Marcelo Costa de Andrade

The Vampire of Niterói

  Active for 1 year
(1991) in Brazil

14

CONFIRMED
VICTIMS

14

POSSIBLE
VICTIMS
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  10. 9 Timeline Events
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  13. 12 Books About Marcelo Costa de Andrade
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Marcelo Costa de Andrade a Brazilian serial killer known as The vampire of Niterói. Andrade raped and killed fourteen children in Niterói and Rio de Janeiro during 1991. He was known to rape strangle beat and drink the blood of his victims. He confessed to committing acts of necrophilia with at least one of his victims body. Marcelo was caught after one of the victims escaped and alerted the authorities. He confessed to killing the fourteen boys and was preventively detained at the Heitor Carrilho Psychiatric Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Marcelo Costa de Andrade Serial Killer Profile

Serial Killer Marcelo Costa de Andrade (aka) The Vampire of Niterói, was active for 1 year in 1991, known to have ( 14 confirmed / 14 possible ) victims. This Serial Killer was active in the following countries: Brazil

Marcelo Costa de Andrade was born on January 2nd 1967 in Rio de Janeiro, city of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was raised by both parents, his grandparents, a boarding school until (Age 14), a homeless prostitute until (Age 16), both parents until adulthood. His father, an unnamed man who was abusive towards Marcelo's mother. His mother, an unnamed woman who worked as a maid. During his education he had academic, social or discipline problems, including being teased or picked on. Marcelo Costa de Andrade was sexually, physically, and psychologically abused at some point of his life.

Andrade a pedophile, necrophile male citizen of Brazil. Andrade completed 9 years of school, no degree received. Andrade never married. He had no children mentioned.

Prior to his spree he had commited crimes. He was known to abuse alcohol and drugs.

In 1991 (Age 23/24) Marcelo Costa de Andrade started his killing spree, during his crimes as a serial killer he was known to rob, commit acts of vampirism, commit acts of necrophilia, strangle, rape, mutilate, and murder his victims. He would keep personal items from the victim after the crime. He positioned or posed at least one body after death. At the time of his crimes he was living with himself, alone in Rio de Janeiro and Niterói, where Andrade was known to work as a serial killer.

He was arrested on December 18th 1991 (Age 24), convicted on April 26th 1993 (Age 26), sentenced to preventively detained at the Heitor Carrilho Psychiatric Hospital in Niterói, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Profile Completeness: 82%
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Marcelo Costa de Andrade has been listed on Killer.Cloud since November of 2016 and was last updated 5 years ago.

Marcelo Costa de Andrade a known:

Marcelo Costa de Andrade
Serial Killer Profile:

Updated: 2019-05-13 Collected by Killer.Cloud
General Information
Name: Marcelo Andrade
Nickname: The Vampire of Niterói
Victims: 14 - 14
Years Active: 1991 - 1991
Ages Active: 23/24 - 23/24
Active Countries: Brazil
Life Span: 1967 -     
Characteristics
Gender: Male
Citizenship: Brazil
Sexual Preference: pedophile, necrophile
Astrological Sign: Capricorn
Dec 22 - Jan 20
Birth Month: January
Marital Status: never married
Children: no children mentioned
Living With: himself, alone in Rio de Janeiro and Niterói
Occupation: serial killer
Childhood Information
D.O.B.: Jan 2, 1967
Family Name: Andrade
Given Name: Marcelo
Birth Location: Rio de Janeiro, city of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Birth Order: N/A
Siblings: N/A
Raised By: both parents, his grandparents, a boarding school until (Age 14), a homeless prostitute until (Age 16), both parents until adulthood
Birth Category: N/A
Mother: an unnamed woman who worked as a maid
Father: an unnamed man who was abusive towards Marcelo's mother

Cognitive Ability
IQ: N/A
Highest School: 9 years of school
Highest Degree: no degree received

Incarceration
Arrested: Dec 18, 1991 (Age 24)
Convicted: Apr 26, 1993 (Age 26)
Sentence: preventively detained
Prison Location: the Heitor Carrilho Psychiatric Hospital in Niterói, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Executed: N/A
Previous Crimes: TRUE
Previous Jail: N/A
Previous Prison: N/A

Death Information
Death Date: N/A
Cause of Death: N/A
Death Location: N/A
Killed In Prison: N/A
Suicide: N/A
9 Timeline Events of Serial Killer
Marcelo Costa de Andrade

The 9 dates listed below represent a timeline of the life and crimes of serial killer Marcelo Costa de Andrade. A complete collection of serial killer events can be found on our Serial Killer Timeline.

Date Event Description
Jan 02 1967Marcelo Costa de Andrade was born in Rio de Janeiro, city of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  #19670102
Jan 02 1987
(Age 20)
20th Birthday
1991
(Age 23/24)
Marcelo Costa de Andrade started his serial killing spree. #1991
Dec 18 1991
(Age 24)
Marcelo Costa de Andrade arrested. #19911218
1991
(Age 24/25)
Marcelo Costa de Andrade ended his serial killing spree. #1991
Apr 26 1993
(Age 26)
Marcelo Costa de Andrade was convictedand sentenced to preventively detained at the Heitor Carrilho Psychiatric Hospital in Niterói, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  #19930426
Jan 02 1997
(Age 30)
30th Birthday
Jan 02 2007
(Age 40)
40th Birthday
Jan 02 2017
(Age 50)
50th Birthday
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Boolean Questions:
Killer
Question
Killer
Answer
Total
Answered
problems in school TRUE 221
teased in school TRUE 218
physically abused TRUE 231
psychologically abused TRUE 224
sexually abused TRUE 226
drug abuse TRUE 226
alcohol abuse TRUE 226
previous crimes TRUE 367
rape TRUE 453
strangle TRUE 443
sex with body TRUE 430
mutilated TRUE 447
drank blood TRUE 442
posed body TRUE 365
totem personal item TRUE 354
robbed TRUE 418
living with children FALSE 268
physically defect FALSE 300
speach defect FALSE 300
head injury FALSE 299
psychologist FALSE 258
forensic hospital FALSE 257
used weapon FALSE 453
used gun FALSE 451
torture FALSE 426
stalk FALSE 418
blindfold FALSE 363
bound FALSE 406
ate part of body FALSE 451
totem body part FALSE 365


Books that Mention Marcelo Costa de Andrade

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Serial Killer Rapists
Book: My Life Among the Serial Killers (mentions serial killer Marcelo Costa de Andrade)
Dr. Helen Morrison
My Life Among the Serial Killers
Book: The Human Predator (mentions serial killer Marcelo Costa de Andrade)
Katherine Ramsland
The Human Predator
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Moira Martingale
Cannibal Killers
Book: The World's Most Bizarre Murders (mentions serial killer Marcelo Costa de Andrade)
James Marrison
The World's Most Bizarre Murders
Book: Vampires Through the Ages (mentions serial killer Marcelo Costa de Andrade)
Brian Righi
Vampires Through the Ages
Book: Un-Dead TV (mentions serial killer Marcelo Costa de Andrade)
Brad Middleton
Un-Dead TV
Book: Criminosos Do Brasil (mentions serial killer Marcelo Costa de Andrade)
Fonte Wikipedia
Criminosos Do Brasil

12 Books that mention Serial Killer
Marcelo Costa de Andrade

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1733630619 Serial Killer Rapists 266
0061809594 My Life Among the Serial... 33
1101619058 The Human Predator 16
0312956045 Cannibal Killers 4
1843586983 The World's Most Bizarre... 4
1534800786 Beyond Evil 1
073872971x Vampires Through the Ages 2
1935303481 Un-Dead TV 1
1230744452 Criminosos Do Brasil 1
1843961881 Cannibal Killers 3
1460297172 Cycles 1
1557758794 Summary Proceedings of th... 1
External References
  1. Q1893364 on www.wikidata.org, Retrieved on Oct 9, 2018.
  2. Marcelo Costa de Andrade on en.wikipedia.org, Retrieved on Apr 25, 2019.
  3. Juan Ignacio Blanco, Marcelo COSTA DE ANDRADE on murderpedia.org, Retrieved on Apr 25, 2019.
  4. Myxter Hyde, Marcelo Costa de Andrade on www.blazingcariboustudios.com, Retrieved on Apr 25, 2019.
  5. Marcelo Costa de Andrade on criminalia.es, Retrieved on May 22, 2019.
Internal References

Marcelo Costa de Andrade is included in the following pages on Killer.Cloud the Serial Killer Database

  1. #3 of 5[ Page 1 ] of Serial Killers active in Brazil
  2. #7 of 20[ Page 1 ] of Serial Killer Vampires sorted by Confirmed Victims
  3. #10 of 651[ Page 1 ] of the A-Z List of Serial Killers
  4. #12 of 56[ Page 1 ] of Serial Killers with birthdays in January
  5. #14 of 55[ Page 1 ] of Capricorn Serial Killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
  6. #16 of 60[ Page 2 ] of Serial Killer Necrophiliacs sorted by Confirmed Victims
  7. #39 of 250[ Page 3 ] of Serial Killer Stranglers sorted by Confirmed Victims
  8. #58 of 307[ Page 4 ] of Serial Killer Rapist sorted by Confirmed Victims
  9. #107 of 651[ Page 8 ] of serial killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
  10. #211 of 651[ Page 15 ] of serial killers sorted by Profile Completeness
  11. #647 of 651[ Page 44 ] of serial killers sorted by Years Active
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