Case 226
El Mataviejitas
In 2003, 12 elderly women were killed in their homes in Mexico City. Most were strangled and robbed. Fears arose that a serial killer was on the loose, with the media dubbing the perpetrator ‘El Mataviejitas’ – The Little Old Lady Killer.
Police initially dismissed the serial killer notion, until the victim count continued to rise and the evidence became too strong to ignore.
CREDITS
EPISODE:
Research & writing – Holly Boyd
Creative direction – Milly Raso
Narration – Anonymous Host
MUSIC:
‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro – www.dl-sounds.com
Audio production – Mike Migas
Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn
OTHER:
Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska
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RESOURCES
BOOKS
Mentes Asesina: La violencia en tu cerebro – Dr. Feggy Ostrosky-Solis
The Little Old Lady Killer – Susana Vargas Cervantes
NEWS ARTICLES
From 1998 to date, 49 murders of the elderly – La Jornada
Mexico City’s elderly fears cross-dressing killer – Chron
The attorney general detains a second mataviejitas – Crónica
They strangle the old woman number 30 in Mexico City – Crónica
Behind bars, the Mataviejitas – La Jornada
Juana Barraza, the former fighter who went from the ring to jail for killing women – Milenio (1)
The female luchador who was also Mexico’s notorious ‘Old Lady Killer’ – Mel Magazine
Old mata falls after consummating another of his crimes; she is a woman – La Jornada
La Mataviejitas, judged.. by her father – El Universal
Charges against the Mataviejitas – El Universal
It was not compiled, it did exist, he already confessed – Crónica
Mataviejitas sentenced in Mexico for 16 deaths – El Pais
759 years in prison for Juana Barraza, La Mataviejitas – Proceso
La Mataviejitas tells her truth to Yolande Andrade – Radio Formula
OTHER ARTICLES
Lucha Libre – Stephen Allen, Oxford Research Encyclopedias
The underworld of capital justice – Voltaire Net
VIDEO
The insane story of Mexico’s little old lady killer – Inside Edition
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