Pedro López (serial killer)
Pedro Alonso López (born 8 October 1948) is a Colombian serial killer and child rapist. He murdered about 110 young girls from 1969 to 1980 and claimed to have murdered over 300 victims across Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. He was released from a Colombian asylum in 1998.
| Pedro López | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Pedro Alonso López |
| Also known as | The Monster of the Andes |
| Born | 8 October 1948 Venadillo, Colombia |
| Conviction | Vehicle theft, murder, rape |
| Sentence | 16 years Ecuador; freed after 14 years; committed to hospital Colombia; freed after 1 year |
| Killings | |
| Number of victims | 110–350[1] |
| Span of killings | 1969–2002 |
| Country | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru |
| Date apprehended | 9 March 1980 (first) |
López became known as the Monster of the Andes in 1980, when he led police to 53 graves in Ecuador.[1] The victims were all girls between 9 and 12 years of age. In 1983, he was found guilty of the murder of 110 girls in Ecuador. He further confessed to another 240 murders in Peru and Colombia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Who is Pedro Lopez?". Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2013.