After seven days of intense searches, the body of Vitória Regina de Sousa, the 17 -year -old missing in Cajamar, Greater São Paulo,.
Cajamar Security Secretary Leandro Arantes reported that the body was located on a crossbar on Francisco Missé Road, on the way to Jundiaí, approximately 20 meters in the woods. The site is about 5 km from the victim’s residence in the Ponunduva neighborhood of Cajamar.
The case caught the authorities’ attention for the characteristic “quiet” of the region, said Leandro Arantes. In a statement, he said police are not usually called for this type of crime in the city.
“Cajamar is a very quiet city. 80% of our cases here are disorder of quiet. We never had such a case of disappearance, a case of such repercussion and brutality, which was not even the case of the girl Vitória. And then it shocks, but so, it’s a case that we treat as isolated, ”said the secretary.
Remember the case
Vitória disappeared on February 26, after leaving work at a mall in town and taking a bus home. Along the way, reporting her that she was afraid of being followed by two men.
In audios sent to her friend, Vitória expressed her relief when she realized that the men had left her, but then expressed despair when she noticed that the same suspects were in a car and approached her.
Searches for victory mobilized more than 100 agents, including civil guards, traffic agents, civil defense, municipal inspection and civil police investigators, as well as sniffer dogs and drones.
Victoria’s body was found in an advanced state of decomposition and signs of aggression. , which had already been heard and released earlier. More than 11 witnesses were heard and two vehicles were seized and expert.
A CNN He prepared a chronological line from the disappearance until the moment the body was found on Wednesday (5). Check it out.
Research Challenges
According to the case delegate, Fábio Lopes Cenachi, the resolution is full of complexities and challenges. THE
Part of the complexity of the case involves the precaution adopted by police to avoid dissemination of information that may compromise police work or cause even more suffering to the victim’s relatives.
“We cannot surrender to this eagerness to inform and this eagerness to publish, because we hurt the investigation, affect the family and we do not know the final destination of the investigation,” said Cenachi.
The delegate also emphasizes the need to consider all possibilities and investigate all evidence.
