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Luis A. Garavito
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Luis Alfredo Garavito apparently committed his first murder in 1992, but the hunt for the worst serial killer in Colombian history was not launched until 1998, when 25 bodies were found in the western city of Pereira. The victims - mostly boys between 8 and 16 - were found with their throats slit. The drifter, who has admitted killing 140 children across Colombia, said he has a history of mental illness and alcohol abuse and was beaten and raped as a child, according to published reports.
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