Pedro Rosa da Conceição
Pedro Rosa da Conceição | |
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| Died | February 25, 1919 |
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| Victims | 5–17 |
Span of crimes | 1904–1911 |
| Country | Brazil |
Date apprehended | April 23, 1904 |
| Imprisoned at | Hospicio Nacional dos Alienados |
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Pedro Rosa da Conceição was a Brazilian spree killer. He killed three people and wounded thirteen others in Rio das Pedras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on April 22, 1904, before his arrest.[1] He later killed his cellmate Joaquim Alves Junior and an unnamed guard who attempted to calm him down in 1911.[2] He was also said to have murdered a family of twelve people in Rio das Pedras.[3]
Rio das Pedras mass murder[edit]
On April 22, 1904 Rosa, an epileptic, who worked at the Estrada de Ferro Central, armed himself with a bayonet. He then got in a locomotive in the Belém station with a partner, however, when the speed of the train was fast, he pushed him out of the train. When the train stopped in the Rio das Pedras station he stopped from travelling without destiny.[4]
He then walked to the Dona Clara station where his progenitor Ambrosio Gomes lived. With the intention of killing him, he started beating him, and wounded him four times. He also beat his stepmother, Maria da Conceição. He then walked to Rio das Pedras, wounding everyone who crossed his path. Close to the Dona Clara station he stabbed João Teixeira de Oliveira to death. In the side of the road, he found Seraphina Maria, where he wounded her. He then killed farmer Fructuoso Goulart do Amaral and fled. One of his victims, Felicidade Ignacia de Salles, 15, died on April 27.[4]
In the bushes, hidden in the trees, Rosa was arrested the following day. He was sent to the Hospicio dos Alienados.[4]
Victims[edit]
Killed were:
- Jose Teixeira de Oliveira, 56, corporal
- Fructuoso Goulart do Amaral, 44, farmer
- Felicidade Ignacia de Salles, 15, died on April 27
Among those wounded were:
- Augusto Barreto do Pinho, 56, wounded in the abdomen
- Cahilde Luiza da Silva, 18
- Conceição Alves Moreira, 21
- Maria Florentina da Silva Nobrega
- Euphrasia Maria da Conceição
- Seraphina Maria
Hospicio Nacional dos Alienados double homicide[edit]
On October 1, 1911 Rosa and Joaquim Alves Junior had a fight in the Hospicio Nacional dos Alienados. Rosa killed Joaquim with an unspecified weapon and also killed an unnamed guard who tried to calm him down.[2][5][4]
Murder of twelve people of a family[edit]
The newspaper A Noite, chronicling the crimes of Pedro Rosa, claimed that Rosa killed a family of twelve people, in an unspecified date and year.[3]
Death[edit]
On February 25, 1919 Rosa died in the Hospicio Nacional dos Alienados, the hospital where he was sent on August 10, 1904.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Homem-Fera! – Louco ou allucinado!..., Jornal do Brasil (April 24, 1904) (p. 5)
- ^ a b Os loucos andam armados no hospicio ?, A Noite (October 4, 1911) (p. 3)
- ^ a b O crime do Pedro Rosa, A Noite (March 27, 1912) (p. 1)
- ^ a b c d e Uma morte que lembra uma das mais brutaes tragedias registradas pela nossa policia, Correio da Manhã (February 26, 1919)
- ^ No Hospicio Nacional, A Imprensa (October 4, 1911) (p. 5)