Protest calls for speed to investigate disappearance of teacher in Natal (Credits: Janderson Souza/Cedido) The Civil Police are investigating the disappearance of a football teacher from a social project developed in the Nossa Senhora da Presentação neighborhood, in the North Zone of Natal. According to the police, a police report was registered on Sunday morning (26) with the disappearance of Daniel Silva de Oliveira, aged 40. As of 9:50 am, the most recent update to this report, he had not been found, according to his family. ? Click here to follow the g1 RN channel on WhatsApp Daniel disappeared on Sunday (27) in the capital of Rio Grande do Sul Disclosure The lack of information about the whereabouts of the educator caused a wave of commotion in the neighborhood. On Monday afternoon (27), family members, students and residents of the neighborhood staged a protest and closed Avenida Boa Sorte, one of the main ones in the North Zone of Natal, for more than 2 hours. They set fire to tires and sofa remains. The aim of the protest was to draw the authorities' attention to the case. To the police, family members said they were informed that men had invaded the victim's residence, stolen television sets and taken the resident away. "The incident report was registered and forwarded to the unit responsible for investigating the facts, which has already begun steps to clarify the circumstances of the case," the Civil Police said in a statement. "The Civil Police emphasizes that, to date, the information contained in the police report is being investigated and can only be confirmed after the investigations have been completed," he added. Information that can contribute to investigations can be passed on, anonymously and securely, through Hotline 181. Fênix Project Daniel Silva de Oliveira, aged 40, is a teacher and social activist. He is the founder of Projeto Fênix and for almost two decades he has dedicated his life to the social transformation of children and adolescents through sport, using football as an instrument of inclusion, citizenship and violence prevention. In 2018, he was featured in a Fantástico report, which told the story of the project amidst the backdrop of the Nossa Senhora Presentação neighborhood, which had the highest rates of violence in the capital of Rio Grande do Norte (see below). Because of the project, in an attempt to keep young people away from crime, Daniel became a reference in the community. Natal has a high number of homicides, but experts work from home due to lack of structure Daniel was featured in a report by Fantástico Reproduction/TV Globo Most watched videos on g1 RN