Overview
- Customs officers discovered a mutilated, dismembered body in the trunk of a car during a random check on the A8 near Brignoles and investigators identified the victim as 25‑year‑old Brazilian Larissa Brito.
- A 29‑year‑old man was arrested at the service area with the body in his vehicle and is being held while police pursue a homicide investigation.
- The corpse showed stab wounds and had been concealed under plastic and clothing, and the victim’s apartment on rue Lenval in Nice has been sealed with a police 'Meurtre' marker.
- Friends and Brazilian media reported a prior relationship and earlier episode of violence; those claims and reports of the suspect’s past convictions are being verified by the Nice prosecutor while the suspect reportedly denies the accusations.
- The family in São Paulo has launched a fundraiser to repatriate Larissa’s body and an autopsy has been ordered to establish cause, timing and the location of the killing.