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A Brazilian serial killer dressed as a woman, hid in the woods and was nicknamed 'mosquito'

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A man who Brazilian authorities say killed 16 people lived in the woods to avoid capture and was nicknamed “mosquito” by locals because of his frail build, the Brazilian police investigator responsible for his arrest said Monday

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