Fredy Armando Valencia

Freddy Armando Valencia Vargas (born 1982), known as The Monster of Monserrate, is a Colombian rapist and serial killer.[1] He was connected to the deaths of between 8 and 9 women, however, he confessed to killing approximately 100 women.[2] According to his own confessions, he sexually abused his victims and practised necrophilia.[3]

Fredy Armando Valencia
Born
Fredy Armando Valencia Vargas

1982 (age 37–38)
Bogotá, Colombia
Other names"The Monster of Monserrate"
Conviction(s)Murder
Criminal penalty36 years imprisonment
Details
Victims8–9+
Span of crimes
2012–2014
CountryColombia
State(s)Bogotá
Date apprehended
November 30, 2015
Imprisoned atLa Picota Prison

According to Carlos Valdés, the then director of the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Fredy Valencia sufferes from an antisocial personality disorder.[4]

He is currently incarcerated in La Picota Prison. Valencia was initially sentenced to 9 years, then increased to 18, and finally, a defining sentence of 36 years was established.[5][6][7]

Biography

Fredy Armando Valencia Vargas was in the Colombian capital of Bogotá.[2] He lived for many years in the Kennedy locality, southwest from Bogotá, where at an early age he showed signs of violence, which is why he was sent to a specialized martial arts school.[2] Valencia studied at the Rafael Uribe District Educational Institution, where he obtained a bachelor's degree, and then entered a university where he studied 4 semesters of Industrial Engineering, a career he later abandoned completely due to excessive drug use.[8] This cause Fredy to leave his home and become homeless. During some time in his life, he settled on Monserrate, building a small house on one of the Eastern Hills.[9] When settled, he began travelling to different areas, such as El Bronx and El Cartucho, among others, highly dangerous places where drugs were frequently trafficked, and thus was an epicenter for addicts.[9] In those areas, he deceived female drug addicts with offers of food and shelter, with the aim of killing them.[9]

According to several people who knew Fredy, he consumed various types of drugs, including cocaine and heroin, but nevertheless dressed neatly and behaved calmly.[3]

Crimes

The authorities nicknamed him the "Monster of Monserrate", because it was in that area that he committed the murders between 2012 and 2014.[6] Manipulation and deception were strategies used by Valencia, aspects very typical of psychopaths and serial killers. Once in place, he sexually assaulted his victims and later strangled them.[8]

According to his own confessions, on several occasions he committed acts of necrophilia, since "when [he] wanted to, [he] looked for them, dug them up and accessed them again."[2] Valencia also confessed that he buried the corpses in a strategic way, so that the citizens and authorities would not find out about the women's disappearances. Colombian police tied him to the deaths of 9 women, but according to Fredy, he has killed upwards of a 100, including minors.[2][8]

He is considered one of the "most prolific serial murderers in Bogotá in recent years."[10]

See also

References
  1. La historia del 'Monstruo de Monserrate', asesino en serie de mujeres RCN Radio. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019.
  2. Asesinos en serie - Fredy Valencia El Tiempo. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019.
  3. Colombia: Podría haber hasta 16 víctimas de asesino múltiple Chicago Tribune. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019.
  4. ‘Monstruo de Monserrate’ fue consciente de sus crímenes: Medicina Legal Semana. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019.
  5. De 9 a 18 años de prisión aumentan condena del 'Asesino de Monserrate' El Espectador. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019.
  6. El ‘Monstruo de Monserrate’ es condenado a 36 años de cárcel El Heraldo. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019.
  7. 36 años de cárcel serán la segunda condena para el 'monstruo de Monserrate' Pulzo. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019.
  8. 'El monstruo de Monserrate', el feminicida que aterró en los cerros de Bogotá Infobae.com. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019.
  9. "El monstruo de Monserrate": estupor en Colombia por la confesión de un asesino en serie de mujeres BBC. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019.
  10. Monstruo de Monserrate, el asesino múltiple más prolífico de Colombia Starmedia. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019.
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