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Colombian serial killer who confessed to murdering more than 190 children dies in hospital

Authorities in Colombia say a prolific serial killer who confessed to murdering more than 190 children during the 1990s has died in a hospital where he was imprisoned. He was 66. Luis Alfredo Garavito was nicknamed “The Beast.”  He confessed to having murdered more than 190 children between the ages of 8 and 16, who were mostly from low-income families. He kidnapped and abused his victims by posing as a monk, a homeless person or a street vendor. The National Penitentiary Institute says that Garavito died in a hospital in Valledupar, in northern Colombia. The cause of death has not been revealed.

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