Tiago Gomes da Rocha

Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha a.k.a. "The Goiânia Maniac" is a profilic Brazilian serial-turned-spree killer.

Background
Rocha never knew his father and lived alone with his grandparents. He claimed that he was sexually abused by his neighbor at age of 11 and was a victim of bullying. Though he had stated that the main reason of why he became a killer was the fact that no girl ever loved him. At some point in his life he became a security guard and a robber.

Murders, Arrest and Incarceration
On November 9, 2011, Rocha lured a young homosexual named Diego Martins Mendes to a forest with the promise of having sex with him, there, Mendes was strangled to death by Rocha. Rocha proceeded to kill several unnamed victims during the course of two years. He continued to kill homosexuals by manually strangled but moved to homeless, shooting them while they were asleep, then he moved to prostitutes, stabbing them to death. Because of his differents victimologies and M.O., local police never managed to link his crimes until his capture. By the end of 2013, Rocha shoot a woman to death during a supposedly attempted robbery. On January 18 of the next year, while driving his motorcycle, she shoot Bárbara Costa while she was awaiting for her grandmother at a square. One day later, he approached Beatriz Moura and fatally shoot her. The housekeeper Lílian was his next victim, when she was on her way to pick up her sons at school, Rocha silently approached her and shoot her in the chest. One month later, Ana Duarte was shoot by Rocha in the front of a snack bar. A month after Ana's death, Rocha fatally shoot Wanessa Felipe on her back when she buying medicine at a drugstore. Later, he killed Janaína de Souza when she was drinking at a bar and on the same day he killed Bruna Gonçalves when she was waiting for her bus to come, shooting the women to death. On the same month, he approached Carla Barbosa and her older sister, asking for their cellphones before shooting Carla to death in front of her sister. A month later, he shoot Isadora dos Reis when she was walking on the street with her boyfriend. His next victim, Thamara Silva, was pregnant and was on her way to the church with her husband but was shoot anyways. On the same day, Taynara was talking her friend when Rocha approached her and shoot her to death. A month later, Rocha approached Rosirene Silva and asked for her car keys before fatally shooting her. One week later, Juliana Dias was alone with her boyfriend when Rocha suddenly appeared and shoot her several times, one of which was in her head. His last known victim, Ana Gomes, was waiting for her bus when Rocha came and shoot her to death. Because of the fact that Rocha used different motorcycle plates, investigators initially believed that the murders were commited by local drug dealers or simply unclassified killers. The possibility of a spree killer active on the region was made on May, 2014, though the police saw this theory as a rumor. Minutes after murdering Ana Gomes, police noticed that Rocha's motorcycle plate was in fact, stolen. Rocha was finally arrested on October 14, 2014, he was interrogated and confessed for his crimes. In his house, police found a .38 Revolver, which matched ballistics. In prison, he also confessed that he once worked as a hitman and was paid to kill an unnamed merchant. Rocha tried to commit suicide by cutting his wrists with a broken lamp bulb but failed. He constantly asks to guards if it is "okay" to murder other inmates. Rocha is currently awaiting for trial.

Modus Operandi
During his initial serial killings, he had three different victimologies and three different modi operandi: homosexuals were manually strangled, homeless were fatally shoot and prostitutes were brutally stabbed. Later, he completely changed his M.O., only targeting random women and shooting them with a .38 Revolver. To protect his identity, he would wear a black motorcycle helmet and a black coat.

Known Victims

 * 2011
 * November 9: Diego Martins Mendes
 * 2012-2013
 * Unspecified dates: Several unnamed homosexuals, homeless and prostitutes
 * Unspecified date: Unnamed woman
 * Unspecified date: Unnamed merchant
 * 2014
 * January 18: Bárbara Ribeiro Costa
 * January 19: Beatriz Oliveira Moura
 * February 3: Lílian Mesquita e Silva
 * March 14: Ana Victor Duarte
 * April 23: Wanessa Oliveira Felipe
 * May 8: Janaína de Souza and Bruna de Sousa Gonçalves
 * May 23: Carla Barbosa Araújo
 * June 1: Isadora Cândida dos Reis
 * June 15: Thamara da Conceição Silva and Taynara Rodrigues da Cruz
 * July 19: Rosirene Gualberto da Silva
 * July 25: Juliana Neubia Dias
 * August 2: Ana Lídia Gomes

On Criminal Minds
Rocha's M.O. to patrol the streets and shoot his victims to death is similiar to Danny Lee Stokes. Similiar to him, both were serial killers but devolved into spree killers. Rocha is also similiar to serial killer Jason Clark Battle, both were involved in law enforcement and chose their victims at random before shooting them with .38 Revolvers, some of which were drive-by.