, carelessly treated for over the years, led Brazil to be denounced by organizations at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, of the OAS.[1][2]

De Brito's crimes also extended to the state of Pará, with a suspected total of 42 children being killed and emasculated.[2]

In his crimes, the murderer, who exhibited psychopathic characteristics (sought to justify himself, lacked pity and lied), sexually abused his victims and, after killing them, mutilated them by cutting off their ears, fingers and then emasculating them.[3]

References
  1. Kátia Brasil. "Mechanic confesses to the 17 murders of children in Maranhão" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved February 2012. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. "Mechanic is sentenced to 59 years' imprisonment for killing and maiming boys in Maranhão" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. 15 September 2009. Retrieved February 2012. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. Jerônimo Teixeira. ""He killed, abused, mutilated"" (in Portuguese). Revista Veja. Retrieved February 2012. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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