The Cold-Case of the ‘Lisbon Ripper’ Who Butchered Sex Workers in the Nineties
Everything we know about the unsolved criminal investigation surrounding the most gruesome serial killings in recent Portuguese history
The cold case about the serial killer that plagued Lisbon in the 90s will forever remain unsolved and has become an everlasting mystery taunting the Portuguese authorities. The victims of the Lisbon ripper were all young, short brunettes, HIV-positive sex workers, and drug addicts in their twenties.
According to psychiatric profiling, the ripper was, apparently, a “normal” person, living a discrete social life. Like many other psychopaths, he could be the next-door neighbor that helps you carry the groceries up the stairs, as you wouldn’t find anything weird about him. However, his mind was full of demons that taunted him into sociopathy, concocting a negative view of the outside world.
The Lisbon ripper exhibited all the signs we commonly find in psychopaths. The forensic analyst José Barra da Costa is one of the leading theorists regarding the case of the Lisbon ripper. The expert found evidence that leads him to classify the perpetrator as a psychopath with schizoid traits. The forensic profiler describes the ripper as an “impulsive and…
