Overview

• Andre Tiago Lucas, convicted in Brazil in 2016 for raping a 13-year-old, fled to the U.S. to avoid a nine-year prison sentence.
• Lucas was living at a licensed home daycare in Hyannis, operated by Franciele Nunes, the mother of his two children.
• The Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) inspected the daycare five times but failed to detect Lucas, as its background checks exclude foreign criminal records and immigration status.
• ICE arrested Lucas in October 2024, and he remains in custody pending immigration proceedings.
• The daycare has been shut down after media reports surfaced, with Nunes allowing her license to expire in March 2025.