Daniel Thomas Tavares Jr. (born 1966) is an American serial killer who was convicted of stabbing his mother to death in 1991 and committing a double murder upon his release from prison in 2007.
His parents divorced when he was four years old, and his father moved to Florida and remarried, leaving Daniel and his siblings to be raised by their single mother.
[2] Tavares dropped out of school in the eighth grade and was first arrested at age 19 for an assault committed during an overnight burglary.
[3] During the incident, he also stabbed Richard Pires, who wrote a letter recommending leniency for his assault charge in 1985.
When police arrived, Tavares was banging his head on the ceiling, proclaiming, "I can't take it.
During his imprisonment, he would file numerous lawsuits and claim that he was harassed and assaulted by correctional officers for being gay.