A couple from Juiz de Fora, a municipality in the interior of Minas Gerais, was arrested after killing a 24-year-old young man, hiding her body in a suitcase and then setting it on fire. The young woman had been missing since Tuesday night (02).
Those responsible for the crime, a 31-year-old man and his 30-year-old partner, confessed to the police.
According to the Civil Police of Minas Gerais, on the night of her disappearance, the girl had requested a car via app to go to the Previdenciários neighborhood. After that, she was not seen again.
24 hours after the young woman disappeared, the family contacted the authorities to file a police report.
After confessing to the crime, the suspects indicated where they left the victim's body, located in a forest in the Milho Branco neighborhood, North Zone of Juiz de Fora.
The missing
After beginning investigations, the police identified images from security cameras from a building, located in the Previdenciários neighborhood, the region that was the girl's destination on the night she disappeared.
According to the images, she went to one of the apartments in the building, at the residence of the suspected couple. A few hours later, the couple enters one of the elevators, with a covered suitcase.
At no point did the victim who entered their apartment appear with the couple in the images obtained by the police. Then, the duo, without the girl, gets into an app car and leaves the building.
The crime
To the police, the couple reported that, after drinking alcohol, they had an argument with the girl. The nervous man then choked the victim until he killed him.
According to police chief Samuel Neri, who is investigating the case, the criminals, after killing the girl, placed her body inside a suitcase and covered her with a blanket, to ensure that parts of the body did not appear, as they were unable to close the entire suitcase.
In the Milho Branco neighborhood, about 30 minutes from Previdenciários, where the couple lives, the man and his partner went to a family property to look for matches and alcohol. They then took the suitcase to a forest near the house and set fire to the young woman's body.
After reporting the location of the crime, the girl's body was found by authorities, semi-charred and still with her belongings.
The arrest of those investigated was converted into preventive. The 31-year-old man and his 30-year-old partner will be charged with homicide, characterized by a futile motive – asphyxiation, and feminicide.
Source: CNN Brasil

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