Suspect for the death of Gisele Alves Santana, Geraldo Leite Rosa Neto was arrested this Wednesday morning (18), in São José dos Campos (SP)
A month ago, on February 18, Military Police (PM) soldier Gisele Alves Santana, aged 32, was found with a gunshot to the headno apartment where he lived with his partnerPM lieutenant colonel Geraldo Leite Rosa Neto, 53 years old. The couple lived in a building in Brás, central region of the capital of São Paulo.
To the 7h28one neighboring witness heard a gunshot. O lieutenant colonelwho was at the scene of the incident, activated the Military Police Operations Center (Copom) at 7h57.
He reported the case to authorities as a suicide. Afterwards, the record was changed to suspicious death. A The victim’s family disputed the suicide version from the beginning.
Geraldo told the police that I was in the shower at the time of the shooting. However, rescuers who arrived at the scene reported that he was dry and that there were no signs of water in the bathroom.
Rescuers also took a photo of the victim with the gun in his hand. Gisele’s family lawyer, José Miguel Silva Junior, explained that such a position – the gun firmly in the hand – is uncommon in cases of suicide.
Chronology of the crime
On the morning of the incident, the lieutenant colonel made contact with judge Marco Antônio Pinheiro Machado Coganfrom the São Paulo Court of Justice, which came to go up to the couple’s apartment.
On the same day, in the late afternoon, three female police officers went to the apartment to cleanwhich was confirmed in statements to the Civil Police, Silva Junior informed Agência Brasil.
On February 19, the first autopsy report mentioned injuries to the face, neck e on the right side of the soldier. The injuries were the result of digital pressure e excoriation compatible with nail stigmai.e, caused by nail.
On March 6, the police officer’s body was . The following day, a necroscopic report confirmed blunt injuries to the face and cervical region.
On Tuesday (17), a preventive arrest warrant was issued against Geraldo. granted by the Military Justice. The Civil Police concluded the police investigation and indicted the lieutenant colonel for feminicide e procedural fraud.
On the morning of this Wednesday (18), Geraldo Leite Neto went to the city of São José dos Campos (SP). He was taken to the 8th Police Districtin the east zone of the capital of São Paulo, where the case was being investigated. From there, must go to the Romão Gomes Military Prisonwhere it will be available to the courts.
*With information from Agência Brasil
