Prolific Serial Killer

A man arrested by police in Rio de Janeiro this week on suspicion of murder

has confessed to killing

42 people over the past decade, making him potentially one of the

country s most prolific serial killers.

Sailson Jose das Gracas, 26, who was arrested on Wednesday, told reporters at

a police station in the state of Rio that he killed for pleasure and the

accompanying adrenaline rush. He said he also operated as a killer for hire.

Police are investigating his claims, but if proved true, it puts das Gracas

among some of the world s most prolific serial killers, not including

medical professionals or murderers acting as part of a group.

Alexander Pichushkin, for example, dubbed The Chessboard Killer, is thought

to have killed up to 60 people in Russia, many of them elderly homeless men.

He claimed his target was 64 victims - the number of squares on a

chessboard.

China s Monster Killer Yang Xinhai killed 65 people by breaking into homes

at night and killing everyone inside with an axe. He blamed the killings on

being dumped by his girlfriend and was executed in 2004.

Luis Garavito confessed to murdering 140 children in Colombia but could be

responsible for more than 400 murders - he is considered the worst serial

killer in history.

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