Brazilian Ex-Cop Questioned In Gay Serial Killings

(Sao Paulo, Brazil) Brazilian police say a retired officer has been detained in connection with the murders of 13 gay men in a low-income suburb of Sao Paulo.
Authorities say retired state police Sgt. Jairo Francisco Franco was taken into custody Wednesday night after a witness identified him as the killer of …

Brazil gay killings may be work of serial killer

(Sao Paulo, Brazil) Brazilian police are investigating whether a possible serial killer is behind the murders of more than a dozen gay men in a park in suburban Sao Paulo.

Police chief Paulo Fernando Fortunato tells the O Globo newspaper that 13 gay men were killed there between February 2007 and …