Case 292
Monster of the Andes
*** Content warnings: Child abuse, child victims, sexual assault ***
In the late 1970s, young girls along the Andes mountain range in Ecuador began to disappear. By 1980, the number of missing girls had reached national crisis proportions. Police feared the girls had been abducted by international child traffickers and sold into domestic and sexual slavery. That was until a vigilant market vendor spotted something out of the ordinary.
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
Remolina, J. (1981), El estrangulado de los Andes. Colección Enigma. Bogotá, Colombia
VIDEO
Pedro Lopez: The Monster of the Andes – A+E Bio
NEWS ARTICLES
The hands of a monster – Sunday Mirror
Seize ‘Monster of the Andes’… – Chicago Tribune
Monster of the Andes to soon go free – Deseret News
The Monster of the Andes would remain free – El Tiempo
Pedro Alonso Lopez was transferred yesterday to Espinal – El Tiempo
They accused the Monster of the Andes of another death – El Tiempo
Monster of the Andes sows panic in northern Ecuador – El Tiempo
Wanted – Semana.com (6 May 2002)
The mystery of the unknown whereabouts of one of the worst serial killers – El Tiempo