Pedro López

"I am the man of the century. No one will ever forget me." Pedro Alonso López, a.k.a. "The Monster of the Andes", is a Colombian criminal who is accused of killing over a hundred girls in three different countries and is considered by many to be the world's most profilic serial killer and rapist, only rivaling his position with fellow Colombian serial killer Luis Garavito, a.k.a. "The Beast".

History
López was born to a prostitute named Benilda Lopéz De Casteneda, as the seventh of thirteen children, after his father, Midardo Reyes, following an argument with his wife, cheated on her with Casteneda. Reyes was shot and killed six months before Lopéz was born, when a rebellious mob attacked the grocery store in which he was in. When he was eight-years-old, Casteneda caught him molesting his younger sister, resulting in him being kicked out of his house. Days later, he was found by a pedophile, who took him to an abandoned house, where he was repeatedly raped and sodomized. Four years later, he was taken in by an American family and became a student in a school for orphans, but ran away two years later because he was being molested by a teacher. Years later, now an adult, López began to steal cars and sell them to local chop shops. López was eventually caught and sent to prison, where he was brutally gang-raped by other inmates, an event which deeply traumatized him. Following this, López made a Shiv for himself and hunted down his rapists, killing all four of them. Having no interests in stealing cars anymore, López began abducting and murdering young girls. On one occasion, in Peru, López attempted to abduct a nine-year-old child from an indian tribe, however, the tribe managed found him in time, López was beaten, tortured and almost buried alive by them, but was saved when an American missionary intervene and told them to deliver López to the police, the tribe unwillingly agreed and López was subsequently deported to Colombia. Afterwards, López began travelling through Colombia and Ecuador, murdering more girls in the process. Police initially believed that slavery and prostitution rings were the culprits behind the missing children cases.

Following a flash flood near Ambato, Ecuador in 1980, four bodies of vanished children were uncovered and found. Days later, López attempted to abduct a twelve-year-old girl from a marketplace but failed when her mother caught him with the help of the townspeople, who held him for police, he was then arrested and became a suspect in the disappearances of many children across Ecuador. In custody, López remained in silence, which frustated police officers. A priest was sent to stay with López in a cell, who succeeded in talking with López, hearing many stories about real and imagined crimes from him. Police officers eventually took the priest away and confronted him with the evidence of his own admissions, causing him to break down and confess to the murders, which shocked the police officers, as they believed that no man would be responsible for so many crimes. López led police to more than 30 graves, containing the bodies of his victims. Lópes was charged with 110 murders, but is estimated to have killed more than 300 people, however, many police officers and reporters disagree with this, saying that his estimate of 300 is very low, because he had initially cooperated with police, but then tired and stopped helping. During incarceration, he met with fellow Colombian serial killer and rapist Daniel Camargo. In August 31, 1994, Lópes was released from prison on good behavior but was arrested again after murdering a twenty-year-old two hours after his release. Four years later, he was released again from a psychiatric hospital on good behavior after initially being found insane, his whereabouts unknown, but he is currently being investigated by Interpol after murdering another person in 2002.

Modus Operandi
"I often followed tourist families and their beautiful blonde daughters."

López targeted young girls aged between eight and twelve. He would stalk the girls for an unknown amount of time and then abduct them. He would bring them to a secluded place, where he would rape and strangle them to death. Afterwards, he would bury their bodies in shallow graves.

Known Victims
"I lost my innocence at age of eight. So i decided to do the same to as many girls as i could."
 * Unspecified date in 1964: Four unnamed inmates


 * Unspecified dates from 1969 to 1980:
 * Several unnamed girls
 * August 31, 1994: Unnamed person, 20
 * Unspecified date in 2002: Unnamed person

On Criminal Minds
Pedro is similiar to profilic serial killer Shane Wyland. Both were drifters active along a mountain range spanning different jurisdictions; targeted children between the ages of eight and twelve years (though López preyed on girls, while Shane targeted boys), who they stalked, abducted, raped, killed, and buried in shallow graves; and became serial killers after a previous stint in prison.