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...tence. Killing his four rapists were the first of his serial killings. Factors, such as being raped and neglected, were definitely contributors to his life struggles. “Since Lopez was born, his mother abused him and his siblings, and kept them under control with an ironclad fist” (Mean Streets, David Lohr, 2003, http://www.crimelibrary.com). This abuse and disjunction, was probably one of the main factors that contributed to Lopez’s murderous behaviour Lopez had a past of traumatic sexual encounters with people which probably influenced his behaviour as well. Lopez later went on to travel his country, raping and killing little girls aged 8 to 12. He said that the reason for which he raped and murdered such young girls, is because he lost his innocence at the age of 8; he said that he wanted these young girls to know what that felt like. At the end of Lopez’s killings, he managed to murder over 300 little girls. Pedro Lopez’s life was never really “put together”. He never felt love from anyone; he never felt that he had anything to loose. This lack of love in his life was what caused a lot of his anger. He enjoyed watching the lives of his victims fade away. An anthropologist would wonder, what cultural aspects would have influenced his behaviour? Pedro was born at a time when crime was very high in his country. It seems that his surroundings may have caused him to act out so violently and criminally. Columbia’s crime rate was fifty times higher than any country in the world. A sociologist might ask, what social pressures of events may have influenced him? Most of Lopez’s relationships were traumatic and a lot of his encounters with people were violent and unpleasant. Occurrences like being was raped in jail and sexu...