São Paulo Monster

The São Paulo Monster was a criminal who attacked at least five young girls between March and April 1973 in São Paulo, Brazil. He was never identified or captured.

Attacks On March 8, 1973, an unidentified man convinced a young girl from Vila Prudente to walk with him to a nearby apartment near Vergueiro Street, where he promised a gift for her. Once inside, he attempted to rape the girl, whereupon she screamed for help and alarmed residents of the building. The attacker, fearing for his capture, threw the girl against a wall, injuring her.

Initially, three children were known to have been attacked by the Monster. On April 2, 1973, "MPR," a six-year-old girl, was waving to her father, who was exiting his house. Several minutes later, a man told her that her father was waiting for her at a nearby gas station. The kidnapper then led her 400 meters away to the third floor of an apartment building, where the kidnapper raped her. Hours later, the girl was found by someone in the hallway, and she was taken to the Hospital das Clinicas.

On April 23, 1973, at 4:30 p.m., six-year-old "AGS" left her home to visit a nearby bakery in Pari to buy roulade. About an hour later, her mother, concerned about her absence, went to search for her. She was informed that AGS did not visit the bakery and was not seen near it. Her mother went to look at neighbors' houses; however, she could not locate her daughter. She then contacted her husband, who had just come from work, and with the help of friends, parents, and neighbors, they went on another search for the girl. However, they still could not locate her; it was at this time that they decided to inform a nearby police station about the girl's disappearance. Various RONE and ROTA police cars searched for the girl throughout the Pari district and attempted to find a lead. Later, a woman with a child in her arms, Maria Alves da Cruz, along with her husband, Antonio Alves da Cruz, entered the police station and explained what had occurred.