CNN) -- A Brazilian man has confessed to killing 39 women in the
Rio de Janeiro region, police said Thursday -- shocking claims that, if
confirmed, would make him one of the most prolific serial killers in the
country's history.
In an
interview with Brazilian broadcaster TV Globo, the alleged killer, Sailson Jose
das Gracas, said that he carried out the first slaying when he was 17 and continued
to kill over the next decade.
"I
started robbing purses and small things like that," he told TV Globo.
"And as I got older, I started having a different thoughts. My thoughts
started changing. From stealing, I started thinking about killing."
Sailson,
reported to be 26-years-old, said he didn't kill impulsively but stalked his
victims.
Rio police
said they arrested Sailson on Wednesday on suspicion of killing a woman in the
suburb of Nova Iguacu.
He confessed to that homicide and then told police about
the other killings, they said.
Sailson
described his need to kill as pathological.
"When
I didn't kill, I would get nervous," he told TV Globo. "I would pace
around the house, and then when I killed, it calmed me."
The self-declared killer said he had
"no regrets" about his actions and would kill again if set free.
"What is done is done," he
told the TV network. "If I leave here in 10, 15, 20 years, I'll go back to
doing the same thing."
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