Pedro Rodrigues Filho
Pedro Rodrigues Filho | |||||||
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Rodrigues in 1991 | |||||||
| Born | Pedro Rodrigues Filho 29 October 1954 Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||||||
| Died | 5 March 2023 (aged 68) Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||
| Cause of death | Gunshot wounds | ||||||
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| Criminal charge(s) | 71 counts of murder confirmed (1968–2007), suspected to be 100 or more; riot and deprivation of liberty (2011–2018) | ||||||
| Criminal penalty | 34 years imprisonment (1973–2007); 8 years imprisonment (7 served on good behavior; 2011–2018) | ||||||
| Partner | Maria Aparecida "Botinha" Olympia (1969–1971; murdered by street gang while pregnant) | ||||||
YouTube information | |||||||
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| Years active | 2018–2023 | ||||||
| Genre(s) | Commentary, review (true crime, podcast) | ||||||
| Subscribers | 251,000+ | ||||||
| Views | 36.4 million+ | ||||||
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Last updated: 22 August 2022 | |||||||
Pedro Rodrigues Filho (29 October 1954 – 5 March 2023), also known as Pedrinho Matador, Killer Lil' Pedro, Killer Killer Petey, or simply Killer Petey, was a Brazilian serial killer, spree killer, vigilante, and YouTuber known for pursuing and killing exclusively suspected criminals as a teenager, between the age of 14 and 19, in particular an entire gang in response to the murder of his pregnant girlfriend. Officially sentenced for 71 murders but claiming to have killed over 100 drug dealers, rapists, and murderers, he served 34 years in prison before his release in 2007. In 2011, Rodrigues was imprisoned again on charges of inciting riot and deprivation of liberty for crimes committed in prison; he was sentenced to eight years in prison, but was released again in 2018 after seven years on good behavior.
After his second release from prison in 2018, Rodrigues declared himself to be reformed from his self-declared vigilantism as a youth and publicly vowed to commit no further crimes, becoming a Brazilian celebrity and YouTuber, maintaining a YouTube channel called "Pedrinho EX Matador" on which he commented on modern crimes while educating the public that criminal acts are not something to be proud of.
Following Rodrigues' initial planned 2003 release, author Jeff Lindsay began publishing a novel series about a fictional American serial killer of killers, inspired by Rodrigues, named Dexter Morgan. The series' success, along with that of its 2006 television adaptation and 2021 revival, led to widespread retrospective media attention being brought to Rodrigues, with him becoming internationally known alternately both as the "Brazilian Dexter" and the "South American Punisher" (after the Marvel Comics character of the same name).