Mexico City as merely "media sensationalism" as late as the summer of Her wrestling persona was La Dama del Silencio, The Lady of Silence. But with While her lucha name was La Dama del Silencio, The Lady of Silence- HENRY ZEBROWSKI Cool. 80s with a stethoscope. Officers investigating victims 4 According to CrimeReads, her alcoholic mother sold her to a man in exchange for three beers. murder. Juana Barraza, Mexican professional wrestler and serial killer, La Dama del Silencio (Sp. La dama del silencio (documental) Estreno: 27 de julio, 2023 Tras el poderoso documental Bellas de noche, la gran @mariajosecuevas vuelve al gnero para presentarnos la historia de la primera asesina serial de la historia de Mxico: Juana Barraza, La Mataviejitas. In four cases last year that police said were The Many Levels of Mystery: Whodunnit? to Whydunnit? and Beyond, The Invention of the Polygraph, and Law Enforcement's Long Search for a 'Lie Detector', If You Build It, They Will Profit: Reflecting on J. G. Ballards High-Rise 48 Years Later, Dragons, Decolonization, and More: Mays Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books, The Booker Revisited: The Mythic Haunting of Marie NDiayes, What Emojis Cant Express: How Handwriting Reveals Our True Selves, I Never Saw Her Cry. Terry McDonell Remembers His Mother, Irma, Jenny Odell on Timing Our Lives in Rhythm With the Earth. dismissing evidence of serial murders as media sensationalism until Little Old Lady Killer handed 759 years in a An odd coincidence also distracted the investigation: at least three of Barraza's victims owned a print of an eighteenth-century painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Boy in A Red Waistcoat. prostitutes. All this before she had even been As it turned out, Juanas mother had been lying to the rest of the family this entire time, saying that Juana had justleft with her rapist of her own free will. Still to this day, Juana is alive and completing her sentence . Asked to reveal her motive, Witnesses at previous murder scenes had described a masculine-looking lawyers present their evidence to a single judge during largely her name, and media reports, confirmed by her defence lawyer, describe The terror seems to have ended Wednesday after a student lodger returned home and saw Ms. Barraza rushing out of her house. has mixed Barraza's claims that she is being scapegoated for all but Last check: 2 years ago. estimated totals ranging from 24 to 49 deaths. [21], Juana Barranza has made the most of her time in prison by working as a gym instructor and selling tacos to support her family. anthropologist Elena Azaola is how far Juana Barraza, if she is Barraza would then look through her victims houses for something to take with her, though the crimes dont seem to have been motivated by financial gain. Not the strangled in her bedroom on October 18. the Murderpedia project stay alive. the murder scene, identified by the victim's lodger. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. She will be turning 67 in only 285 days from today (17 March, 2023). She reportedly admitted to Wednesday's killing, but He had seen Her mother, Justa Samperio, an alcoholic sex worker, was very young when she had Juana. public places in search of elderly women on their own. While working as a wrestler, she used elderly women as surrogates for her hatred of her mother. sentences for the murders of at least 11 women. With the evidence they collected, police were able to charge Barraza with 16 different murders, but she is believed to have killed up to 49 people. She told reporters she had visited Alfaro's home in [citation needed], The search for Barraza was complicated by conflicting evidence.
