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Manuel Octavio Bermúdez Estrada

18/7/2014

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"El Monstruo de los Cañaduzales" or "The Monster of the Cane Fields," Manuel Bermúdez Octavio Estrada, is a Colombian rapist, mutilator and murderer of at least 21 children.

He confessed to the horrendous crimes which he committed between 1999 and 2003.

The Monster of the Cane Fields

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Manuel Octavio Bermúdez Estrada was a Colombian serial killer and paedophile. He became known as the ‘Monster of the Cane Fields’ and confessed to the murder of many children in remote areas where nobody really visited.

Born in 1961, Manuel’s parents died not long after he was born, and he was adopted out to a woman who was incredibly physically abusive.

As a child his adoptive mother threw him off a balcony, which resulted in a broken hand and foot and a permanent limp. He was removed from this unhealthy environment and given to another family to raise – only to discover he had been placed in the care of alcoholics.



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As an adult, Manuel worked as an ice cream vendor, which gave him access to children. Kids being the trusting creatures that they are would believe Manuel when he would tell them that he would give them some money if they would go with him into the corn fields. Once there, he would sometimes inject them with a sedative which would make them unable to walk, then would rape them and murder them by strangulation.

He admitted to raping, mutilating and murdering many children
(admitting to either 21 or 34 murders, depending on sources) between 1999 and 2003, in the surrounding towns of Valle del Cauca. He was captured when 12 year old Luis Carlos Gálvez disappeared. Luis’ mother had seen her son with Manuel, which led investigators to inspect the room he had rented. Inside the room, the police found syringes, Lidocaine, newspaper clippings of the murders, and the wristwatch Luis was wearing the day he went missing.

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Although he is suspected of actually killing up to 300 children, only 17 bodies were ever found. He was found guilty and sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Manuel is second on the list of the most dangerous Colombian ‘violators’ to have ever lived.

He comes second to Luis Alfred Garavitor, a Colombian psychopath responsible for killing over 160 children...

but more about that man another time...

By Peet Banks 2014

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