Kidnapping in Biguaçu: 71-year-old woman was tied up and thrown from a cliff in Gaspar The man arrested for kidnapping, robbing and abandoning a 71-year-old woman in a forest in intense cold in Santa Catarina was charged by the Public Ministry (MPSC) on Thursday (17). Known as "Don Juan", a type of "sentimental swindler", Maicon de Moura arranged a meeting with the victim after meeting her at a dance party in early July. The elderly woman was rescued on a bank of approximately 200 meters between Blumenau and Gaspar, in the Itajaí Valley, after being kidnapped in Biguaçu, in Greater Florianópolis, on the 7th. She spent a day and a night in the open, in intense cold, in a dense forest area. ?Click and follow the g1 SC channel on WhatsApp Maicon was charged with the crimes of circumstantial robbery and qualified kidnapping. When contacted, the defense informed that the defense will not comment on the merits of the facts investigated, and all statements will be presented exclusively in the case file (in full at the end of the text). What the Public Ministry says According to the complaint, the events began on July 6, when the accused met the victim in a club in São José. The next day, after establishing a bond of trust with her, he asked her for a ride to Itapema, on the North Coast. From then on, he began accompanying the elderly woman on trips through different municipalities until he stole her vehicle, cell phone and other belongings and took her to a dense forest area. Suspect of abandoning elderly woman has 18 convictions Elderly woman spent a day and a night tied up in the open in the intense cold Image shows elderly woman after being rescued and photo of the man arrested in 2012 Reproduction After abandoning the victim, the man was found in Joinville, in the North, with the victim's car and has since remained in preventive custody. In his statement, he informed the police where he had left the elderly woman, who was found and taken to the hospital. The victim, who has comorbidities and was found "extremely weakened", according to police, was discharged on July 9th. In addition to sentencing the man for the crimes, the MPSC requested the setting of an uninformed minimum amount to compensate for the damages suffered by the victim, including moral damages. What the man's defense says Maicon de Moura's defense informs that he has been following the procedure since the drawing up of the arrest report in the act and that he participated in the custody hearing held this Thursday (9), at the Regional Court of Guarantees of the District of Joinville. The case is in the police investigation phase, with no charges filed by the Public Prosecutor's Office. The defense will not comment on the merits of the facts investigated, and all its statements will be presented exclusively in the case file, before the competent court. Finally, it should be noted that the presumption of innocence is in force, guaranteed by the Federal Constitution to anyone under investigation, until an eventual definitive conviction. Alexandre Jacintho OAB/SC 63,369 VIDEOS: most watched from g1 SC in the last 7 days