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🇪🇸🇪🇸 Diogo Alves was a notorious Spanish (Galician) criminal from the 19th century, infamous for committing multiple robberies and murders. He targeted travelers near Lisbon, killing them by throwing his victims on top of the Águas Livres Aqueduct, thus earning the title "Aqueduct Murderer". Alves was eventually captured, tried, and sentenced to death by hanging in 1841. After his execution, his head was preserved and displayed at the Faculty of Medicine in Lisbon. This was part of a practice at the time, where preserved body parts of criminals were used for scientific study, often to explore the idea of "criminal physiognomy." This practice was linked to a belief that certain physical characteristics could indicate criminal tendencies, though this idea has long been debunked. Source: Morbidology Russian @illyrianometer