The Nine-Year-Old Who Buried a Girl Under a House

The Nine-Year-Old Who Buried a Girl Under a House

A three-year-old girl vanished from a Buenos Aires street in 1906. Her body was never found because a two-story house was built directly above where she was buried by a nine-year-old boy. How many more children would disappear before he was stopped?

In this episode, we delve into the chilling story of Cayetano Santos Godino, known as "El Petiso Orejudo," and his six-year reign of terror against children in early 20th-century Buenos Aires. We explore the unsettling question of whether he was born or made into a killer, examining the societal conditions and early warning signs that were tragically overlooked.

Case: Cayetano Santos Godino
Nickname: El Petiso Orejudo (The Big-Eared Runt)
Birth Date: October 31, 1896
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Status: Declared legally insane

- Cayetano Santos Godino attacked more than a dozen children between 1904 and 1912.
- He was responsible for the deaths of at least four children.
- His first recorded attack was at age seven, on two-year-old Miguel De Paola.
- María Rosa Face, three years old, was strangled and buried alive by Cayetano in 1906.
- Early behaviors included torturing animals and setting fires, later recognized as warning signs.

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