Serial killer, 35, apprehended in Brazil confesses to killing 14 people during a span of 16 years - last three victims were met on dating apps
- Renato Teixeira was arrested in Franco de Rocha, Brazil on Wednesday
- The 35-year-old was being investigated for the murders of three people he met via online dating apps from 2020 to 2022
- Teixeira was questioned by investigators and said he had killed only nine people before telling a reporter that he had actually killed 14
A serial killer who confessed to murdering 14 people over a span of 16 years has been finally captured in Brazil.
Renato Teixeira, 35, was taken into custody in Franco de Rocha, São Paulo on Wednesday.
During an interrogation at a police station, Teixeira told cops he was only responsible for nine of the murders. But he changed his tune when he was escorted out of the building, telling a Record TV reporter that he was responsible for 14 killings.
Authorities describe him as a prostitute who murdered three people he met through online dating apps between 2020 and 2022. It's unknown which sites he visited.
Renato Garcia is accused of murdering three people he met on online dating sites in Brazil. He was arrested Wednesday and confessed to the police that he had killed only nine people before telling a reporter that he was responsible for 14 murders
Mário Marchiani (pictured) was allegedly stabbed dead by Brazilian serial killer Renato Teixeira in December 2022
He met two male victims in the São Paulo cities of São Bernardo and Santo André and a woman in Pirutuba.
Teixeira used the fake name of 'Bruno' when identifying himself on the dating apps and always sought financial favors from his victims.
São Bernardo police chief Roberto Krasovic told reporters that Teixeira attacked his love interests with knives or poisoned them whenever they rejected his demands.
'He wouldn't accept a 'no' and persisted in the constant search for new targets, even after committing the crimes,' Krasovic said.
Deputy police chief Giuliano Rossi revealed that Teixeira used knives that were up to 15 centimeters long to kill his victims.
Police described Renato Teixeira as a prostitute who targeted his victims on dating app for financial favors
Renato Teixeira told television cameras he killed 14 people following his arrest in Franco da Rocha, Brazil on Wednesday. During a police interrogation, the 35-year-old said he had killed only nine people. Authorities have so far accused him for three murders - the victims were killed between 2020 and 2022 after he met them on dating apps
Sectional police chief Kelly César described him as a psychopath.
'His coldness when describing the crimes, even detailing the type of knife he preferred to use, is astounding,' she said.
Police zeroed in on Teixeira following the killing of Mário Marchiani, 60, on December 3, 2022, at a home he rented in São Bernardo.
He then waited three days to text the property owner's husband to say that he had murdered Marchiani and left the body in one of the rooms.
The victim's body was in a state of decomposition when the Military Police searched the home.
