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True Crime Friday: Diego Ruiz Restrepo, the Psychopath of Meiggs Serial Killer



Diego Alexánder Ruiz Restrepo was born March 14, 1990. He is a Colombian Serial Killer who became active in Chile. He murdered at least seven people in the suburbs of Meiggs, hence the moniker of the Psychopath of Meiggs. He was active in that area from March of 2020 through November of 2020. He had been living in the area without documentation since 2013. Diego Alexánder Ruiz Restrepo has been linked to twenty murders per the Chilean Prosecutors office. Making his total roughly twenty seven know murders.

The Early Childhood of Diego Ruiz Restrepo

Not much is known about his mother. She was a teenager when he was born. Once she became pregnant her partner left her. Diego went to live with his maternal grandparents. Diego was forced to drop out of school to help support the family. The allure of easy money through criminal means proved tempting. Before moving to Chile, Deigo lived in a poverty-stricken area during the height of the drug wars in Columbia. He was exposed to extreme violence at an early age. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) indictors growing up in extreme poverty and being exposed to violence at an early age can lead to becoming a serial killer. There are many people that live in or are currently living in poverty but do not become serial killers.

From an early age Diego Ruiz Restrepo had a violent temper. He was a student at Colegio Carlos Holmes Trujillo. He worked as a mechanic for five years. When his mother decided to move to Chile, he decided to follow her posing as a tourist for three years. Diego met a woman and had a son with her. Her brother-in-law said Diego was an acholic and an abuser. Ruiz stabbed his sister, mother, grandfather and grand stepfather. They all had to take out a restraining order on him for their safety. Ruiz was a dangerous person. It was reported that he had been involved in several conflicts in his neighborhood. He was reported to the police for his disruptive and violent behavior. He was known to the police because of robberies he had committed. He could not obtain legal citizenship because of his violent police record.

The Less Dead Theory

This term refers to the victims of serial killers who are from marginalized groups of people that society deems least worthy because of their social status. Serial killers generally target sex workers, women, children, drug users, homosexuals, farm workers, hospital patients and the elderly. These groups are considered less dead because society ignored these groups when they were alive, so police put these types of victims on the back burner to solve their cases making them less day after death. Believe it or not, during the Grim Sleeper reign of terror, a woman was being interviewed for the documentary when she said she saw a file that police had marked LD. She asked what LD meant since she had seen this label on files pertaining to mostly black women that the unknown serial killer at the time had committed. It was then that she learned the term Less Dead. The documentary is chilling to say the least. Of course, it would be discovered that Lonnie Franklin, Sr., was the infamous Grim Sleeper Serial Killer.

The Victims of Diego Ruiz Restrepo

  • Víctor Olegario Allende Salas, 72
  • Carlos Andrés Rivas Angulo, 35.
  • Guido Hernán Gallardo Contreras, 64
  • Luis Marcelo Romero Jeria, 49
  • Marcia Margot Tapia Loncón, 57
  • Leónidas Vicente Panez Fierro, 40
  • Rodrigo “Che” Manino Carmona, 32

The Survivors of Diego Ruiz Restrepo

  • Óscar P.
  • Pedro Manuel Bustamante Babbonney
Diego was a drug dealer and serial killer. No one was safe around him. He killed his clients, other drug dealers and anyone who crossed his path. He would torture his victims before killing them. He would carve the letter “D” into their bodies. Investigators linked Ruiz to at least 20 other deaths. They studied his behavior patterns and reviewed security camera footage that captured his movements.

Lady Justice

Diego Ruiz Restrepo was arrested on November 9, 2020. He was charged with multiple murders. Eventually, he became connected to several crimes beyond those confirmed in the beginning. Diego Ruiz Restrepo was sentenced in 2023 to life in prison with eligibility for parole in forty years. He primarily targeted homeless people because they were easier targets. In one of his rampages, he killed four people in one night. He is now serving his sentence in prison.

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