Richard Arinaitwe

 VICTIMS: 8 (so far)

First off I must say that Richard Arinaitwe has not been convicted of any murders, and therefore I can't really call him a serial killer (even though he has no qualms about calling himself one), so for the purpose of this page we will call him 'alleged serial killer', okay.

I also must say that I know absolutely nothing about his murders either. All that I know is that he has killed eight by strangulation, and that seven of them were local Kampala, Uganda, women. The only reason I know anything about him is because his final victim was an American working as a programmer for East Africa Minnesota Information Health Volunteers. Her name was Maria Cecilia Goetz, a 35-year-old Minneapolis woman. She was killed at a downtown Kampala hotel in July.

As for Arinaitwe - well all I know is that he is a former law student who likes to talk. In fact that is where the purpose of this page is leading.

You see he was caught after killing the American ( I guess they really are more important than the rest of us). Following his arrest he decided to own up to the other murders. He confessed to Kampala Magistrate Elizabeth Jane Alividza.

After giving his confession to Alividza, Arinaitwe asked her for a glass of water. While her back was turned, he grabbed her by the neck and tried to strangle her.

A police officer then jumped in and saved her life. But since he had nothing to lose, Arinaitwe turned his attention to the cop - almost killing him as well. Unfortunately for Arinaitwe more police were on hand and he missed out on adding to his eight victims.

And now to the funny bit -
When asked why he attacked Alividza, Arinaitwe said he was simply demonstrating how he killed his victims.

He was sentenced to 24 months for the attempted murders. He is also currently awaiting his trial for murder.
 

MY OPINION

Since this case has not actually been heard yet I can't really comment on the murders, but what I can say is that I like the guy. Whenever a murderer tries to keep killing even after arrested it adds so much to his credibility. So no matter how the trial goes - I doubt that I'll lose too much respect for one of the better sex killers to come out of Africa for some time.