App driver disappears after leaving for work in Sertãozinho, SP Three teenagers, aged 13, 14 and 16, confessed to the Civil Police that they were involved in the death of app driver José Edson da Silva, aged 43, who has been missing since Tuesday (14), in Ribeirão Preto (SP), according to the police. To CBN, delegate José Carvalho de Araújo Júnior confirmed that the teenagers said they requested a ride via app and committed the crime to steal the victim's car. The motivation cited so far is robbery. According to the delegate, the suspects told the police the place where the body had been thrown: a stretch of the Rio Pardo in the Avenida Salgado Filho region, in the Ribeirão Verde neighborhood, in front of the Clube dos Feirantes, in Ribeirão Preto. The body has not yet been located. ?Click here to follow the g1 Ribeirão e Franca channel on WhatsApp José Edson da Silva, 43 years old, has been missing since Wednesday (14) Disclosure What the police chief said Police chief José Carvalho de Araújo Júnior told CBN, the three teenagers will give a new statement at the police station this Friday (17). “They told the police that they were the ones who committed the crime, ages 13, 14 and 16, and they also pointed out to the police the exact place where [they threw] the driver’s body,” he said. The delegate also said that the suspicion is that José Edson was killed by strangulation. "The death would be by strangulation, especially because there is no sign of blood. They confirmed that they requested the race and then committed the crime precisely to steal," he said. READ ALSO App driver disappears after leaving for work; car found with teenagers Car was found with teenagers José Edson had been missing since Tuesday, after leaving Sertãozinho (SP) to work as an app driver in Ribeirão Preto. His car, a white Hyundai HB20, was found on Wednesday (15) with the teenagers in Ribeirão Preto. Initially, according to police, they said they had purchased the vehicle. Then, in a new statement, they confessed that they had acted to steal the car. Family was looking for José Edson. The driver's wife, Cristiane Ferreira dos Santos, filed a police report after trying to contact him by phone and messages, with no response. She told EPTV that she found the lack of news strange because José Edson was attached to his children. "He is very attached to his children. I know he wouldn't go without hearing from his children for so long. He wouldn't, because I know him," he said. See more news from the region on g1 Ribeirão Preto and Franca VIDEOS: Everything about Ribeirão Preto, Franca and the region