Old Man Killed in Ivaí Was Seriously Assaulted, Put in Trunk and Abandoned

The Civil Police confirmed on Thursday (22) that the three men arrested for the crime in Ivaí were convicted in flagrante for qualified murder. According to the investigation, the crime was motivated by a previous disagreement between one of the perpetrators and the victim, Antônio Tavares Sobrinho, 61.

The three went to the elderly man's house on Wednesday night (21), immobilized him and seriously assaulted him. Then they put the victim still alive in the trunk of her own car and took her to a rural area.

In a statement, one of the attackers said he heard the victim's groans coming from the trunk while they were traveling, indicating that the elderly man was still agonizing. The body was abandoned amidst vegetation.

According to the Civil Police, an anonymous complaint was fundamental for the PM to reach the attackers and the place where the body was left. The three defendants showed quite a bit of coolness when talking about the crime.

How the PM found the body

The incident began as a brawl around 8:05 p.m., in Timóteo Corello Street. A neighbor fired the police after seeing four men fighting and hearing noises from an electric shocker. She reported that the victim cried out for help, begging them to stop.

Soon after, according to the witness, three men placed the victim in the trunk of a red Fiat Uno and fled towards the village of Saint Helena.

In the house where the brawl occurred, the PM found blood marks, a knife on the floor, damaged furniture, broken bottles and the shock device outside. The site was isolated and experted.

Already in the early hours, at 02:38, COPOM reported that Uno was in Bom Jardim do Sul, rural area of Ivaí. The team went to the site and found the car in the garage of a house. The resident claimed to have bought the vehicle that night, but the PM found blood in the trunk.

In the building were two other men and one of their wife. The woman said she was forced into the car and heard from her husband that there was a dead man in the trunk. She said that, through the window, she saw the men taking the body and taking it to a plantation in front.

The PM searched and found the body about 100 meters from the house, with injuries to the face and burns to the body.

One of the men was arrested on time. Another was located in the back of the house and also confessed. The third had already left about an hour earlier for the urban area.

The third one surrenders.

Hours later, the PM received information that the third party involved wanted to surrender and was on Delfino Ribeiro Street. The teams of Ivaí and Guamiranga went to the address and he confessed participation.

Since there were children in the residence, the Ivaí Guardianship Council was activated.

The three were taken to the Hospital of Ivaí for examination of injury and then presented to the Irati Police Station. The woman was taken as a witness. The Fiat Uno was seized and taken to the courtyard of the DPM of Ivaí. The action was supported by the RPAs of Ipiranga and Guamiranga.

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