The first known victim was 22-year-old Maria Valentina who went by Tina. She was a prostitute who frequented the area around Avendias Novas, Avenidas Defensores de Chaves, and Avenida Cinco de Outubro. She was found on July 31,1992 in a large cabin in Póvoa de Santo Adrião. She had been strangled, disemboweled and had internal organs removed.
The second known victim was 24-year-old Maria Fernanda was found on Jan. 27, 1993. She was also found in a cabin Entrecampos. Railroad workers that were working on a nearby bridge found her body. She had also been disemboweled with organs removed.
The third known victim was 27-year-old Maria João and was found on March 15, 1993. She was a resident of the Santo António dos Cavaleiros ghetto she lived alone with her two cats. She was found near the location of the first victim and it had been learned that the two were actually friends. Maria was also disemboweled, but this time almost all of her internal organs were taken.
All three women were young brunets named Maria. They were all three allegedly prostitutes and suffered from drug abuse. They weren't killed with a knife, but a small scalpel. Even if the killer is found the statute of limitations has run out on these murders and they wouldn't be prosecuted because of it.
It could be possible that there were more murders that were done in different countries. There were four identical murders that occurred in the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Denmark, and Belgium. There was also speculation that there was a small string of unsolved murders that were similar in Massachusetts. It could be possible they started murdering here while living in Bedford large Portuguese population and went back to their native land to start killing. But there had been no official link made in these murders.
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