'Little old lady killer' terrorises Mexico City

Long used to kidnappers and drug hitmen, Mexico's capital is now in fear of another type of criminal: a serial killer in women's clothes who strangles and batters old ladies in their homes. Police believe a single murderer is responsible for the unusual killings of four elderly women in the city so far this year and may have committed some of 37 others since 2003. Bizarrely, three of the four victims had prints of the painting "Boy in Red Waistcoat" by 18th century French artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze hanging on their walls, but prosecutors say that might just be a coincidence. ...more