A review by imyourmausoleum
The Little Old Lady Killer: The Sensationalized Crimes of Mexico's First Female Serial Killer by Susana Vargas Cervantes

informative medium-paced

3.0

Juana Dayanara Barraza Samperio was born in Mexico in 1957. Samperio is reported to have had a very traumatic childhood, with an alcoholic mother who sold her to a rapist for beer. While that does not excuse her actions, it certainly cannot have helped her criminal disposition. Samperio was a professional wrestler, wrestling with a mask and under the name La Dama del Silencio. (The Lady of Silence). Samperio targeted elderly women, typically around age sixty, often those who lived alone. She beat them to death and robbed them. The investigation is outlined in this book, and was pretty complicated.

If you are a fan of The Last Podcast On The Left, this book is on the reading list for that podcast. Her case was also "ripped from the headlines" and used in an episode of Criminal Minds. Her case was also featured on Deadly Women. The book was decent and informative about the case.