The Paturis Park murders are a series of 13 murders of gay men between February 2007 and August 2008. The murders took place in Paturis Park ("Parque dos Paturis") in Carapicuíba, Brazil and perpertrated by an unknown killer dubbed the "Rainbow Maniac".
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