A.K.A.: "The Monster of the Andes" Classification: Serial killerCharacteristics: RapeNumber of victims: 57 - 300 +Date of murders: 1969 - 1980Date of arrest: March 9, 1980Date of birth: October 8, 1948Victims profile:Â
Girls between nine and twelve years old
Method of murder: StrangulationLocation: Peru - Ecuador - ColombiaStatus: Sentenced to 16 years in prison in Ecuador on January 25, 1981. Released on August 31, 1994. Â
Re-arrested an hour later as an illegal immigrant, and handed over to Colombian authorities who charged him with a twenty year old murder. He was found to be insane and held in a psychiatric wing of a Bogotá hospital. In 1998 he was declared sane, and released on $50 bail. N
o one knows if Lopez is dead or alive