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Lawyer found dead in Vila Madalena may have been the target of 'good night, cinderella', says investigation

PAULO EDUARDO DIASSÃO PAULO, SP (FOLHAPRESS) - Civil Police investigations indicate that lawyer Pedro Ely Cordeiro dos Santos, 43, killed on a street in Vila Madalena, west of São Paulo, in July, was the victim of the...

Lawyer found dead in Vila Madalena may have been the target of 'good night, cinderella', says investigation
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PAULO EDUARDO DIASSÃO PAULO, SP (FOLHAPRESS) - Civil Police investigations indicate that lawyer Pedro Ely Cordeiro dos Santos, 43, killed on a street in Vila Madalena, west of São Paulo, in July, was the victim of the scam known as "good night, cinderella".

This is the main hypothesis of the investigation so far. According to agents, he was lured to a bar in the region to be robbed.

The autopsy report was inconclusive, and agents are now awaiting the conclusion of the toxicological report, which may indicate whether Pedro was drugged.

The main suspect involved in the crime is a man in a white cap who appears in images next to the lawyer on the street and in a wine cellar. Police officers from the DHPP (Department of Homicide and Personal Protection) identified him as Vagner Pereira da Silva, 33. A temporary arrest warrant was issued against him.

Civil police officers spent this Thursday (6) searching for Silva, but until early evening he had not been located. The report did not locate his defense.

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Pedro was in São Paulo for work and had gone out the day before with a friend to watch the football match.

He went to watch the game between France and Morocco for the World Cup at an establishment in Vila Madalena on the 9th. Hours later, in the early hours of the 10th, he began to feel ill and died on the sidewalk. Witnesses called the Military Police.

Friends and family began a search for the lawyer, treating the case as a disappearance. His body was removed to the IML (Legal Medical Institute), where he was recognized on the 14th. He was without documents, which prevented immediate identification.

Source: Noticias ao Minuto

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