Between 1998 and 2005, a wave of murders targeting elderly women hit Mexico City, triggering a manhunt for a killer the press dubbed "Mataviejitas" — and the eventual capture of a deeply unlikely suspect.
▶ Watch on Netflix 🔍 Find more docsThe public profiling in this case went badly wrong before it went right — police spent years pursuing a theory about a male suspect in women's clothing, while the actual killer, a female wrestler, operated under the radar. It's a sharp case study in how assumptions about who commits violence can actively slow an investigation down.
If Mataviejitas' profiling-gone-wrong angle interested you, The Alcàsser Murders and Till Murder Do Us Part: Soering vs. Haysom cover similarly flawed early theories that shaped their cases.
| Region | Available | Platform |
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| New Zealand | ✅ | Netflix |
| Australia | ✅ | Netflix |
| United States | ✅ | Netflix |
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| Canada | ✅ | Netflix |
| Ireland | ✅ | Netflix |
