Have you ever heard of somebody who was claimed as the murderer of three hundred people? If not, you are going to read about it now and be well aware of who he is. Pedro Alonso Lopez, also known as “Monster of the Andes”, was a colombian serial killer. He was sentenced for killing eighty girls, but he claimed he murdered and raped about three hundred. Pedro Lopez was known for raping girls around his country. He later on moved to Peru and Ecuador and other various countries. Pedros dad died when Benilda, his mother, was three months pregnant with her son. Pedro was the seventh child out of his thirteen siblings. Benilda was physically abused by a sex worker and clients. At a young age Pedro was kicked out of the house by his mom after she …show more content…
He believed he couldn't have any relationships with women unless it was for sex. He began with satisfying his cravings through porn videos and magazines. Eventually he turned his fantasies into something more serious. He traveled to Peru and that is the point at which he began to search for young girls. He would draw them to remote wages where he assaulted them and afterwards killed them. Pedro's mother abandoned him and made him suffer at a very young age so he trusted that his mom was to blame for everything that he went through his childhood. He had emotional hang ups he couldn’t get passed so it reflected on all of his actions. He claimed to rape and kill at least 1010 young girls from multiple indian tribes all through the area. He also tried to kidnap a nine year old girl but he was caught by a group of indians in Northern …show more content…
He specifically told them that he looked for innocent girls who followed their mothers. Once they stepped away from their mothers he would lure them with a piece of jewelry, and promised he would give it to them if they came with him. Throughout the night, Pedro would used soothing words to make the girls feel comfortable and he even cuddled with them throughout the night. Pedro was shortly deported to Columbia where authorities there tried to convict him of a two-decade-old murder. Instead, Lopez was declared as psychopath and in 1995 he was put into a psychiatric facility. In February 1998, he was stated as stable and was released under a 50 dollar bail with additional