and unknowingly kept him alive to keep preying on more victims. It's unknown just how many people he killed, but the numbers are staggering. Nearly executed for his crimes in 1978, he was given a second chance by a missionary who put in a good word for him. He traveled across South America, raping and killing as he drifted from one country to another. Police had ruled out that theory and suggested someone was acting in response to an already-high number of rape cases that were only increasing.Īfter being kicked out of his home as a child - he had assaulted his sister - Pedro Lopez grew up on the streets of Colombia. Families of the victims had another theory, stating that witnesses claimed they had been picked up by plain-clothes police almost immediately before turning up dead. Law enforcement said that they were investigating, but at the time, they had no idea if it was one killer or a group of vigilantes acting under a single name. Hercules.' The Statesman called 'Hercules' a 'serial killer,' while Al Jazeera called him a 'vigilante.' The difference? That's kind of difficult to define. but it also felt like justice.' It was the note around Rakib Molla's neck that was signed, and it read: 'I am Rakib who raped. It felt strange and scary to see this happen in my area. Mahmud Hasan was one of the first on the scene when a body was discovered on January 26, 2019, and later said, '.strangest was the note that hung around his neck.

Long island serial killer