Monday, November 3, 2014

Re: Welcome to week six of the CJ Forum presented by Erika Martinez.


Incredibility handsome serial killer confesses to 39 murders

A 26 year old man from Goiania, Brazil has confessed to murdering 39 people. Da Rocha has allegedly shot and killed all of his victims from a motorbike, including a 14-year-old girl who was standing at a bus stop as well as 16 women who include homeless people and transvestites. Da Rocha at the age of 11 was sexually abused, I had an ordinary childhood until I was 11 claimed DaRocha; I was sexually abused by a neighbor.

After that I felt like I was nothing, I felt the anger growing in me from that moment on. When I was 22, I couldn't stop myself anymore, it was like I had to do it," were the words from Da Rocha as he was being interviewed. "I tried to do other things to get it out, but they didn't work.  He also admitted that his motivation towards killing people was from “great anger” and killing was the only way to get it out of his systems. It has been said that Da Rocha has no love for himself, in fact, he has attempted suicide

He is being temporarily held in a single cell in prison in the city. Da Rocha called on the wardens saying he was “in the mood to kill”. He was put in a single cell because he would always answer criminally and said he would kill one of the other inmates.

 

1.    Do you think being sexually abused affects people mentally or can they get help to eventually overcome the problem?

 

2.    If Da Rocha had received help from the start, do you think he wouldn’t have committed all those murders?

 

3.    What would you suggest for Da Rocha in terms of rehabilitation so that if he is released from prison he will not be tempted to further commit heinous crime such as killing innocent individuals?