4.Pedro Rodrigues Filho
Nickname: Pedrinho Matador (Killer Petey)
Confirmed victims: 71
Suspected victims: 100+
Country: Brazil
Status: Unknown
Pedro Rodrigues Filho is Brazil’s most prolific serial killer, although he saw himself as a vigilante. He killed his first man when he was 14, an assistant Mayor of his hometown, for firing his father. He also killed his father, for killing Pedro’s mother with a machete. Arrested in 1973, he proceeded to kill 41 inmates while in prison. He was sentenced to more than 400 years in prison for the total of 71 murders, although it is suspected he killed a lot more people. Because Brazilian law only allows a maximum sentence of 30 years, he was released in 2007. In 2011, local media reported he was back in prison, but it is an unconfirmed report.
