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Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha | |
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Born | Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha 4 February 1988
Goiânia, Brazil |
Criminal penalty | 25 years |
Details | |
Victims | 11 convicted 39 claimed [1] |
Span of crimes | 2011–2014 |
Country | Brazil |
State(s) | Goiás |
Date apprehended | October 2014 |
Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha (born 4 February 1988) is a Brazilian former security guard and serial killer who has claimed to have killed 39 people. [1] He approached his victims on a motorbike and shouted "robbery" before shooting them. [2] However, he never took anything. [1] He targeted homeless people, women and homosexuals in Goiás. [1] [3] Sixteen of his victims were female, with the youngest being a 14-year-old girl whom he killed in January 2014. [3]
Gomes da Rocha was arrested after being caught riding a motorbike with a fake plate. He earlier caught the attention of police after they discovered that he was facing trial for stealing the number plate off a motorbike at a supermarket in Goiania in January 2014. A motorbike, stolen plates and the suspected murder weapon, a .38 revolver, were retrieved from a home he shared with his mother. [3] He attempted suicide in his prison cell on 16 October 2014 by slashing his wrists with a smashed light bulb. [4] [2] Gomes da Rocha has claimed to have had murderous urges since age 11, when he was sexually abused by a neighbor. [5]
In May 2016, he was convicted of 11 murders and sentenced to 25 years in prison. [6] [7] [8]
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Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha | |
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Born | Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha 4 February 1988
Goiânia, Brazil |
Criminal penalty | 25 years |
Details | |
Victims | 11 convicted 39 claimed [1] |
Span of crimes | 2011–2014 |
Country | Brazil |
State(s) | Goiás |
Date apprehended | October 2014 |
Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha (born 4 February 1988) is a Brazilian former security guard and serial killer who has claimed to have killed 39 people. [1] He approached his victims on a motorbike and shouted "robbery" before shooting them. [2] However, he never took anything. [1] He targeted homeless people, women and homosexuals in Goiás. [1] [3] Sixteen of his victims were female, with the youngest being a 14-year-old girl whom he killed in January 2014. [3]
Gomes da Rocha was arrested after being caught riding a motorbike with a fake plate. He earlier caught the attention of police after they discovered that he was facing trial for stealing the number plate off a motorbike at a supermarket in Goiania in January 2014. A motorbike, stolen plates and the suspected murder weapon, a .38 revolver, were retrieved from a home he shared with his mother. [3] He attempted suicide in his prison cell on 16 October 2014 by slashing his wrists with a smashed light bulb. [4] [2] Gomes da Rocha has claimed to have had murderous urges since age 11, when he was sexually abused by a neighbor. [5]
In May 2016, he was convicted of 11 murders and sentenced to 25 years in prison. [6] [7] [8]