Diogo Figueira da Rocha (born October 9, 1863, in Botucatu – May 1, 1897 on the banks of the Mojiguaçu River), better known as Dioguinho, was a Brazilian career criminal and serial killer acting within São Paulo at the end of the 19th century. He is supposedly responsible for more than 50 murders between 1894 and 1897. Tucked away in the far west of the state, he was hunted down by government task forces and was pronounced dead in 1897 after a shootout with the authorities on the banks of the Mojiguaçu River. The corpse, however, has never been recovered.
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9 October 1863 Botucatu, São Paulo Province, Empire of Brazil
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Died |
1 May 1897 (aged 33) Bom Repouso, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Zodiac | Libra |
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