Pedro Rodrigues Filho: Pedrinho Matador

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Pedro Rodrigues Filho Also Known as Killer Petey
Yunior Rodriguez
Lehigh Carbon Community College

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Pedro Rodrigues Filho also known as “Pedrinho Matador” was a Brazilian serial killer of criminals or those who he saw fit of deserving punishment. Filho chose his victims based on a set of principles he held. Most of his killing from the beginning were motivated by anger or were spurred killing when he would hear of a crime that was being committed and he believed that specific criminal need to be shown justice, albeit a justice of his own views which was very gruesome, but the most common reason for Filho’s murderers was revenge (TheLostGod). The first victim was the vice-Mayor of Alfenas, his reasoning was because the mayor had fired Filho’s father, a security guard at a school, under false accusations of stealing foods from the cafeteria. This incident is what sparked his vendetta against the criminals of Brazil. Filho would torture and maim criminals
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Filho met many criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder and it is a disorder that many serial killers tend to fall into (Comer 408). Filho also showed signs of Paranoid Personality Disorder because he was always suspicious other throughout most of his life, he also held grudges against all criminals, Filho read threatening intent in most situations and acted in violent ways as a way to prevent those from doing wrong again. Filho had a warp way of thinking, believe that all criminals deserved to be killed and he was the one that had to kill them. His actions were those of an individual suffering from Paranoid Personality Disorder(Comer

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