Post by theshee on Nov 19, 2014 9:12:19 GMT 10
Three people charged with killing at least two women, eating parts of their bodies and using their flesh to make and sell stuffed pastries went on trial in north-eastern Brazil.
The man, his wife and his mistress were arrested in April 2012 in the city of Garanhuns and police say they have confessed to the crimes. The three allegedly lured women to their house by promising them a job as a nanny.
Police found the remains of the two women in the backyard of the suspects’ house.
At the time of their arrest they told police they belonged to a sect that preached “the purification of the world and the reduction of its population.”
Authorities said the trio made thick “empada” pastries with the flesh of their victims, which the three and also a young child who lived with the man and wife ate. They also sold the pastries to some neighbours, schools and hospitals claiming they contained tuna or chicken.
Shortly after their arrest, police found a 50-page book titled Revelations of a Schizophrenic written by suspect Jorge Beltrao Negromonte da Silveira. In it, he said he heard voices and was obsessed with the killing of women. Police also arrested Silveira’s wife, Isabel Cristina Pires, and his mistress, Bruna Cristina Oliveira da Silva, who lived with the couple.
The G1 news portal quoted Silveira as saying during the trial’s opening: “I committed a horrible monstrous mistake. It was a moment of extreme weakness and brutality that I regret.”
Their victims are believed to have been killed between 2008 and 2012. They include Alexandra Falcao, 20, police said. Silviera also described the death of Jessica Camila da Silva Pereira, a 17-year-old murdered in 2008.
Police were alerted to the murders when the trio attempted to use a credit card of one of their alleged victims. The trio now face up to 30 years in prison.
The trial continues.link
The man, his wife and his mistress were arrested in April 2012 in the city of Garanhuns and police say they have confessed to the crimes. The three allegedly lured women to their house by promising them a job as a nanny.
Police found the remains of the two women in the backyard of the suspects’ house.
At the time of their arrest they told police they belonged to a sect that preached “the purification of the world and the reduction of its population.”
Authorities said the trio made thick “empada” pastries with the flesh of their victims, which the three and also a young child who lived with the man and wife ate. They also sold the pastries to some neighbours, schools and hospitals claiming they contained tuna or chicken.
Shortly after their arrest, police found a 50-page book titled Revelations of a Schizophrenic written by suspect Jorge Beltrao Negromonte da Silveira. In it, he said he heard voices and was obsessed with the killing of women. Police also arrested Silveira’s wife, Isabel Cristina Pires, and his mistress, Bruna Cristina Oliveira da Silva, who lived with the couple.
The G1 news portal quoted Silveira as saying during the trial’s opening: “I committed a horrible monstrous mistake. It was a moment of extreme weakness and brutality that I regret.”
Their victims are believed to have been killed between 2008 and 2012. They include Alexandra Falcao, 20, police said. Silviera also described the death of Jessica Camila da Silva Pereira, a 17-year-old murdered in 2008.
Police were alerted to the murders when the trio attempted to use a credit card of one of their alleged victims. The trio now face up to 30 years in prison.
The trial continues.link