Understand the case of the caretaker's death and family kidnapping in Franca, SP The murder of caretaker Milton de Sousa Prado, aged 44, in June, in Franca (SP), gave rise to an investigation that, in just over a month, started to involve three confirmed deaths, a kidnapping, concealment of a corpse, a burned car, indictments and the disappearance of Maria Isabel Prado, his daughter. Maria Isabel, aged 21, is being investigated by the Civil Police on suspicion of participation in the death of her father, Milton, and Rafael Vitor Silva de Sousa Rosa, aged 18, and Guilherme Henrique Melo da Cruz, aged 22. According to the police, Rafael and Guilherme are suspects in the attack that resulted in Milton's death at the behest of Maria Isabel. They were found dead in Sacramento (MG) (see video above). At the same time, Maria Isabel also appears in the investigation as a victim of her own family's kidnapping. She was taken before her mother, teenage sister and newborn niece were rescued by the General Investigations Police Station (DIG) of Franca, on July 7th. Until the last update of this report, Maria Isabel was still missing. The Civil Police are working on the possibility that she was killed, but there is still no confirmation of her whereabouts. ?Click here to follow the g1 Ribeirão e Franca channel on WhatsApp Maria Isabel Prado is investigated for the death of her own father and those involved in the crime Reproduction/EPTV Timeline of the case June 16: Caretaker Milton de Sousa Prado is killed on a farm where he worked in Franca. June 25: according to the investigation, Maria Isabel confesses to the police that she asked Rafael and Guilherme to give her father a “correction”, which resulted in the murder. End of June: Rafael and Guilherme disappear. July 5th and 6th: Maria Isabel, her mother, her teenage sister and her newborn niece are kidnapped by the aunt of one of the missing young people. They were taken to different addresses in Franca and pressured to say where the two young people were, according to the investigation. July 7: the Civil Police rescue Maria Isabel's mother, sister and niece from captivity in Jardim Aeroporto III. Maria Isabel is not located. A man is arrested on suspicion of watching the place. July 9: the bodies of Rafael and Guilherme are found in Sacramento (MG). After the bodies were found, Maria Isabel's uncle, Milton's brother, was arrested in Minas Gerais for hiding a body. July 10: Maria Isabel's car is found burned near Ibiraci (MG). July 16: The Civil Police formalize indictments in the investigation into the family’s kidnapping. READ MORE Daughter of caretaker killed in Franca, SP, is investigated for the death of her father, men linked to the crime and kidnapping of relatives Suspects of murder of caretaker in Franca, SP, are found dead in MG Civil Police free woman, daughter and newborn granddaughter from captivity in Franca, SP How did Milton die? Milton de Sousa Prado was found dead in June on a farm where he worked as a caretaker, in Franca. According to the Civil Police, he was beaten with sticks. The death began to be investigated by the DIG. At the beginning of the investigation, Maria Isabel was treated as a witness. Afterwards, according to the police, she gave a statement and confessed that she had asked Rafael and Guilherme to give her father a “correction”. According to the investigation, the young woman alleged that she and her teenage sister were attacked by their father. According to the statement, Maria Isabel only learned about her father's death later, when she questioned one of the young people about what had happened and heard that he had “done the job”. Who were Rafael and Guilherme? Rafael Vitor Silva de Sousa Rosa and Guilherme Henrique Melo da Cruz began to be investigated as being involved in the aggression that ended with Milton's death. The investigation points to Rafael as the boyfriend of Maria Isabel's teenage sister. After Milton's death, Rafael and Guilherme disappeared. According to a report from Maria Isabel's mother to the police, Rafael distanced himself from the teenager after Maria Isabel confessed to the “concealer” on her father. His and Guilherme's disappearances generated threats to Milton's family, according to the investigation. Homicide suspects in Franca (SP), Rafael Vitor Silva, aged 18, and Guilherme Henrique Melo, aged 22, were found dead in Sacramanto (MG) Social media How did the kidnapping enter into the case? The family's kidnapping is treated by the Civil Police as an outcome of the disappearance of Rafael and Guilherme. According to the investigation, family members of the young people began to demand Milton's family for their whereabouts. The investigation points to Noemi Vitória de Sousa Rosa, Rafael's aunt, as one of the main suspects in organizing the action. The police requested her arrest. According to the statements, she went to the family home accompanied by six other women, demanding information about Rafael and Guilherme. The woman also kept the victims' cell phones and passwords and coordinated trips to different addresses in Franca. Remains of food consumed by a family held in private prison in Franca, SP Disclosure The victims were taken to a house in Jardim Aeroporto III, where they were held in private prison. Maria Isabel's mother, teenage sister and newborn baby were rescued by DIG on July 7th. Maria Isabel was also among the people kidnapped, according to the investigation, but was removed from the scene before the police arrived. Since then, it has not been located. Wellington Amorim da Silva was arrested red-handed in the property where the three victims were found. The investigation indicates that he was responsible for monitoring the captivity. According to the Civil Police, he tried to escape, broke his own cell phone while escaping and introduced himself under another name before being identified. Wellington's arrest was converted into preventative arrest by the courts. Maria Isabel's mother recognized objects seized from him, such as boots and a blouse, like those worn by the man who was watching.
How the death of a caretaker in SP became a complex investigation with bodies found in MG, family kidnapping and missing daughter
Understand the case of the caretaker's death and family kidnapping in Franca, SP The murder of caretaker Milton de Sousa Prado, aged 44, in June, in Franca (SP), gave rise to an investigation that, in just over a month,...
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