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The original was posted on /r/unresolvedmysteries by /u/lovelyladybug on 2024-01-14 22:21:42+00:00.
The Lisbon Ripper murdered and disemboweled 3 prostitutes in Lisbon, Portugal, between 1992 and 1993. The first victim was 22 year old Maria Valentina, who was found murdered in a cabin in July of 1992. She had been strangled, disemboweled and some of her organs has been removed.
The second victim was 24 year old Maria Fernanda, who was found by railway construction workers in January 1993, murdered in a cabin. Like the first victim, she was also disemboweled and some of her organs had been removed.
The final victim was 27 year old Maria João, she was found murdered near the same location as Maria Valentina and apparently, these 2 were friends. Like the previous victims, she was also disemboweled and most of her organs were removed.
The 3 women were all short brunettes named Maria. All 3 of them were drug addicts and prostitutes. I remember reading years ago that all 3 women also had Hiv but can’t find any source online confirming this. The murders suddenly stopped, which lead investigators to think either the murderer had suddenly just decided to stop killing, had left Portugal or that something may have happened to him. In 2011, one of the suspect’s son went on a reality tv show in Portugal called “secret story” a casa dos segredos. The contestants had to confess to a deep dark secret and this candidate confessed that he knew who the Lisbon Ripper was and claimed it was his own father. The Portuguese police arrested José Guedes and he was he was questioned. Although he could not be convicted for the murders, because the statute of limitations for murder in Portugal is 20 years. However, he was suspected of the death of another victim, Filipa Ferreira in 2000. He was kept under arrest for further questioning, but was eventually released from prison in 2013 due to lack of sufficient evidence.
The case of the Lisbon Ripper remains unsolved to this day.