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A burst of gunfire in the middle of the night woke up much of the home of 59-year-old missionary, gospel singer and federal deputy Flordelis dos Santos, on Rua Cruzeiro, where more than 30 people normally slept. Accustomed to resting under the sound of the fighting in the vicinity of Pendotiba, Niterói neighborhood, other residents only woke up despite the screams and the rush that later took over the place.
Lying on the garage floor and shot and wounded, was Pastor Anderson do Carmo de Souza, 42, husband, house manager, and main mentor to Flordelis’ artistic and political career. With the belly up and with the right arm over the head, the body wore underwear and nothing else. It was 3:30 a.m. on June 16, 2019.
The couple who gained notoriety for raising 55 children, mostly adopted, had arrived a few minutes ago from a night of fun. Flordelis had gone straight up to the bedroom, where he was talking to a grandson, while Anderson was staying to change cars in the garage. He only had time to remove his clothes in the closet when he was surprised by the sniper.
Interestingly, the golden retriever couple, Lelis and Niel, did not bark that night. The animals, named after the nicknames Flordelis and Anderson, used to make noise when they saw strangers. In the house, no one claims to have seen any strange movements on the floor, although they found the back door open.
One of the residents tried to call the ambulance but, in a nervous and tearful voice, was unable to convey information about Anderson’s medical condition. Biological son of the missionary and stepson of the victim, Flávio dos Santos Rodrigues, 39, answered the call.
At the other end of the line, the medical regulator of the Integrated Command and Control Center (CICC) was on additional duty that Saturday through Sunday. To the police, he informed that Flávio would be “very calm”, but refused to check if Anderson was still breathing: “He said that he would not do any procedure because the victim was already dead.”
The ambulance was activated with the classification “advanced clearance”, which means top priority. In the midst of this situation, other adopted children did not want to wait for rescue. Flávio helped put Anderson into a car and a group headed to the Niterói D’Or Hospital, ten minutes away. Still, there was no time.
One of the first children captured by the couple and today also a pastor, Luan Santos, 43, received authorization and was taken by a nurse to the room of the unit where the father’s body was. He saw that he had marks on his chest, arm, leg, but decided to stop counting when he reached 14 punctures. Less than half of the 30 lesions found later by the necroscopic report.
Forensics say Anderson had areas of tattoos on his temple and back, typical gunshot wounds. Shots were also fired in the genital region, one of the reasons that leads the Rio de Janeiro Public Ministry (MPE-RJ) to conclude that, in addition to not being able to defend, the murderer used cruel means to execute the victim.
Upon returning to the foster parents’ home, Luan commented on the large number of shots with those present. However, Flávio would have interrupted: “Impossible to be 14. There were seven.”
Even the argument that he saw the body himself and that, curiously, the wounds were sharp – they even appeared to be from knife blows – didn’t move his foster brother, Luan says. “It is like that, because it measures 9 millimeters. The bullet is very thin, but it is powerful. It goes in and out.”
Later, a pistol of the same caliber mentioned, model TPR9 of the Bersa brand, with the numbering scratched on the bolt and on the right side of the frame, would be found by the police in Flávio’s closet. Along with the pistol, there was an optical sight attachment.
Two days after the crime, an investigation was conducted at the couple’s home.
Photo: Playback / Civil Police / Estadão
In the home, investigators also found burned objects in the yard and bloodstained blankets. However, the cell phones of the victim and Flávio were never found. Accused of being the perpetrator of the murder, he would be arrested at the wake of his stepfather the next day, and today he is charged in the case of serious homicide.
Civil police and prosecutors also believe that at least eight other family members were involved in Pastor Anderson’s death, either helping to orchestrate the plan or hindering investigations. Among the defendants, only the person designated as the owner of the action is released: Flordelis herself, who enjoys parliamentary immunity. She claims to be innocent.
HE Status He had access to a final report from the Civil Police, two complaints offered by the prosecution, in addition to statements attached to the file and in this special report, the step by step of the investigation and the details of the crime.
The story told in the documents contradicts the story of a good pastor of the federal deputy and suggests a non-Christian plot, involving a dispute over money, political interests and even suspicions of sexual abuse.
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