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Jorlan Alves da Silva, a suspected serial killer from Paraiba state in northeastern Brazil, was arrested while attempting to flee dressed as a woman. Security forces apprehended him during a raid where he was wearing women’s clothing and accessories including a wig, glasses, and nail polish, holding a 2-year-old child. During questioning, Silva confessed to around 80 murders, starting from when he was 13 years old; however, police are still verifying this number. The arrest came after Silva escaped detection earlier by evading capture in another vehicle used by accomplices.
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Jorlan Alves da Silva, a suspected serial killer from Paraiba state, northeastern Brazil, was arrested on August 28 while attempting to flee dressed as a woman. Police found him wearing a striped dress, wig, dark glasses, and carrying a 2-year-old child during the arrest in Paraiba. During questioning, he reportedly confessed to murdering around 80 people throughout his life, with some of these killings committed for organized crime gangs over the past three months. According to Detective Douglas Garcia of the Civil Police, Silva was released after spending five to six years in prison but is suspected of carrying out at least 15 murders since late May this year. If confirmed, Jorlan would be the most prolific serial killer in Brazilian history, surpassing Pedro Rodrigues Filho (known as "Brazilian Dexter"), who was convicted of 71 murders and claimed to have killed over 100 people.
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A suspected serial killer who reportedly confessed to 80 murders was arrested in Brazil while trying to evade justice by dressing as a woman.
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who → suspect → woman
Wild video shows cops arresting Jorlan Alves da Silva, 33, in a striped dress and loosely fitting long black wig during the dramatic raid in Paraiba state, northeastern Brazil, Record R7 reported.
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R7 → show → state
Cops pulled off the wig, revealing the smiling suspected serial killer’s short hair.
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Cops → pull → hair
Silva, 33, was also wearing women’s sandals, dark glasses and painted nails — and carrying a 2-year-old child, O Globo reported — with cops still trying to work out how he was with the youngster.
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he → wear → youngster
Security forces earlier spotted and stopped a vehicle used by Jorlan and other alleged accomplices, arresting one person inside it while Jorlan somehow managed to escape, the reports said.
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Jorlan is suspected of being a serial killer who carried out at least 15 murders for organized crime gangs in the past three months alone, according to police.
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During questioning, Jorlan reportedly confessed to killing around 80 people during his life.
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Jorlan → confess → life
He allegedly confessed to committing his first murder at 13, and spending five to six years in prison for various other offenses during his life, before his release in late May this year, according to Detective Douglas Garcia of the Civil Police.
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One of the cases under investigation is the double homicide of two businessmen on Aug. 1 in Rio Tinto, according to police.
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Jorlan accurately pointed authorities in the direction of where one of the bodies was buried, Detective Garcia said.
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Garcia → point → bodies
However, his claim of carrying out 80 killings remains under investigation.
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claim → carry → investigation
If true, Jorlan would be the most prolific serial killer in Brazilian history, following Pedro Rodrigues Filho, known as the “Brazilian Dexter,” who was convicted of 71 murders but who claimed to have killed over 100.
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who → follow → 100
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