Anísio Ferreira de Sousa

Anísio Ferreira de Sousa is a Brazilian doctor and serial killer who ran a satanic ring that killed children in Altamira, Brazil. [ [http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:l9oy-ZNoQ7wJ:www.hcnet.usp.br/ipq/nufor/pdf/meninos.pdf+An%C3%ADsio+Sousa+medico+altamira&hl=pl&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=pl&client=firefox-a "Meninos Emasculados De Altamira"] (in Portuguese)] He was convicted of the murder of three children and the attempted murder of two others. In total, the deaths of 19 children have been linked to the ring. [ [http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:IlB03iv2OJYJ:www.conjur.com.br/static/text/31675,1+Anisio+Ferreira+de+Sousa+altamira&hl=pl&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=pl&client=firefox-a The Children of Altamira] (in Portuguese)]

Crimes

Between 1989 and 1992 children disappeared around the town of Altamira. The children were sexually mutilated and murdered. De Sousa was sentenced to 77 years in prison. Two co-defendants also received terms: Amailton Madeira Gomes (a former policeman) was sentenced to 57 years, and Césio Brandão to 56 years in prison. Another defendant, Valentina de Andrade, was acquitted. [ [http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:VTy6vBRNFiAJ:www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u103885.shtml+Anisio+Ferreira+de+Sousa+altamira&hl=pl&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=pl&client=firefox-a "STF nega liberdade a acusado de castrar jovens em Altamira"] (in Portuguese)]

References

External links

* [http://www.hcnet.usp.br/ipq/nufor/pdf/meninos.pdf Article on the ring and a list of victims] (in Portuguese)