Edson Izidoro Guimarães
Edson Izidoro Guimarães | |
|---|---|
| Born | Edson Izidoro Guimarães 1957 (age 67–68) |
| Other names | The Nurse of Death |
| Conviction | Murder |
| Criminal penalty | 76 years in prison |
| Details | |
| Victims | 4–131 |
Span of crimes | January – May 1999 |
| Country | Brazil |
Date apprehended | May 4, 1999 |
Edson Isidoro Guimarães (born 1957) is a Brazilian nursing assistant and convicted serial killer. He confessed to five murders of which he was convicted of four, but is suspected of committing up to 131 in total. He claimed that he chose patients whose conditions were irreversible and who were in pain.