• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Woman who wheeled dead uncle into bank is now being investigated for manslaughter

Home> News> World News

Published 19:21 1 May 2024 GMT+1

Woman who wheeled dead uncle into bank is now being investigated for manslaughter

Police in Brazil say the man had been dead for at least two hours when she tried to get him to sign off a loan

Jess Battison

Jess Battison

The woman who wheeled her ‘dead’ uncle into a bank is now being investigated for manslaughter.

In a shocking story last month, footage and snaps of a seemingly deceased man being taken into a Brazilian bank circulated the internet.

Érika de Souza Vieira Nunes was arrested at the scene after she reportedly tried to have her uncle, Paulo Braga, sign off on a loan for 17,000 reais (£2,600).

Police claim he had been dead for 'at least two hours'.

Advert

Staff quickly became suspicious of the 42-year-old and began to film her as she placed a pen between the 68-year-old’s fingers. Bank clerks filmed Nunes as they said he ‘doesn’t look well’ and noted that he appeared to be ‘very pale’.

While the woman held up the back of his head to stop it from swaying, the staff told her they didn’t think it was legal and called the paramedics.

She spoke to him as staff raised concerns. (X/@realengotv)
She spoke to him as staff raised concerns. (X/@realengotv)

An autopsy later revealed Braga’s death was caused by ‘bronchosapiration and heart failure’ as Nunes insisted he was alive when they arrived at the bank.

But the Rio de Janeiro Civil Police say otherwise in a report filed with the state Public Ministry yesterday (30 April).

Advert

“She knew this fact [he was dead], as he is [in the video] with his head down and without any movement, however, right before entering, she holds him by the neck so that he has his head up, simulating a person alive," Civil Police chief Fabio Souza said in his findings, obtained by TV Globo.

Mum-of-six Nunes is being held in pretrial detention and faces vilification of a corpse and attempted theft through fraud charges.

Souza insists there’s ‘no doubt’ the woman was aware of his death and the police are investigating her for manslaughter with the claim she ‘let the old man die’.

She wheeled the dead man in. (X/@realengotv)
She wheeled the dead man in. (X/@realengotv)

The police chief added: “Rather than returning to the hospital to save his life, she chose to go to the bank. The decision represents a clear failure to provide assistance.

Advert

"Therefore, I order a new occurrence record to investigate the offence of manslaughter.”

Nunes’ lawyers have insisted the incident did not go down as described.

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

Her son, Lucas, also recently spoke out in her defence.

“My mother raised six children, and she never needed to steal, she never needed to deceive anyone to raise her six children," he told Brazilian news outlet Fantastico.

Advert

"My mother guided her six children in this life, and she guided them very well, teaching us the path of study, the path of what is correct. Our life is very well underway and my mother has always been our biggest inspiration."

Featured Image Credit: X/@realengotv

Topics: Crime, World News, Health

Jess Battison
Jess Battison

Jess is a Senior Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. Her main interests include asking everyone in the office what they're having for tea, waiting for a new series of The Traitors and losing her voice at a Beyoncé concert. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021.

X

@jessbattison_

Advert

Advert

Advert

  • Woman who is ‘genetically male’ opens up about living with rare condition
  • Potential homicide being investigated in sinking of superyacht
  • Woman who investigated dangers of dark web issued major warning about platform
  • Woman who sold fake booze that killed six and left 37 fighting for life spoke out following incident

Choose your content:

2 hours ago
3 hours ago
5 hours ago
6 hours ago
  • 2 hours ago

    Massive underwater volcano on brink of eruption after experiencing 2,000 earthquakes in one day

    It's close to the US coast

    News
  • 3 hours ago

    Putin may secretly be one of the richest men in the world despite only earning £100,000 a year

    Being Russia's main man for 25 years has apparently paid off for Vladimir Putin

    News
  • 5 hours ago

    Trump reveals how Zelenskyy can end war with Russia ’almost immediately’ after Putin 'names his condition'

    The commander-in-chief will host the Ukrainian President and other European leaders at the White House today

    News
  • 6 hours ago

    ChatGPT CEO Sam Altman makes alarming prediction about the AI future

    Tech mogul Sam Altman has raised eyebrows with his latest prediction about ChatGPT's future

    News