Overview
- The Instituto Médico Legal identified the charred remains as those of 46-year-old Adir Mariano and released the body to his family.
- Civil Police say Mariano kept an illicit stock of fireworks at the Tatuapé residence, which was destroyed in the blast that injured ten people and led Defesa Civil to interdict 23 nearby homes.
- Officers state he was the only person inside at the time, with the working hypothesis that he was handling the explosive material when it detonated.
- The anti-bomb squad from GATE recovered the body at the scene, and investigators are mapping the supply chain and any potential collaborators.
- Mariano’s wife told police she was away and unaware of the storage, had her phone seized for analysis, and records show he had prior cases for balloon releases and had lived at the address for about 40 days.