Daniel Camargo Barbosa

Psychological Profile2

Adult Life

Education: Unknown. However, in an interview he was able to cite Hesse, Vargas Llosa, García Márquez, Guimarães Rosa, Nietzsche, Stendhal and Freud that he acquired a literary education in the prison

He had 2 children with a woman named Alcira however, the two were not married.

He later fell in love with another woman named Esperanza age 28 who would later become his partner in crime.

Nature of crimes

Esperanza would lure young girls to their apartment for him to drug and then abuse.

Time Span is unspecified

Victims: 72 +

Psychological Profile

Childhood: Daniel was emotional distant from his father and was abused by his stepmother. She would sometimes make him dress in girls clothing making him a victim of ridicule in front of his peers

Precursors: He’s a loner, seen buying candy a lot, seen talking to young children without their parents

Did childhood behavior affect him?

As far as we can see it may have had some affect but none of the sources really confirm this as a fact.

Diagnosed with a mental disorder?

No, but he is a pretty messed up guy

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Daniel Camargo Barbosa

Suspects

By Mason Benge

Was he found capable of withstanding a trial?

Yes

Which parts of the investigation/trial would I change?

As far as the investigation goes I think it was properly executed. However, I would’ve given him a much longer sentence than what he received. Say something on the lines of for life?

SENTENCE/CHARGES

Charged with rape and murder

Sentenced to 30 years in prison. However this was later reduced to 25 years

With their being so many deaths the

police originally thought that these

crimes were the work of some gang.

To them it just seemed unlikely for

one man to be responsible for the

amount of murders being commited.

Would the outcome have been different if they had modern forensic technology?

In my opinion it is possible that searching for his finger print might’ve been a much smoother process. However, since they were able to solve this crime by just spotting his odd behavior near the crime scene then just taking him back for some intense interrogation which ended up in him confessing to all of his crimes. So I’d say they did a fine job without it

Is he still alive?

No he was murdered in 1994 after a later arrest in the prison by the cousin of one of his many victims 5 years into his sentence after a later arrest in 1989

The Crime Scene

All across Columbia up to 80 young girls were found dead.

Each were about the ages of 8-12 years old

The Cause of death either being knife to the chest or strangulation

Investigators

There were multiple investigators for this case

History of Time Period

The crime occurred somewhere between 1973-74(Specific date of crime was not specified)

Daniel had already been arrested once for abusing 5 other younger girls but did not kill them

He was living his life as a street vendor selling TV monitors

Forensic techniques available at the time include fingerprint reader/identification system and night vision materials

Serial Killer Project: Mason Benge