A MAN was caught on CCTV placing his former spouse’s physique within the boot of a automobile earlier than coldly dumping it in a piranha-infested river.

Amanda Caroline de Almeida, 31, was strangled to dying final week by Carlos Eduardo de Souza Ribeiro, who confessed to the homicide and to dumping her physique in a river in Brazil‘s São Paulo state.

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Distressing footage, recorded within the early hours of final Tuesday, reveals Ribeiro, 35, and his brother carrying the sufferer’s physique in a sheet.

The killer and his brother could be seen manhandling the physique, making an attempt to place it to suit into the automobile’s boot earlier than driving off to eliminate it within the Tietê River.

Ribeiro admitted to strangling his spouse on Might 19 after she refused to reconcile following their separation two months earlier, police reported.

Mates instructed native media that six weeks earlier, Ribeiro had brutally overwhelmed Almeida for leaving him, however she selected to not report him to guard their three kids from additional misery.

Ribeiro was arrested on Might 21, whereas his 38-year-old brother, who has not been named, was detained a day later.

Police mentioned: “Two males have been arrested in for femicide and concealment of a corpse.

“The search continues to find the sufferer’s physique.”

Almeida’s physique has not but been recovered.

The Tietê River, situated in Brazil’s state of São Paulo, is infamous for its poor water high quality and is thought to be infested with piranhas.

A number of months in the past, 15 swimmers have been pressured to flee the river lined in blood once they have been attacked by a college of piranha fish.

On the evening she was murdered, Almeida was returning dwelling from a night out when she observed her ex-husband’s automobile parked close to her home.

She requested to be dropped off at a distance, hoping he would go away by the point she arrived.

Tragically, she was by no means seen once more.

Her three kids, aged 17, 7 and 5, at the moment are within the care of household members.

Home violence towards ladies has lengthy been a widespread difficulty in Brazil.

Nationwide knowledge since 2021 signifies a troubling rise in instances of violence concentrating on ladies.

In response, the Brazilian authorities took a major step in 2024 by designating home violence as an exception to repatriation beneath the Hague Conference.

This transfer was broadly recognised as a landmark choice aimed toward safeguarding victims of home abuse, together with ladies and youngsters.

When you or somebody you already know is affected by any of the problems raised on this story, name the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or chat at thehotline.org.