Families Say Bodies Found in Santa Catarina Are the Four Missing Young Men as Forensic ID Remains Pending

Overview

• Police found four decomposed bodies on January 3 beside a road in Biguaçu’s Fundos neighborhood, with the remains bound and showing apparent mutilation, according to the Military Police.
• The Civil Police said everything indicates the bodies are those of the missing men last seen on December 28, but formal identification depends on examinations by the state forensic institute.
• Relatives reported they have recognized the victims and said the bodies are at the IML in Florianópolis awaiting release after documentation and forensic procedures.
• The missing men—Daniel Luiz da Silveira, 28, Bruno Máximo da Silva, 28, Guilherme Macedo de Almeida, 20, and Pedro Henrique Prado de Oliveira, 19—had recently moved to Santa Catarina seeking work.
• Investigators noted the group left their shared apartment unlocked with personal items and food left behind, and the case remains under active inquiry by the Missing Persons unit and the Civil Police.