Horrifying update on dead man wheeled into bank by niece as autopsy revealed

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There has been a horrifying update on the dead man who was wheeled into a bank by his niece.

People were left in complete shock earlier this week as videos and images circulated of a seemingly deceased man being taken to a bank in Brazil.

Staff quickly became suspicious of the situation and began filming Érika de Souza Vieira Nunes, who assured there was nothing wrong with her uncle.

The woman held a pen between his fingers and attempted to sign off on a loan for reportedly 17,000 reais (£2,600). She was also seen taking a hold of his head to stop it from swaying and keep it upright.

The man's body was sat in a wheelchair as his niece tried to get him to sign off on a loan in the bank. (X/@realengotv)

“I don’t think he’s well. He doesn’t look well at all,” one bank clerk said

And he really wasn’t well as investigating officer, Fábio Luiz Souza told breakfast news program Bom Dia Rio: “She knew he was dead … he had been dead for at least two hours.”

Staff told Nunes they didn’t think it was ‘legal’ noting how unwell and ‘very pale’ he appeared.

But the woman ran with it as she replied: “He’s like that," before telling her dead uncle: “If you’re not well, I can take you to hospital. Do you want to go back to the hospital again?”

Bank staff soon called the paramedics and they confirmed Paulo Braga had died hours before and Nunes was arrested at the scene.

An autopsy has now revealed a horrifying update as, obtained by Brazilian news outlet Metrópoles, it showed his death was caused by ‘bronchoaspiration and heart failure’.

The coroner’s office is awaiting results of a further test to determine if the 68-year-old had been poisoned.

Érika de Souza Vieira Nunes was arrested shortly after taking her uncle's body to the bank. (G1)

“Such data corroborates the necroscopic finding of malnutrition and bronchoaspiration,” the report indicates. “The previous heart disease found also contributed to the death event.” Aspiration is when something is swallowed or inhaled and enters the airway or lungs by accident.

Nunes told officers she was both Braga’s niece and carer and the lawyer representing her, Ana Carla de Souza Correa, insisted the incident was not as described.

“The facts did not occur as has been narrated. Paulo was alive when he arrived at the bank,” she told reporters.

She also claimed there were witnesses who could prove this and added: “We believe in Érika’s innocence.”

But police chief Souza said: “Anyone who sees that [video] can see the person was dead.”