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Charles Sobhraj A.K.A.: "The Serpent" - "The Bikini killer"

Classification: Serial killer
Characteristics: Poisoner - Robberies
Number of victims: 10 +
Date of murders: 1975 - 1976
Date of arrest: July 5, 1976 / September 19, 2003
Date of birth: April 6, 1944
Victims profile: Teresa Knowlton / Jennie Bollivar / Vitali Hakim / Henk Bintanja, 29, and his fiancée Cornelia Hemker, 25 / Charmayne Carrou / Laurent Ormond Carrière, 26 / Connie Bronzich, 29 / Avoni Jacob / Ajay Chowdhury / Jean-Luc Solomon
Method of murder: Poisoning - Drowning - Strangulation
Location: Thailand / Nepal / India / Malaysia
Status: Sentenced to 12 years in prison in India in 1976. Released on February 27, 1997. Sentenced to life imprisonment in Nepal on August 20, 2004

Hatchand Bhaonani Gurumukh Charles Sobhraj (born April 6, 1944), better known as Charles Sobhraj, is a serial killer of Indian and Vietnamese origin, who preyed on Western tourists throughout Southeast Asia during the 1970s. Nicknamed "the Serpent" and "the Bikini killer" for his skill at deception and evasion, he allegedly committed at least 12 murders.

He was convicted and jailed in India from 1976 to 1997, but managed to live a life of leisure even in prison. After his release, he retired as a celebrity in Paris; he unexpectedly returned to Nepal, where he was arrested, tried and sentenced to life imprisonment on August 12, 2004. The Supreme Court of Nepal has finally convicted him and ordered the life imprisonment, this decision was made on 30 July 2010.

While Sobhraj is widely believed to be a psychopath — he has a manipulative personality and is incapable of remorse — his motives for killing differed from those of most serial killers. Sobhraj was not driven to murder by deep-seated, violent impulses, but rather for personal gain, as a means among many to sustain his lifestyle of adventure. That lifestyle, as well as his cunning and cultured personality, made him a celebrity long before his release from prison. Sobhraj immensely enjoyed the attention, charging large amounts of money for interviews and film rights; his life has already been the object of four books and three documentaries. This search for attention and overconfidence in his own intelligence are named as causes of his unexpected return to one of the few places on Earth where authorities were still willing and able to arrest him, and his subsequent downfall.

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