Two lawyers suspected of ordering the double murder of a couple found dead in a truck have been arrested.
The two unnamed men, aged 44 and 47, are believed to have hired two hitmen to kill José Eduardo Ometto Pavan, 69, and Rosana Ferrar, 61.
The pair were found with fatal gunshot wounds in a remote, mountainous area.
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According to the police, investigations have uncovered that the two lawyers appropriated approximately £1.62m in José’s and Rosana’s real estate, under the allegation of proprietary protection.
Police also identified that two men, aged 54 and 57, had been hired for the murder and concealment of a corpse.
Arrest warrants were put out on the four suspects on Tuesday (17 Jun), as reported by Need To Know.
The lawyers were arrested in Praia Grande, a municipality in Brazil on the coast of São Paulo, whilst the other men were arrested in São Carlos, in the interior of São Paulo.
Officers seized the lawyers’ assets and blocked all four bank accounts.
José and Rosana were a well known couple in the area of Araraquara, a city in the state of São Paulo.
When their bodies were discovered, police noticed that the male’s hands had been tied.
The Civil Police is currently working to further investigate the four men.
Investigations into the murders, believed to have taken place on 6 April, have been carried out by the State Department of Criminal Investigations.
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