José Doráncel Vargas Gomez AKA The Cannibal of Venezuela

WILDCIDE

February 1999 the country of Venezuela would have to decide how to navigate through their first serial killer case. This case would include a dozen male victims but also evidence of cannibalism. The media, judicial system, law enforcement staff, and thousands of citizens would be shaken to find that Jose Dorancel Vargas Gomez hunted, killed, prepared, and ate his unsuspecting victims. How would the legal system handle the country’s first ever cannibalistic serial killer? To make matters trickier, how would “Dorangel Vargas”, as the papers would mistype, be sentenced due legal restrictions around diagnosed mental illness. Bailey and Chelsea will present this heart breaking and conflicting case and dive into the world of taboo, mental illness, and the idea of justice.

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