A convicted criminal who was supposedly being monitored by an electronic ankle tag shot dead and then dismembered the bodies of his former partner and two family members.
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The unnamed suspect then scattered his victims’ body parts across Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, with the police finding most of the remains in an area of woodland on 6th May.
The municipality’s Homicide Department later found that the bodies belonged to two siblings and their cousin.
The victims have been named as Gian de Oliveira Behren, 24, Jessica de Oliveira Behren, 28, and 22-year-old Eduardo Gabriel.
According to local media, Gian’s girlfriend had reported the trio’s disappearance to the police on 4th May.
According to the girlfriend, Gian had gone to his sister’s house with their cousin on 30th April. It was the last time that they would be seen alive.
Following the missing persons report, the police searched the residence and found blood.
The limbs of one of the victims were found on 6th May. A short while later, investigators found the remains of the other two victims in an area of woodland behind a house.
More body parts were found the next day, while the search for the missing remains continued.
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According to detective Iane Cardoso do Nascimento, Jessica’s death is being treated as a case of femicide.
According to a witness, the alleged perpetrator – Jessica’s former husband – argued with her before shooting her dead.
When her brother tried to defend her, he was also fatally shot.
After witnessing the horror unfold, the cousin tried to flee but ended up meeting the same fate.
After killing his victims, the suspect then chopped up their bodies and dumped the body parts across Foz do Iguacu in a bid to confuse the police, still according to the witness.
The suspect has already been identified by the Civil Police. His name is withheld, but he is reported to be a 34-year-old man with a criminal record.
He had been wearing an electronic ankle tag but had later broken the device.
He remained at large at the time of reporting.