Francisco de Assis Pereira

Francisco de Assis Pereira a.k.a. "The Park Maniac" is a Brazilian serial killer and rapist.

Background
During his childhood, Pereira claimed that he was sexually abused by his own aunt, causing him to develop an obsession with breasts. Years later, as an adult, he was seduced by his male boss, which eventually sparked an interest for homosexual relationships. He also claimed that a goth tried to torn out his penis with her mouth but failed, this left him with excruciating pain during sexual acts.

Murders, Arrest and Incarceration
His first victim was Elisângela Francisco da Silva, who was having financial difficulties at time of her murder. Pereira approached her and gave her a opportunity of work, but only if she followed him to a nearby park, the state park, she gadly accepted the offer. There, Pereira raped her and strangled her with a rope. During interviews, Pereira said that her death made him sexually aroused, only wanting to rape and kill more women, but at same time, he was deeply scared of being caught. Much later, Pereira claimed that a voice had told him to continue the murders, he did what the voice had asked. His next victim was Raquel Mota Rodrigues, when Pereira saw her walking down a street, the voice came back saying that she was "the perfect victim". Using exactly the same M.O. as before, he took her to the state park, raped her and strangled her with a rope. Felling more satisfied than before, Pereira proceeded to kill women, with the voice only getting stronger with each kill. Patrícia would be his next victim, lucky for Pereira, Patrícia's dream was to become a model, so manipulating her was not a hard job for him. Again, the victim followed him to the state park and was raped, but this time strangled with an unknown ligature. After she died, the voice ordered Pereira to cannibalize her body, Pereira bit multiple parts of her body, most notably her breasts, but wasn't strong enough to eat her. His last known victim was Selma Ferreira Queiroz, and also his only know victim who was in fact, a minor. Using the same M.O., she was raped and strangled with an unknown ligature just like the previous victim. The voice then again ordered him to cannibalize her body, but the only thing he did was bit her, just like before. Police investigation began when police discovered three victims who managed to escape him, a sketch of the suspect was made and shortly after, police received a call from a man claiming to have the phone number of a very similiar individual. The phone number took the police officers to a transportation company, they also found out that a suspicious man named Francisco de Assis Pereira had quit his job three days earlier, on his office, compelling evidence was found, one of the victim's identity card. Later, police discovered another compelling evidence about Pereira, he was once convicted of attempting to rape a woman in 1995. Pereira was finally found after a manhunt that lasted 23 days, he had escaped to the south and was staying with a friend. The same friend eventually saw Pereira on the news and reported him to the police, Pereira was arrested shortly after. In prison, he claimed that he had killed 11 women but was only convicted of 10, as the eleventh victim's body was never found. Because of the sexual nature of his crimes, multiple inmates attempted to murder him, one of his would-be killers was Pedro Rodrigues Filho himself. On December 2000, a prison riot occured and Pereira was pronounced dead, however, it was later confirmed that Pereira had survived. In the present day, with the voice now gone, Pereira considers himself to be a new man, even having a girlfriend living outside prison.

Modus Operandi
Pereira would approach young women and claim that he was a photographer searching for potential future models, before giving them an opportunity of work as a model, but first they would have to go with him to the state park, where a session of photos would be taken by the "photographer". In the park, the victims would be brutally raped and then strangled to death with a ligature. After killing his two last known victims, he bit their corpses multiple times and tried to cannibalize them, but gave up. In response to this, he claimed that a flesh-eating demon demanded it, and that he was about to eat his victims if not caught.

Known Victims

 * 1995
 * Unnamed woman
 * 1997
 * Unspecified date: Elisângela Francisco da Silva


 * 1998
 * January 9: Raquel Mota Rodrigues
 * April 17: Patrícia Gonçalves Marinho
 * June 3: Selma Ferreira Queiroz
 * Unspecified dates: Seven unnamed women
 * Unspecified date: Unnamed woman
 * Unspecified dates: Three unnamed women

On Criminals Minds
Pereira's cannibalistic tendencies to satisfy a flesh-eating demonic entity is very similiar to cannibalistic serial killer Floyd Feylinn Ferell. Similiar to Floyd, police and media said that his luck to manipulate women so easily and elude capture was almost something "supernatural".