A civil servant has been arrested for tying up and stabbing a female bodybuilder to death.
Fabiana Maia Veras was found bound and gagged inside the clinic where she worked as a psychologist.
There were cuts on her hands and other parts of her body, apparently made with a sharp weapon.
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The grim find was made by an employee around 6pm on Tuesday (23 Apr), as reported on Need to Know.
The police studied CCTV footage from the clinic, which was also where Fabiana, 42, had her home.
They observed how a man wearing a head covering, a face mask, glasses, and surgical gloves had turned up outside around 5pm.
Fabiana was seen speaking to him and she took him inside, where the crime happened.
The police say that after the killing, the man went to the kitchen, where he washed his victim’s blood from his hands.
He then went outside, got into a getaway car, and fled the scene in Natal, north east of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The police say he spent about 15 minutes inside and took Fabiana’s mobile phone with him in an apparent bid to hinder the investigation.
A 41-year-old man was arrested outside one of his properties in the city on Wednesday (24 Apr).
He is reported to be a civil servant in the Rio Grande do Norte state judiciary.
Fabiana’s destroyed phone was found inside the flat and a bag containing three knives, two brass knuckles, and a bloodstained pistol was found inside his car.
The police are investigating the motive and say Veras may have been close to the suspect’s ex-girlfriend.
The getaway driver – a family friend – had been paid by the suspect “to take him to a psychiatric appointment”.
He was questioned, found to have had no involvement in the crime, and released.
Fabiana had more than 4,600 followers on Instagram, where she posted snaps of her toned physique.
Part of her bio reads: “I am passing through, and I didn’t come to stay.”
In a post from September last year, she had written: “There are several telltale signs of a toxic relationship, such as a lack of mutual support, harmful communication patterns, constant anxiety and fear, as well as jealousy, attempts at control, threats, criticisms disguised as compliments, and other harmful behaviours.
“If you notice any of these signs in your relationship, it’s crucial to recognise and evaluate what’s going on.”
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