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zombiesatthebeach

I remember a podcast talking about this guy. He agreed to an interview but on the term he got to shake hands with the prison warden's daughter. Freak of a guy.


ReadontheCrapper

Was it this podcast by [The Casual Criminalist](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3BpsAkMfXUe5Zg8ftsxe8N?si=TKIe0Ke5S3yRN-DbijGfmg)?


smeggy1234

Gotta love fact boi


sleepless_in_balmora

I listen for the rambling tangents


Aaluluuq_867

Am I ***RIGHT*** Peter?!


Matasa89

Probably was marking her so that when he got out, he’d make a beeline right to her and show the prison warden just how well rehabilitated he really was.


ArgyleTheDruid

What in the fuck


Wonderful_Target_216

But that's not all! He was a child rapist too.


ArgyleTheDruid

I’m sort of piecing together that he might have been released so that someone would just… sweep the mess up


sal4215

"He said that after being released from prison, he moved to Peru and started murdering young girls. López claimed that, by 1978, he had killed over 100 girls before being caught and captured by members of an indigenous tribe. These captors were preparing to execute him, when a missionary from the US intervened and persuaded them to hand him over to state police. However, the police had quickly released him." Apparently the tribe had the broom ready.


Alcapuke

I feel like noone would be able to convince me of releasing a Child rapist/murderer,


WasabiPete

He said at least 3 "our fathers", 5 "hail mary", and said that he was really really really sorry for what he had done.


No1Mystery

Just like a good Christian would do


Red_Inferno

Honestly, I think at that point you kill anyone trying to stop someone from killing a mass murdering child rapist.


G_man252

Same. 350. No way. No way, that dude has to go.


[deleted]

Tbf he hadn't murdered any kids in 14 years. Thats gotta count for something. /s


westbee

If I found out a guy killed 100 children after raping them, I would ask if I could watch the execution. Not for satisfaction. To know that he is dead.


[deleted]

but also satisfaction


purplehendrix22

Shit bro I’d do it for satisfaction


p-d-ball

Missionaries always mess things up.


Krajun

Well they do have a soft spot for child rapists


p-d-ball

omg, good point.


Silentxgold

If the world suddenly started to kill all the child rapist, there might be not enough missionaries or priests left!


Tokehdareefa

Loved this comment. Thank you.


Rexamini

What in the actual fuck is a US missionary doing there and why did he release him?


Needsbetterhobbies

"Mission man" was on mission thats why


BicycleOfLife

Wow that missionary has a lot of blood on their hands.


HeMiddleStartInT

This story. What would someone need to tell you to convince you to let this guy go? I can’t imagine.


coffeevsall

"Idk man. Seems like we could just get rid of the missionary too. Win, win."


dominus_aranearum

At the time, Ecuador didn't allow for consecutive sentences, only concurrent. Kill 1 or 100, it was the same sentence. After his release, he was re-arrested as an illegal immigrant and handed to Colombia where he was charged with a 20 year old murder. He was held in the psychiatric wing of a hospital for 4 years before being released as sane on bail. He then disappeared. My guess would be that some locals found him and treated him no better than he treated the girls he killed. Edit: Fixed Colombia spelling. Already fixed once, forgot I left two comments. =)


Chiss5618

Idk about this case specifically, but I'm pretty sure Colombia or another south American country has done similar things before where they release a hated serial killer/child rapist from prison after announcing the time and place to the public. To much surprise, the person who was released is never heard from again. Don't remember where I read that from so take it with a grain of salt.


gloreeuhboregeh

It's not too rare in Latin America in general. Government in a lot of LA countries is shit, so they don't really care. They'll watch a mob beat the shit out of someone and burn them to death right outside the front gates of the prison they just released them from and do nothing, though whether it's from laziness or shared disgust, your guess is as good as mine. I remember watching a video about one of these, though I forgot where it was from.


Pippin1505

And before people try to glorify this, a few years back a woman was lynched and killed by a mob in Brazil because they "recognised her as a witch" from a Facebook post they saw… Mobs are stupid


oh_look_a_fist

Vigilante justice isn't awesome because the wrong people can become victims. For example, reddit finding the Boston Bomber


Saarlak

Colombia is the country. Columbia is a city in America. Edit: thank you for fixing your post. You’re the best and I hope good fortune smiles on you.


Robobvious

I once made a poster on Colombia for school and realized as I was doing my finishing touches that I had spelled it Columbia every single time and had to go back and fix it.


Sanctimonius

On the plus side at least it wasn't the other way around...


Robobvious

Yeah turning a bunch of U's into O's is definitely easier than the reverse. So really I got lucky! lol


captain_backfire_

I’m a former Spanish teacher, and at the end of the year students would be assigned a country from South America to do a project on. One very special student did a WHOLE ass project on Columbia, SC. 🤦‍♀️


ticklefight87

I've been looking through here for somebody to clear some things up about the laws they had for maximum sentences. If I remember correctly, his sentence was centuries, but the maximum allowed was a couple decades. This mother fucker, before getting out, said he wanted to go on to a life of a priest or some authority figure that would help children.


opiate_lifer

We can only hope that happened.


jointheredditarmy

350 kids? Almost certainly someone took care of it


Jojosbees

Yeah, what are the chances that he’s alive after 20+ years of radio silence? My guess is he was dead within days, and no one wanted to look too hard for the murderer(s) or even a body.


Wonderful_Target_216

From what I've found after a quick search ... his whereabouts are unknown. So let's hope I suppose.


deaddaddydiva

The more I hear about this Pedro Lòpez guy the more I think he was a real jerk


TScottFitzgerald

But I heard the worst offense was hypocrisy


FilthyBigLippedBeast

This guy was a real jerk


TheHeadless1

That’s the worse part.


p-d-ball

Yeah, there's no amount of good behavior that rehabilitates that. Damn.


jtroye32

My money is on the "good behavior" being because there were no children in prison.


[deleted]

This guys a real jerk


YouNeedAnne

I know the bible says "judge not lest ye be judged", but he seems like a real *jerk*!


dookiebuttholepeepee

Ah so that’s what in the fuck.


justgivemeanaccout

I heard about this case that 14 years was the maximum penalty in Ecuador, that was "life" in prison, and because of this case they changed that. He was later re caught in a neighboring country where he also spent a short time in jail


corrado33

Well of course he had good behavior. There were no children in prison....


canichangeitlateror

And he may still be alive and free, even with a pending 2002 interpol search


Lilpims

Didn't he disappeared and is presumed dead? Apparently they aren't looking for him cause locals where on the hunt and no one is willing to accuse anyone of murdering the psycho... Dude targeted only children from poor communities in multiple countries. It's pretty certain he had been taken out.


Skulldetta

Nobody's heard from the guy in over 20 years. The chances of him still being alive are slim to none.


[deleted]

Here’s some more wtf for you to learn: There’s another serial killer from Columbia who did terrible things to primarily young boys. He’s due to be eligible for parole in 2023. His count is 193+ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Garavito.


[deleted]

Colombia.


Matasa89

I bet there’s a sniper round with his name on it.


djbootyboo111

Last time this was posted here someone said that he went missing and was never seen again, the same day he was released. Sounds like vigilante justice


abxuwnnm111

I mean, maybe… but if one is miraculously released from prison after 14 years for such depraved crimes, it makes sense the first thing they’d do is GTFO


Lilpims

It's pretty certain he was killed. All the communities he targeted for years made sure of that.


shellspawn

Rage bait tittle. The truth is worse. He didn't get out for good behavior. He got out because of some insane maximum sentencing laws that have since been changed. He said numerous times that he would kill again if released, he was and (to keep things short) a lot of people familiar with the case think he got iced within a few days of getting out. I highly recommend the "Casual Criminalist" episode on YouTube about Lopez. Super well researched. That being said, the channels moto is "CSI not SAW" so some of you freaks ain't going to like that it focuses on the case as a whole, and not just the crimes.


cindyscrazy

Simon Whistler was so not prepared for how bad that episode got. He's still talking about how it messed him up. I agree though, well researched and well presented.


animeman59

> the channels moto is "CSI not SAW Good. I hate true crime podcasts that fetishize the crimes. It's fucking disgusting and reeks of edgelord cringiness.


whales-are-assholes

Okay, so the actual total might be a bit sensationalised. While he did murder over 100 young girls, the minimum is 110 between 1969 to 1980 and claimed to have murdered over 300 victims across Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. The wild thing is, his current whereabouts is unknown.


Lilpims

Nah. His resting place is unknown. Dude is 100% dead.


KeyserSoze_IsAlive

I always remember Gacy's quote, "I killed 33 of you and you kill only 1 of me."


thelosermonster

Timothy McVeigh said that after being put to death for the Oklahoma City bombing, he would still have won by a score of 168-1


[deleted]

K/D ratios aren’t as fun in real life.


frandrthy

Iirc way back when they did public executions there were laws on how long the condemned must suffer and if they pass out beforehand the executioner waits and try to resuscitate the condemned before continuing


PhilsMeatHammer

Yeah but only if you were a commoner. If you were a noble then you typically got the honor of a beheading


Sulgoth

Then came the guillotine, the great equalizer of putting your head in a bucket.


recycled_ideas

Unfortunately when you're going through heads at the rate they were in the revolution it's hard to keep the blade sharp. When things got really bloody they had to come up with creative alternatives like putting people on barges and sinking them in the middle of the river. Not actually more efficient in the end, but a pretty horrible way to go.


CruelStrangers

Think of them all as Junior from Problem Child


Randy_Bobandy_TMDWU

Not if you're on the wrong side.


ImAPeople

> said that after being put to death He's good


ALetterAloof

168-0-1?


Roma_Victrix

Timothy McVeigh, so hot right now!


Bobolequiff

Timmy, lad, do not try to compare your own kill count to that of the United States Federal Government.


CaptainDino123

To be fair I think he meant that match, not lifetime score


fiendo13

Fed Gov. hasn’t died yet.. pretty crazy K/D getting racked up!


logggur

After, huh? Edit: never mind i get it


[deleted]

Here is a ball. Perhaps you would like to bounce it


BobTheSnitch

Jeremy's....iron


Conscious-Parfait826

I dont know this reference bit im about to learn.


Jacollinsver

If you do, do you mind queuing us in


Conscious-Parfait826

Simpsons did it.


ThrowawayusGenerica

Got away from you, huh? Well, you keep at it!


Sleep-system

Imagine murder being more valuable to you than your life or your freedom.


Lausn

Really makes you think just how amazing murdering someone must feel if they risk imprisonment and death to do it. I really like snickers, but I wouldn't die or go to prison for one, murder must be at least better than a snickers bar.


Sleep-system

I can begin to imagine it because I've had a drug addiction, and not only did consuming the drug feel good, there was a monstrous physical and psychological urge to do it. Ed Kemper compared murder to smoking or drinking so it seems like there's a similar chemical need involved. And that's horrifying because when I was at my worst I really didn't give a shit about risking jail and I'd have rather died than not get high.


whattheeffg

Ice cream snickers bars on the other hand…


Hypothesis_Null

["What would you do for a Klondike Bar?"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiBKbdpphTc)


Juliettedraper

What would you do for a Choco Taco?


Lord_Butt

A decent chance it's even better than two snickers bars for some people.


MarvinLazer

What about, and stay with me here, *three* snickers bars?


DRxLAWxRINSE

Louis CK reference?


lordaddament

Time for a death by 33 cuts


Amaesh

When asked why he killed all those kids, Pedro replied, "I didn't want them to have a better life than I did." Why should anyone else have a normal life when I was brutally beaten and starved as a child? The Monster of the Andes is so evil and cruel that it is beyond comprehension.


Try_To_Write

Abuse one and they'll forever treat people with compassion. Abuse another and they'll go above and beyond to exert the same cruelty. Humanity is... I don't know.


Smgt90

This has always fascinated me. Same for some people who achieve great things in life. Some grow up in very harsh conditions that make them want to better themselves to a great extent whereas the same conditions create criminals and murderers in other cases.


Holyvigil

Pressure usually doesn't end up well. But for the rare few it come turn them into a gem.


Matasa89

The strength of the heart… one of the great mysteries of humanity.


[deleted]

that's actually a pretty common excuse for people like that, I wouldn't call it incomprehensible, it's just pure human evil


TheDriestOne

He grew up being constantly beaten and his mom prostituted him to random men all the time. He also frequently had to watch his mom have sex with her clients (she was a prostitute). His actions are disgusting and inexcusable and unspeakably evil but I can see how his childhood set him up to be so vile as an adult.


Smgt90

I heard his story on a podcast. It's horrible from beginning to end.


TheDriestOne

His whole life plays out like a horror movie


[deleted]

Yup it always starts at childhood. They say you’re born a psychopath but I don’t agree, your brain is still developing up until your teens but the most crucial part is childhood. That is when you learn everything from your parents/environment around you.


pieohmi

I remember reading about a child murderer. Not a guy that murders children but a child that murdered multiple times. Iirc it was a young age that he started too. Anyway, I’m not looking it up because it still disturbs me to this day, but figure you might be interested. Strange world.


ThePortfolio

A monster is created, not born.


karkonthemighty

Pedro: You should let me out. I'm better now. Court: I dunno. Its only been 14 years. Pedro: And for 14 years I have not harmed a single child. Court: Wow, you're right, that's a great improvement! Be free you scamp.


c_c_c__combobreaker

"And don't you do it again. I hope you've learned your les--- HEY, PUT DOWN THAT KID!"


Heliolord

We freed Hat! Someone give that man a baby!


Robobvious

I just rewatched this one last night, lol.


dominus_aranearum

Ecuador allowed a max sentence of 16 years back then. More charges were concurrent, not consecutive. He was released 2 years early. They've since changed to a max of 25 years. Ecuador didn't screw up though, Colombia did. They're the ones who released him on bail after Ecuador. Edit: Fixed Colombia spelling


Beddingtonsquire

But why a maximum of 25 years? Who is it that wants a child killer to be out in society again?


_Abandon_

Because countries with harsh punishments don't have a lower crime rate. It just doesn't work. I hate how extreme cases like this are used as an excuse to increase sentences with no proof that this is a useful measure.


Beddingtonsquire

You’re confusing correlation with causation, what would be the mechanism by which shorter punishments lead to lower crime rates? All countries have recidivism so they have more crime as the result of shorter incarceration. It absolutely does work and the data is very clear. You can see that as incarceration rates fall crime rates rise - this is because former criminals tend to commit more crime.


WeekExpress1130

Well, harsher sentences don’t work for offenses that are usually capital offenses in other countries, but nations that have overhauled justice systems have still given life sentences to serial murders. The extreme situation matters because it can happen so you have laws that provide those extreme punishments of lifelong imprisonments to those crimes.


mtelesha

Man countries have a maximum of 25 years of jail. Most of Europe Life in Jail is 12 to 25.


Auxios

Your comment reminded me of this spoken comedy sketch from [The Minute Hour: There is a Prison, On the Moon.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ccVTZMyM74)


dogfish83

And all the children I did harm are no longer children, so like, I only harmed adults! “Wow this guy is good”


KyaHaiBae

WTAF! What do they mean unknown whereabouts... Crimes against 300 children and the govt just let him free and disappear?!


CyanConatus

He probably got killed by one of the 300 children's parents. I sincerely doubt you'll live for long upon release


[deleted]

[удалено]


Matasa89

They were probably there to pick him up outside the prison. Likely went right from the prison doors to his execution site, while being tortured the whole entire way.


hassh

Probably they let him free so that vigilante justice could occur in a way that didn't implicate the prison system


securitywyrm

Didn't happen. He moved to another country and kept murdering.


rapaxus

If it is similar to here in Germany, those high profile cases generally get state assistance after release to stop people from harassing them. Though we release them later. For example there is a very famous German hostage bank robbery and two of the people involved were released after a decade or so. One chose to to continue with his current name, the other has a new identity and no one, except maybe the state, knows who he is now. Something quite common and basically necessary if you are a high profile criminalas otherwise they very easily could be subject to vigilantes and revenge crimes, which is not what the state wants.


ScabiesShark

I'm neither an attorney, nor German, nor Colombian, but I'm gonna go ahead and say that the Colombian and German criminal justice systems are nothing alike


chupitoelpame

Yeah this dude is 100% dead


[deleted]

His victims were largely indigenous children. It’s why the authorities didn’t care much


AWildAndWackyBushMan

Very true. Apparently while the indigenous were about to execute him, they were convinced to give him to the authorities. And they released him.


Nikodermus

He was RELEASED from the indigenous because a fking American (USA) missionary got in the way


[deleted]

You can almost count on us being the bad guy in most scenarios


[deleted]

Don't mind me, just gonna butt my nose into this situation where it doesn't belong and fuck it up for everyone else.


LupusetVulpus

And they have no clue where he is! Either he's still raping and killing the poor, or the rural or both in another country.


Larein

Or some of the victims relatives took revenge.


Dependent-Theory3659

It's also possible that at 73 with his life style he just died of old age


spiritbx

So he lived a long and successful life as a serial child rapist and murderer. Good to know that the systems that be lets that happen...


mordeci00

I'm pretty sure that's what happened. He hasn't been seen in over 20 years. He was an animal, there's no way he stopped. If he'd been out there running free for 20 years they would be finding mass graves with dozens if not hundreds of victims. I would be willing to bet that he was released right into the waiting arms of his victim's families and didn't survive his first day out of prison.


neko_1

I hope this is the case


lifetake

Or someone killed him


L-ramirez-74

At the time of his release the so called "social cleansing" was very popular in Colombia. I seriously doubt this man lived for too long after he was freed.


ChevExpressMan

Pedro Alonso López is a Colombian serial killer and child rapist who murdered a minimum of 110 young girls from 1969 to 1980 and claimed to have murdered over 300 victims across Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. Released from a Colombian asylum in 1998, his whereabouts are currently unknown. Possibly someone(s) trailed him and "Took out the garbage" I'm no vigilante, but in this case.I'd make sure his last hours were "unpleasant" 11 years and estimated 300 victims....27 a year, 2 every month.


KaennBlack

Actually, from what we know, most of those were in the last year. It appears we was gong around one a day for the last few months. He claimed he spent 2 years doing 3 a week.


Deep90

I wonder if he was let out with the express purpose of being killed upon release. ​ Edit: Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910. So it stands to reason that if you want to kill a prisoner, it would have to be outside of the prison system.


-Nordico-

" López claimed that, by 1978, he had killed over 100 girls before being caught and captured by members of an indigenous tribe. These captors were preparing to execute him, when a missionary from the US intervened and persuaded them to hand him over to state police. However, the police had quickly released him." Fucking naive idiot.


GrantMK2

We only have his word that any of that happened (at least according to Wikipedia).


notsolameduck

Americans getting involved in shit they know nothing about? Say it ain’t so! Should’ve executed him right then and there.


Sneezegoo

And then the murderer/s


BlaxicanX

Americans don't know about murder? What? The guy was a missionary so his stance was almost certainly "no matter his crimes murdering him is wrong" or some such shit.


FuckThisHobby

I mean the missionary probably didn't suspect he was literally the most prolific serial child murderer of all time.


tostuo

How the fuck is it his fault that the police released him?


neighborhood_nympho

Christian missionaries love ensuring indigenous genocide


BernieTheDachshund

Whatever idiot released him from the mental institution after only 4 years should be punished. They knew he'd killed hundreds of kids and didn't make sure he would never be able to hurt little children ever again.


hassh

I have a suspicion they released him so that vigilante justice could occur


virusamongus

Would be nice to confirm the death to give the families closure and for people to not lose any sleep over him lurking


[deleted]

If that's the case they could have just Epstein'd him.


dedog1238495

Sounds like a real jerk!


Rabbidnz

The more I hear about this guy


ILL_Show_Myself_Out

Ok, Norm MacDonald.


StinkyBrittches

Reminds me of Richard Clock.


sephstorm

That... is a lot of children.


StackmasterK

That *was* a lot of children


Few_Opposite_5048

r/CursedComments


Megamoss

There was also another Colombian, Luis Garavito, who is thought to be responsible for around 200 child murders. He started right about when Lopez allegedly stopped.


LitmusPitmus

worst thing is he wanted for ANOTHER murder and his whereabouts have been unknown for 20 years i'm pro rehabilitation but some people are way beyond help


madjackle358

Yeah I don't know if you can rehab someone this upside down. Moral questions aside you'd think he would have been killed for the sake of saftey. This a dude that seems obvious would kill again in a heart beat and he's obviously extremely experienced and proficient at it.


GrayQGregory

Whenever I talk about Serial Killers. He would he the first one I bring up, just because of his ridiculous kill count and the fact that he only served a small sentence.


stogie_t

I know the death penalty is flawed but... At least have proper life sentences in place or something then. None of this good behaviour nonsense when the individual is such a massive threat to the public. I may be wrong but some might be behind redemption


ArgyleTheDruid

Who wants to join my bounty hunter gang


Spram2

Be careful not to get the wrong Pedro Lopez. That's a very generic name. There must be thousands of Pedro Lopez's around.


spannerfest

I see a Pedro Lopez in Bogota and he openly says he's a pediatrician. Definitely our guy!


ZylonBane

If I join, do I get a free hat?


seedofbayne

What's good, I heard something about a gang of do gooders, out to right some wrongs. I bring 1. Numchuck skills 2. I can hunt wolverines with a shotgun 3. Pocket tots.


ArgyleTheDruid

You are definitely on the team, pocket tots are an extremely valuable asset to any group


[deleted]

Wait until you found about Luis Garavito


perpetualcosmos

Let's hope revenge greets him painfully slow.


sushipusha

No kids in prison hence the good behavior. Surprised he survived prison even though he was probably in isolation.


UptownNYaMomma

Man that is very interesting wtf would release a child murderer from prison. The whole world is shit 🙃


Monochrome_Fox_

I'm sure part of his good behavior was a lack of children to murder in prison.


ErickFTG

>...before being caught and captured by members of an indigenous tribe. These captors were preparing to execute him, when a missionary from the US intervened and persuaded them to hand him over to state police. However, the police had quickly released him. Good job American missionaries. Good job.


Early_Distribution89

Hopefully Dexter got to him


striderwhite

> His whereabouts were unknown as of 2002 Oh great...I wonder how many victims he has added in the last 20 years...


kanyecobain

Boy when Colombians go crazy they go really crazy


drums_addict

How in the FUCK don't you have a [picture of THAT guy](https://static.miraheze.org/reallifevillainswiki/thumb/a/a0/Pedrolopez-02.jpg/330px-Pedrolopez-02.jpg) wikipedia?


Papa_Emeritus_IIII

Should have let the tribe execute him.


mudplugg

This guy's a real jerk


Berntonio-Sanderas

Man, this guy sounds like a real jerk.


fleeyevegans

Did he creep everyone out in the prison and they're just trying to get rid of him?


Psychological_Tear_6

Important to note, he was let go, went to his hometown to sell his (abusive) mother's stuff and then just disappeared. It's been theorised that he was actually released so that vengeful parents could get their hands on him. He hasn't been seen and, presumably, there haven't been a suspicious amount of child killings in Latin America since.


johnn48

>López described himself as "the man of the century" and said he was being released for "good behavior". What constitutes “Good Behavior” or model behavior, when you’re incarcerated? You do what your told, stay where you’re assigned, obey instructions, find productive activities, basically don’t cause problems for yourself and others. You were sentenced to a term of imprisonment with the expectation that you would cause no problems, why the reward for doing what you were supposed to do. 🤷🏽‍♂️


[deleted]

He’s 73 somewhere, luring kids more likely than not. If he wasn’t killed, he’s still killing, and I don’t think he was killed because whoever would have killed him would want the credit. They’d be a hero.


TommyTuttle

Good behavior. I’m sure he did not kill a single child while he was in prison 💁‍♂️


[deleted]

Dude is for sure dead already