Niece is now being investigated for manslaughter for taking ‘Uncle Paulo’ to take out a loan ‘in a blatant life-threatening situation’ | Rio de Janeiro

Woman takes dead man in wheelchair to get R$17,000 loan

Erika was already being investigated by corpse vilification It is attempted theft by fraud – and is preventively detained in Bangu. After further testimony and investigations, delegate Fabio Luiz Souza, from the 34th DP (Bangu), concluded that there was a “glaring omission of assistance”.

“Considering that on 4/16/2024, certainly realizing that Paul was in life-threatening situationwhich can be glimpsed by the statements of all witnesses who had contact with the victim, Instead of going to the hospital again, she went to the mallconfiguring a glaring omission of help, I determine; a new incident must be registered to investigate the crime of culpable homicide”, wrote the delegate in his order, obtained by TV Globo.

This Tuesday (30), the first phase of the investigation, which refers to the act, was concluded. After the second phase, the Civil Police will decide whether to indict Érika for the crimes.

On April 16, Érika took her uncle, in a wheelchair and completely immobile with his eyes closed, to try to get a loan from a bank in Bangu, in the West Zone of Rio.

A video taken by bank attendants shows that Érika was constantly trying to hold the man’s head up, using her hand, and talking to the supposed relative – who, of course, didn’t respond.

“Uncle, are you listening? You need to sign. If you don’t sign it, there’s no way. I can’t sign for you, I’ll do what I can do”, says the woman.

She shows the document and states that he had to sign it the way it was there and says: “You hold your chair very strong there. Didn’t he hold the door there just now?”, she asks the attendants, who say they didn’t see it.

“Sign so you don’t give me any more headaches, I can’t take it anymore”, he adds.

The police chief cites new evidence to include the crime of homicide. According to him, two statements reveal that Érika tried to set up her own account to receive the money from her uncle and that she even went to the agency without him to withdraw it – even though she knew he would need to sign it.

Only after trying to go alone, in vain, did Érika decide to take her uncle to the agency.

At the conclusion of the investigation report, the delegate says that, from the images it is “clear” that Paulo “was already a corpse when Érika took him to the agency and, above all, that she knew this fact, as he has his head down and without any movement, however, just before entering she holds him by the neck so that he has his head raised, simulating a living person”.

“Inside the agency, she continues with this simulation while waiting for assistance, as she remains holding her neck and when she lets go, her head “falls” backwards, which is impossible to happen to a living person, so she holds it again and pretends to be talking. com, but she lets go of her neck once again and her head falls again, holding her back”, describes the deputy.

There is no conclusion about the moment in which Paulo died because the report is inconclusive. For the delegate, “if in fact Paulo arrived at the shopping mall alive, his death was soon after, as in images from the establishment itself it is possible to see his head falling back with his mouth open, just like on the journey to the bank, everything witnessed by witnesses who were at the scene and had visual contact with Paulo, who was always motionless, with his head hanging down, an image identical to the one seen inside the bank”.

The delegate concludes: “there is no doubt that Érkika knew about Paulo’s death, but, as it was her last chance to withdraw the money from the loan, she brought the corpse into the bank, simulated for several minutes that he was alive, even pretending to give water, took the pen and held it with his hand next to the hand of Paulo’s corpse, however, as the bank employees did not divert their attention, he was unable to sign”, he wrote.

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