Antônio José da Silva Fagundes Filho is a Brazilian actor, playwright, voice actor, and producer. Renowned for his several performances in stage, film and television, where he frequently works in telenovelas.
Joaquim Manuel de Macedo was a Brazilian novelist, medical doctor, teacher, poet, playwright and journalist, famous for the romance A Moreninha. He is considered the first Brazilian novelist.
António Luís Costa is a Portuguese retired GNR soldier and serial killer from Santa Comba Dão. He was convicted in 2007 for the murders of three young women between May 2005 and May 2006. He is currently held in the prison of Évora. The case received extensive media attention in Portugal. It was front page in some newspapers.
Domestic violence in Brazil involves any type of violence or abuse by intimate partners or family members against one another. The majority of domestic violence cases in Brazil are performed by the man against their female partners. In 2015, the government released a study that showed that every seven minutes a woman was a victim of domestic violence in Brazil, over 70% of the Brazilian female population will suffer some kind of violence throughout their lifetime and 1 in every 4 women reports being a victim of psychological or physical violence. In 2017, Brazil had an estimate of 606 cases of violence and 164 cases of rape per day, over 60 thousand cases throughout the year. It is also estimated that only 10% of the cases are registered to the police. Although Brazil acknowledged that domestic violence was a problem in the 1940s, the Government has only acted upon it from 1980s onwards, with the creation of the Women Police Stations and later in 2006, with the publication of the Domestic Violence law.
Marcos Antunes Trigueiro, known as the Industrial Maniac and the Contagem Maniac (born in Brasília de Minas, Minas Gerais on May 29, 1978) is a former Brazilian driver accused of being a serial killer of women who operated in the Contagem and Belo Horizonte cities. Trigueiro raped and murdered five women between April 17, 2009, and February 26, 2010, when he was detained by Minas Gerais Civil Police in the Lindeia neighbourhood, near the industrial district in Contagem. Police officers discovered that he tracked down the victims' cell phones, with Trigueiro himself confessing to the murders after his arrest. Delegate Edson Moreira, one of those responsible for the case, announced on February 26 that at least three women were able to escape the maniac.
José Paz Bezerra, known as The Monster of Morumbi, is a Brazilian serial killer who was convicted of killing at least seven women in São Paulo and Pará from 1970 to 1971, but claimed he was responsible for 24 murders overall. Sentenced to 100 years imprisonment, he was sent to the São José Prison in Belém, where he served 30 years before being released in 2001.
Marcelo de Jesus Silva, nicknamed "Chucky" was a Brazilian serial killer who killed more than 20 people along with his group. Other than murder, he was accused of robbery, drug trafficking, and death squad. As he was a diminutive 1.28m in height, he was nicknamed "Chucky" and "Pigmeu" (pygmy).
The killing of João Alberto Freitas refers to the beating and murder by asphyxiation of João Alberto Silveira Freitas, at the hands of security guards at a Carrefour store, located in the Passo d'Areia neighborhood, in the northern part of the city of Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul, on the night of November 19, 2020. The murder started a series of anti-racism protests in several Brazilian cities.
Lázaro Barbosa de Sousa was a Brazilian fugitive criminal wanted for murder, rape, home invasion and kidnapping. On 9 June 2021, he murdered four members of a family in Ceilândia and fled, triggering a 20-day manhunt which culminated with his death in a shootout with police.
Laerte Patrocínio Orpinelli, known as The Bicycle Maniac, was a Brazilian serial killer and rapist who beat, raped and strangled at least 10 children around São Paulo from 1990 to 1999, but is suspected in more than 100 deaths since the 1970s. He was sentenced to 100 years imprisonment for his known crimes, and died behind bars in 2013.
Paulo José Lisboa, known as The Chain Maniac, was a Brazilian serial killer who was convicted of killing eleven prostitutes in São Paulo and Espírito Santo from 1980 to 2000, with the latter killings occurring while he was a fugitive.
On 25 May 2022, Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, a black man diagnosed with schizophrenia, was tortured and killed by the Federal Highway Police (PRF) in Umbaúba, Sergipe, Brazil, using an improvised gas chamber. His death, which occurred exactly two years after the murder of George Floyd, has had international repercussions.
Douglas Baptista, known as The São Vicente Maniac, is a Brazilian serial killer who drowned at least eight children in the Baixada Santista metropolitan area from 1992 to 2003. Arrested and convicted for several of the crimes, he is currently serving a lengthy sentence.
Dyonathan Celestrino, known as The Cross Maniac, is a Brazilian serial killer who committed three ritualistic murders in Rio Brilhante from July to October 2008, when he was still a teenager. Due to the high probability of him posing a future danger to society, he remains incarcerated.
The Garanhuns Cannibals refers to a trio of Brazilian serial killers and cannibals who were convicted of murdering a teenager and two women in Pernambuco from 2008 to 2012. This case gained additional notoriety for the claims that the perpetrators consumed the victims' flesh and even sold under the guise of salted dishes to random passers-by.
Ademir Oliveira Rosário, known as The Cantareira Maniac, is a Brazilian serial killer and serial rapist who gained notoriety for murdering two teenagers in 2007. The crimes were committed after his release on probation from a psychiatric clinic, where he had been interned for a 1991 manslaughter conviction and other charges. For the latter crimes, he was convicted and sentenced to 57 years imprisonment.
Adriano Vicente da Silva, known as The Monster of Passo Fundo, is a Brazilian serial killer and rapist who killed at least nine children and one man in Rio Grande do Sul from 2001 to 2004. Convicted on all counts, he was sentenced to 264 years imprisonment for these crimes.
Pedro Costa de Oliveira, better known as Pedro Palhaço, was a Brazilian serial killer and rapist who murdered three women in Rio Grande do Sul from 1922 to 1952. Convicted and sentenced to 130 years imprisonment in total, he was considered one of the longest-serving inmates in the state, but his exact year of death is unknown.
In January 2023, Brazilian journalist and actor Jeff Machado was killed in the Campo Grande neighborhood, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, at the age of 44. His body was discovered on 22 May 2023, buried inside a trunk two meters deep and covered with a thick layer of concrete.
The Civil Police Museum of the State of São Paulo, also known as the Crime Museum of the Civil Police of the State of São Paulo, is a public institution located in University City, in the Butantã neighborhood, on the west side of the city of São Paulo. Its purpose is to preserve a collection composed of documents from police investigations, such as the different weapons used by civilians, typical jailhouse tattoos, traffic tragedies, objects used in crimes and all other situations involving criminality in São Paulo from the 20th century onwards. The museum is located on Campus I of the Dr. Coriolano Nogueira Cobra Police Academy (Acadepol) and its collection contains around 3,000 items.
