Dionathan Celestrino

"You're really naive, i left home to kill somebody and found you... You are free."

Dionathan Celestrino, a.k.a. "The Cross Maniac", is a Brazilian serial killer who gained notoriety for commiting "The Cross Murders" when he was only sixteen-years old.

History
Before commiting the murders, Celestrino was already considered a strange individual. He slept in cemeteries and had an unnusual interest in necrophilia, blood and serial killers. He also was the leader of his own cult of Satan worshippers. Celestrino was inspired to kill after reading about the infamous Park Maniac, whom he considered his idol and even had a poster of him in his room, strangely enough, Celestrino also considered him to be his rival and promised to himself that he would surpass his body count. On the night of July 24, 2008, Celestrino murdered a mason named Catalino Gardena by stabbing and asphyxiating him, he posed his body in a cross position and wrote thw work "INRI" on his body, meaning Jesus Nazareth, King of the Jewish. On the same night of the next month, Letícia de Oliveira was on her way to meet with a couple of friends when she was approached by Celestrino, who took her to a cemetery at knifepoint, there, she was strangled to death by him and her body was found not far way from her home. The crime scene left police officers and the population shocked, her nude body was above a grave and in a cross position. At this point, the existance of a serial killer active in the town was considered a possibility and this caused immense panic in the population. On 24th of the next month, despite the warnings, a girl named Carla left her house in the middle of the night and was approached by Celestrino when attempting to make a phone call, Celestrino did the exact same thing as before, he threatned Carla at knifepoint but did not took her to a cemetery, but an abandoned building instead. There, Carla was interviewed by Celestrino and after two hours with him, she managed to pass the test and survived.

A month later, Celestrino broke the cycle and killed again on October 6, the victim was Gleice da Silva, who was strangled to death, next to her body was a note comprised with scrambled letters, which when read corretly, made the word "INFERNO", meaning hell. After her body was found the next day, rumors began to spread across the town, such as the existence of a "must-kill list", but these rumors were denied by police. During the investigation, a comment on her social profile page by an user named "Dog Hell 666" was found, saying: "THE DEAD CAN'T RECEIVE SCRAPS YOU SICKOS!". Police also found out that an unknown number kept calling to to da Silva's cell phone, police soon realised that Dog Hell and the individual calling da Silva were the same person, a young gothic man named Dionathan Celestrino, he was arrested shortly after and confessed to the murders. Members of his cult were also arrested, as they were aware of Celestrino's murders. According to Celestrino, he killed people because he wanted them to find God but also claimed that he was a Satanist. While in prison, he was diagnosed with schzophrenic tendencies and bipolar disorder. Years later, on March 3, 2011, Celestrino managed to escape from prison and went to Paraguai but was arrested again.

Modus Operandi
Celestrino would only roam the streets in the middle of night until he found a suitable victim in 24th of each month, he would also wear a black coat and face makeup to instill fear in his victims. When he found a victim, he would take them to an unpopulated area while threatning them with his knife, there, he would make an "interview" with the victim and decide if he or she deserved to live or die, if the victim was considered "unclean", Celestrino would kill the victim. Celestrino stabbed his first victim in the heart and asphyxiated him with a trash bag but strangled his victims to death in later murders. After killing them, he pose his victims in a cross position, which gave him his nickname.

Known Victims

 * 2008
 * July 24: Catalino Gardena, 33
 * August 24: Letícia Neves de Oliveira, 22
 * September 24: Carla, 17
 * October 6: Gleice Kelly da Silva, 13

On Criminal Minds
Celestrino is very similiar to Gina King. Both were young gothic and schizophrenic serial killers who strangled their victims to death for delusional purposes and wrote messages in blood on their victims post-mortem. Also, King licking the blood coming out of her victims is an allusion to Celestrino licking his own blood.