Its principles Brazil investigate the mysterious death of a model and heiress who fell from the fifth floor balcony of her apartment building. Sabine Boghici, 49, was spotted in front of her residence in Rio de Janeiro on September 14 and was rushed to the Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries. Boghici was laid to rest on Sunday in a funeral attended by her mother, Geneviève, 83, and her sister.
Authorities are treating the death as probable suicide, after investigators searched her home and found a note she had left behind for her wife, Rosa Stanesco, who is in prison. Boghici was the daughter of one of them major art collectors of Brazil, Jean Boghici, who died in 2015. Jean Boghici was born in Romania in 1928 and moved to Brazil in 1948. The 49-year-old and Stanesco were arrested in August 2022 for scam at the expense of Sabine Boghici’s mother, Genevieve Boghiciamounting to 148.8 million dollars in art, jewelry and money.
Investigators said Sabine conspired against her mother in 2020 and hired a woman who approached her and told her a family member was on the verge of death. So they convinced the woman to pay to keep her daughter alive. Authorities discovered that Sabine and her accomplices stole 16 paintings signed by Tarsila do Amaral and Emiliano Di Calvacanti worth $145 million, jewelry worth $1 million and $2.8 million in cash, reports New York Post.
According to police chief Gilberto Ribeiro, who led the investigation, Sabine and her wife claimed that “the paintings had the evil eye, something negative that they had to pray about.” “They kept taking them and the old woman saw it but she couldn’t refuse. She was completely subdued at the time,” he said.
Police video, taken during a raid, showed authorities discovering several works under a bed, including Amaral’s “Sol Poente” (1929). “Wow! Look who’s here!” a female officer exclaimed as she removed the painting’s bubble wrap.
The court granted parole of March.
Under the terms of her release, she was not allowed to travel outside Rio de Janeiro for more than 10 days and had to surrender her passport. She was also banned from contacting her mother and witnesses and had to stay 1,600 meters away from her mother.
Source: News Beast
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