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Police Chief Gladyson de Souza Ferreira said today that he believes, according to the first investigations, that the crime that culminated in the death of Father Adriano da Silva Bastos, 36, in Manhumirim (MG), was premeditated to pay the drug debt of the brother. suspect arrested.
The 22-year-old who was arrested on Wednesday (14) would have said in his testimony that he had an affair with the priest and tried to extort money from him so that he would not disclose the relationship. However, the police did not believe this version and yesterday they interrogated him again.
“In fact, the act was premeditated. On Saturday (10), there was a meeting between the detainee, his brother and another person, apparently to plot this crime of robbery,” said the police chief. Manhumirim security area, which took over the case yesterday.
Still, according to Ferreira, the motivation would be a possible drug debt of the suspect’s brother to drug traffickers. He is from Rio de Janeiro and, during an approach by the Military Police of that state, he allegedly seized drugs.
“He is a well-known drug trafficker from there and owes a sum of drugs. Due to this loss [com as drogas apreendidas], would have come to Manhumirim to collect the money. It was then that they had the idea of committing this crime, ”said the delegate.
New suspect involved
Police believe that, in addition to the detained suspect and his brother, a third person helped the couple set the victim’s body on fire.
“On Wednesday, the driver tried to hide the body. Upon learning of this fact, we identified another person, who would have known of the fact and supplied the fuel. Now we are working on its due qualification ”, explained Ferreira.
Police find documents of Father Adriano da Silva Bastos while tracking the last steps of the victim
Image: Disclosure / PC-MG
Documents are found
The police identified the priest’s last steps and managed to locate some belongings such as personal documents (CPF, health insurance card, CNH) and credit cards.
The police are still trying to find the victim’s car, which has been taken to Rio de Janeiro, in addition to conducting searches to arrest the other two suspects of having participated in the crime.
Arrest of the first suspect
The Military Police reported that, around 6 pm on Wednesday, it was triggered by a resident of the Arroyo Pirapetinga, in Manhumirim, who saw a small fire on his land and, when he went to the place to put it out, found a charred body.
Teams from the PM and the Civil Police went to the scene, and the expert report found that there were still injuries, probably from a knife.
Military police officers said they approached a 22-year-old near the scene of the crime, in the company of a 16-year-old minor. “The boy had some nervousness and had a cut on his left hand,” described the PM, who released the young man. two for not knowing about the crime until then.
Meanwhile, after revealing the priest’s death, another PM team reported that they saw the same young man getting into the victim’s car in Manhumirim. Given this, the police went to the house where the suspect lives and located him.
“The minor who was with him denounced that he did not participate. However, he knew about the crime and did not tell anyone, so he was also presented at the police station accompanied by his father,” said the PM report.
