LUIS GARAVITO
BORN: JAN 25, 1957
FROM : GENOVA, COLUMBIA
LUIS WAS THE ELDEST OF 7 CHILDREN. IT WAS REPORTED THAT HIS FATHER AND NEIGHBORS HAD REALLY ABUSED HIM. HE SUFFERED FROM MENTAL ILLNESS MOST OF HIS LIFE.
IN ORDER TO LURE HIS VICTIMS HE DISGUISED HIMSELF AS A STREET VENDOR, A MONK, INDIGENT, A DISABLED PERSON. A REPRESENTITIVE FOR THE ELDERLY OR EDUCATION TO GAIN ACCESS TO SCHOOLS AS A SPEAKER.
ONCE HE ESTABLISHED A TRUST WITH A BOY, IT IS SAID THAT HE WOULD TORTURE, RAPE, OR DECAPITATE THE BOY. THE BOY WOULD GO THROUGH PROLONGED TORTURE BEFORE DEATH. IN ONE SUCH CASE A MURDER WEPON WAS FOUND BY THEIR BODIES. AS WELL AS LUBE AND ALCHOOL LEFT AT THE SCENE. A NOTE FOUND AT ONE SCENE LEAD POLICE TO GARAVITO'S GIRLFRIEND.
THE GIRLFRIEND COULDNT BE MUCH HELP IN FINDING GARAVITO BUT SHE DID GIVE A BAG THAT WAS GARAVITO'S THAT HE HAD LEFT BEHIND WHICH CONTAINED PICTURES OF BOYS, DETAILED JOURNAL OF HIS MURDERS, TALLY MARKS OF HIS VICTIMS AND BILLS.
HE WAS FINALLY PICKED UP BY LOCAL POLICE A FEW DAYS LATER, APRILL 22,1999. ASKED ABOUT THE MURDERS IN THE AREA, AS WELL AS HIS ATTEMPTED RAPE OF AN ADOLECENT BOY. A HOMELESS MAN INTERVENED TO SAVE HIS LIFE.
THE MUDERES STARTED IN 1992. HE MOVED ALL OVER COLUMBIA UNDER AN ASSUMED NAME. THE AUTHORITYS THOUGHT THAT THE MURDERS WERE IN CONNECTION TO A SATANIC CULT. MANY OF THESE BOYS WERE EITHER OTHER STREET VENDORS CHILDREN OTHER CHILDREN WERE HOMELESS CHILDREN OR ORPHANED CHILDREN.. MANY WERE OVERLOOKED BECAUSE THERE WERE NO POLICE REPORTS MADE IN THE DISAPEARANCES OF THESE CHILDREN . HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF 138 OF THE 172 ACCOUNTS. OTHERS ARE ONGOING.
HE IS SAID TO BE ELIGIABLE OF PAROLE IN 2023. HE WAS SENTANCED TO1,853 YEARS (THE LENGTHISET SENTANCE IN COLOMBIAN HISTORY) HE HELPED FIND THE BODIES OF THE BOYS FOR THE POLICE AND HIS SENTANCE WAS REDUCED TO 22 YEARS. COLUMBIAN LAW LIMITS IMPRISONMENT TO 40 YEARS.
COLUMBIAN LAW HOEVER SAYS THAT THOSE WHO HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES ON CHILDRENARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECIEVE ANT BENEFITS (I.E JUSTICE) AND ARE REQUIRED TO SPEND AT LEAST 60 YEARS IN PRISON- IN GARAVITO'S CASE THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THE NATIONAL MAX OF 40 YEARS IMPRISONMENT LIMIT AND ESPECIALLY THE 22 YEARS REDUCEMENT OF HIS IMPRISONMENT FOR HELPING POLICE BOTH ARE CONSIDERED "JUSTICE BENEFITS "
WOULD NOT BE APPLICABLE IN HIS CASE