Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha (born 4 February 1988) is a Brazilian former security guard and serial killer who has claimed to have killed 39 people.
He earlier caught the attention of police after they discovered that he was facing trial for stealing the number plate off a motorbike at a supermarket in Goiânia in January 2014.
A motorbike, stolen plates and the suspected murder weapon, a .38 revolver, were retrieved from a home he shared with his mother.
[3] He attempted suicide in his prison cell on 16 October 2014 by slashing his wrists with a smashed light bulb.
[4][2] Gomes da Rocha has claimed to have had murderous urges since age 11, when he was sexually abused by a neighbor.