Serial Killers Around the World: The Global Dimensions of Serial Murder

Author(s): Dirk C. Gibson

DOI: 10.2174/9781608058426114010011

Pedro Alonso Lopez

Pp: 101-111 (11)

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

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Pedro Alonzo Lopez is credited as being among ther most prolific serial slayers of modern times. He reportedly killed at least 100 little girls in Columbia, and the same number in both Ecuador and Peru. Lopez lived on the streets at the age of eight after being evicted by his mother for sexually abusing a younger sister. This chapter described the killer in detail, and investigates his other crimes. The serial murders themselves are explained with respect to the MO, number of victims, motive, victimology, and time frame. The investigation into the murders was described, and the trial and sentencing discussed.

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