The expert also indicated the use of a ‘blunt instrument’, such as brass knuckles, in the former pilot’s attack on the 16-year-old.
A new medical report says that the death of Rodrigo Castanheira16 years old, was provoked for punches thrown by former racing driver Pedro Turra19 years old. Expertise also ruled out the hypothesis that the teenager died due to of trauma caused by hitting the head against a car during the attacks.
The document further indicated that Turra would have used a “blunt instrument”like brass knuckles. According to the document, this hypothesis is corroborated by the fact that the hand used to throw the punches against Castanheira being “integer” after the attack. Added to this, the use of an object of this type can produce the “intensity of trauma” presented in adolescents.
However, the expert considered that, with the documents used to formulate the report, it is not possible to “state with absolute certainty” the use of the instrument. That way, an investigation into “high resolution” videos was suggested and a “possible complementary biomechanical analysis” to reach a “definitive conclusion on this issue”.
For the investigation presented in the new report, the expert considered Castanheira’s medical records and exams, the images and videos present in the police investigation. From that, the investigation found that the teenager “was in a physical fight with a single individual”. In this case, your attacker.
“They were given countless punchesmainly on both sides of the face and skull [de Castanheira]. There were no falls to the ground, kicks or hangings during the confrontation. The victim left the scene alive and conscious. where the fight took place”, the expert found.
Understand the case
. The teenager was hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for more than two weeks after suffering attacks.
At the beginning of the investigations, the Civil Police of the Federal District (PCDF) said that the disagreement between Castanheira and Turra was over gum thrown at a friend of the teenager. During the investigation, the corporation indicated that the fight was premeditated and had the help of the former pilot’s colleagues.
On February 11th, . According to the organization, the former pilot acted “freely and consciously” when he got out of the car he was in and started punching Castanheira.
Turra was arrested shortly after the attack. He was released after paying bail of R$24,000.. Until then, the former pilot would respond to the investigation for bodily injury while free.
. Since that date, Turra has been held in the Papuda Complex. On February 13, the Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories (TJDFT) accepted the MPDFT complaint and made the former pilot a defendant for intentional homicide.
*With information from Agência Brasil
