PC confirms that boy found dead on land in Maceió was a victim of sexual abuse The Alagoas Court converted into preventive the arrest of Emanuel Vicente, aged 46, suspected of abusing and killing his great-nephew Peterson Ykaro, aged 6, in Maceió. ?Join the g1 Alagoas channel The decision was taken by judge Carlos Pitta during a custody hearing held this Tuesday (7). With the measure, Emanuel will remain in prison while investigations continue. He had been detained in the act hours after the crime, in the Utinga Station region, in Rio Largo, and denies the accusations. Peterson Ykaro was found dead on Monday night (6) in a vacant lot covered in weeds, in the Cidade Universitária neighborhood, in the upper part of the capital. The Civil Police indicate that the child was a victim of sexual abuse. Emanuel Vicente was arrested on suspicion of killing his grandnephew in Maceió Disclosure/PM-AL See the main points of the investigation so far: Dynamics: the boy's parents are divorced. After spending the weekend with his father, he was left at his maternal great-uncles' house while his mother worked. When she arrived to pick him up, the boy was gone. Witnesses and video: Residents reported seeing Peterson walking hand in hand with a man toward the vacant lot. Security camera footage recorded the moment the child and Emanuel entered the premises. Evidence at the scene: the police found a cell phone next to the victim's body. The suspicion is that the device belongs to the great-uncle. The exact cause of death will be confirmed by reports from the Legal Medical Institute (IML). The investigation is conducted by the Homicide and Personal Protection Police Department (DHPP). Body of Peterson Ykaro Gomes Cardoso was found in vacant land in Rio Largo - home/distribution media Reproduction/Personal archive