Psychologist explains how the brain of the Colombian who murdered in Chile works

Following in the wake of “Jack the Ripper”whose five crimes in Whitechapell are still the subject of investigation, Diego Alexander Ruiz Restrepo, a 33-year-old Colombian with irregular immigration status in Chile, would have started a series of murders that puzzled the society of that country, but which have a strange coincidence with those of his macabre predecessor: without saying a word and taking advantage of the defenselessness of the cold Santiago , stabbed to death 7 adults from the Meiggs neighborhood, located in the Alameda de Santiago axis.

According to the Carabineros, the chronology of this bloody streak began the November 1 at 6:15 am., when Ruiz Restrepo murdered his compatriot, and irregular immigrant in Chile, Carlos Rivas; minutes after this first crime, Ruiz Restrepo placeholder image He walked a few blocks in search of his next victim, an adult over 64, whose identity is protected by police authorities. From that moment on, crimes took place in the area: five corpses, belonging to elderly and vulnerable, took over the pages of Santiago newspapers. The procedure was routine, but with echoes of the Whitechapell murders: murdered at close range, without a word or defense on the part of the victims.

For Belisario Valbuena, a forensic psychologist specializing in profiling and analysis of criminal behavior, Ruíz Restrepo’s behavior is not the common one in a serial killer. Valbuena commented to El Tiempo that by the man’s way of acting, it is evident that he is a very impulsive person and with a very specific profile of victims, since he chose only street dwellers.

“What strikes me the most is how impulsive he is when committing the homicides, that is, having about eight homicides in a week is saying that he is someone who has a compulsion and there is no discrimination based on gender”, Valbuena indicated to El Tiempo.

In addition, the psychologist assured that, although it may not seem like it, the man did plan the murders very well, because he chose and analyzed the victims, “I would dare to say that he chose street dwellers because they are people who are not missed by a family as such, many of them cannot even be identified”, added.

On the other hand, Valbuena commented that he was surprised how his level of evil had evolved so quickly, “the strange thing is that it has gone from criminal activities such as theft to serial homicide. Here I have another hypothesis: it seems to obey and above all the impulsiveness of the crimes draws my attention, It is as if he had done what in psychiatry we call an ‘acting out’, that is, a disconnection from reality and began to kill in a compulsive way ”.

Finally, the psychologist concluded by stating that “this type of mental disorders are not very common, in general, serial killers commit homicides between cooling stages, with a certain period, one a week, one a month or one every few months, not so quickly. “

The community in Chile has openly declared that it is afraid that Ruiz’s defense will choose to declare him mentally ill and thus not pay for his crimes. Dr. Valbuena assures that it is very premature to consider that something like this could happen, but he does consider that the Chilean authorities should carry out a psychiatric examination to identify if Ruiz acted under a mental disorder.

With the help of cameras, witness statements, and crossings with police and immigration databases, Carabineros captured Ruiz Restrepo at his residence. Authorities seized sharps weapons and clothing associated with the Meiggs neighborhood killings.

The story of Diego Alexander Ruiz Restrepo it is similar to that of thousands of compatriots who go to the diaspora to solve social and economic needs. Migrated to Chile on a tourist visa, he remained in the country since 2013. He twice tried to regularize his situation, but was denied due to a history related to minor crimes in Chile.

Born in Cali, he studied at the Carlos Holmes Trujillo school, located in Comuna 15, Aguablanca District, one of the sectors with the highest inequality rates in the country. From a humble and believing family, his relatives have reacted with disappointment to the judicial accusations and the accusations of a society not used to these episodes of violence.

“Nobody expected this”, they argue in interviews with local media, while the hours run for the hearing cited by the Prosecutor of the case, Pamela contreras.

The researcher confessed her surprise when she recognized the modus operandi from Ruiz Restrepo placeholder image: “He did not interact with the victims, many of them were even sleeping when he, without provocation, stabbed them”, to which he adds that the psychopathy of the alleged serial killer has traits “Quite special”. since he went from theft to murder in a way that shows a disconnect from his personality.

Despite the evidence collected, Ruiz Restrepo, according to the prosecutor, did not confess responsibility for the crimes, which outrages Chilean society, which seeks not to open a psychiatric record that serves to evade future penalties for the accused.

In this sense, the general director of the Carabineros, Mario Rozas reinforces the procedure that led to the capture of the alleged serial killer: “Until now there is a pattern of conduct and there are means of proof that place it at the site of the event”, thus justifying the triangulation, established in record time, by the police authority.

Captured, to Ruiz Restrepo placeholder image He was charged with another crime, without resolution so far, but which shares the pattern of the November murders: in cold blood, without a word and with a sharp weapon, which occurred in March of this year. The authorities claim to have eyewitnesses who would have survived a possible attack by the murderer. As the hours go by for the hearing, and the feeling of anguish in the area subsides by the presence of the authorities, the echo of the Whitechapell murders does not seem to leave the Meiggs neighborhood.

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