Carlos Meneses Lambis
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1965 (age 59–60)
Carlos Meneses Lambis | |
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| Born | Carlos Rafael Meneses Lambis 1965 (age 59–60) |
| Criminal penalty | 46 months and 20 days, reduced to 30 months (non-murder charges) |
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| Victims | 2–3 |
Span of crimes | 2003–2004 |
| Country | Panama |
| States | Panamá, Panamá Oeste |
Carlos Rafael Meneses Lambis (born 1965) is a Panamanian criminal, murderer and accused serial killer. Charged with the murders of two women killed in 2003 and 2004, and suspected in the disappearance of his wife, Meneses has thus far avoided arrest and continues to be on the run. He is one of the country's most highly sought fugitives, and a warrant from Interpol has been issued for his arrest.[1]
Little is known about Meneses' early life, aside from the fact that he was born in Panama in 1965. Described as a withdrawn, cold and calculating man who is proficient at analyzing and scamming people, he graduated from high school from the José Antonio Remón Cantera School and then enrolled at the University of Panama's Law Faculty.[2]
On August 3, 1995, Meneses stalked a woman he had previously dated to the Club Unión in Panama City. He noticed her and a male member of the club leaving a brothel, after which he followed her to her house and confronted her.[2] He claimed that he had been hired as a private detective to expose her infidelity, threatening to tell her family and friends if she did not have sex with him and pay him $3,000. Frightened, the woman accepted, and only a day later, she went to a vacant house on Vía Tocumen, where Meneses sexually abused her. After this, the victim reported the crime to the police, who instructed her to stage another meeting with him the next day, where he was successfully apprehended. While searching through Meneses' car, officers found the clothes he had worn the day he had raped the woman, as well as her underwear.[2]
Meneses was charged with rape, blackmail, theft and criminal misappropriation. He pleaded guilty to the theft and misappropriation charges and was convicted on the remaining two by the First Circuit Court, which ordered that he be sentenced to 46 months and 20 days imprisonment. Meneses then lodged an appeal to the Supreme Court of Justice, which reduced his sentence to 30 months and acquitted him of the criminal misappropriation charge. Meneses served out his sentence in full and was later released.[2]