July 15, 1963 - Julio Pérez Silva
His position as a taxi driver gave him both access and cover — a familiar urban figure offering rides to women and girls who had no reason to distrust him. Operating in and around Alto Hospicio between 1998 and 2001, he used the remote terrain and abandoned mines of the Tarapacá Region to conceal his victims, a pattern that continued for years before authorities closed in.
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Julio Segundo Pérez Silva (born July 15, 1963) is a Chilean taxi driver and serial killer who raped and killed at least 14 women and girls between 1998 and 2001. Popularly known as "The Psychopath of Alto Hospicio", his crimes took place in the Tarapacá Region, specifically in the city of Iquique and in the town of Alto Hospicio, hence his nickname.
His modus operandi was always the same. Working as a taxi driver, he intercepted girls and young women with offers of free rides, then would take them somewhere remote, where he would rape and kill them with blows to the head. Later, Pérez would throw the bodies in deep abandoned mines. He was convicted of killing 14 women and was sentenced to life imprisonment on February 26, 2004.
Pérez confessed to 14 murders, but he is also a suspect for another 5 disappearances.
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