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Since (featured photo)36 years old, considered the largest sexual predator in Rio Grande do Sul (RS), was arrested in January this year, the number of violated victims kept up. According to Valeriano Garcia Neto, a delegate at the head of the investigations, it is already proven that he killed at least 217 women.
The extensive number of victims and the amplitude of the case caused it to be needed to set up a task force to perform the hearing. In an interview with the column, police clerk Iane Colpo, who participated in the front line of investigations, detailed the anguish of being face to face with the victims – mostly teenagers and children.
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According to her, the complexity was found even before the testimonials began, since it was found that many of those responsible for the victims had no idea that they had been accessed by the sexual predator.
How were the victims identified?
Iane explains that, when arrested, Ramiro was also the target of a search and seizure warrant and had his electronic equipment collected. “After this individual’s arrest occurred, we started to do the expert analysis to identify the victims found through the images.”
According to the clerk, Modus Operandi do facilitated police work. Ramiro kept on his computer folders organized with the name of each victim. “Despite this, not all had the full name, so we focused on this identification work and, from that, the victims were being called to the police station,” he details.
The investigation, which initially looked just one, took unexpected proportions. More than 750 folders were found in Ramiro’s electronics.
Given the alarming number, a task force had to be assembled to welcome and hear the victims.
A team of women
“It is important to emphasize that all victims or those responsible, are heard by women’s police. Initially, only I was doing this work, and then, due to the demand and the number of victims identified, a task force was set up,” he details.
The Taquara Police Station, a municipality of RS where the predator lived, received reinforcement. Dozens of women were called to go to the police unit, in order to have direct contact with victims and family members.
“In the case of older victims, we made direct contact with them and we had a frank conversation. When they were smaller, we had to talk to parents and often contact was a surprise to them, who didn’t even know about violence,” he details.
The clerk explains that the choice of women women came from the principle that these were intimate crimes, in which they had already suffered violence, and could not have their intimacies exposed other times.
“It’s sensitive content and, not to expose or revit them, we had this great concern, because it is a very complicated subject that ends up invading intimacy and privacy, yes.”
The work became even denser because the police station chose to create a police inquiry for each of the victims. “Each one represents an inquiry that is being done and sent to the judiciary. It is a complex work,” explains Iane.
With the collaboration of the police, the victims and those responsible were listened little by little. The clerk points out that those who have been in direct contact with women realize the eternal brands that the violence caused.
“They are irreversible damage to their lives. It’s very difficult to see, in every hearing we do, the suffering it has caused in each other’s life, both for the victim and family members. This is one of the hardest cases I worked for for sure.”
Active search
By accessing the sexual predator folders and discovering the existence of more than 700 possible victims, the RS Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPRS) The Rio Grande do Sul Public Prosecution Service (MPRS) implemented an active search to welcome and provide psychological support to the victims already identified.
Children and adolescents, as well as their guardians, were sought by the project of the centers of care for victims and relatives of victims of crime and infringing acts of the Gaucho Public Prosecution Service, which offers spaces for reception and psychological support in prosecutors of seven municipalities. The service occurs as the files are sent to the MPRS.
“This work is essential because it reframs the role of the victims in criminal proceedings, ensuring that their rights are fully respected and that they can actively participate in the search for justice,” explained, at the time, the coordinator of the Criminal Operational Support Center and reception to the victims, Alessandra Moura Bastian da Cunha.
