country conviction alias birth_place sentence birth_date victims beginyear birthname article_title endyear name apprehended
brazil murder the nurse of death brazil 76 years in prison 1957 4-131 january 1999 edson izidoro guimarães edson izidoro guimarães
 may 1999 edson izidoro guimarães may 4 , 1999
edson izidoro guimarães

edson isidoro guimarães -lrb- born 1957 -rrb- is a brazillian nursing assistant and convicted serial killer .
he confessed to five murders of which he was convicted of four , but is suspected of committing up to 131 in total .
he claimed that he chose patients whose conditions were irreversible and who were in pain .
