Overview

• Helionei Araújo de Moura, 53, remains jailed after a custody hearing where Judge Careen Aguiar Fernandes converted his in‑flagrante arrest to preventive detention.
• The decision cites the need to guarantee public order, protect the investigation, and ensure future application of criminal law, according to the Amazonas court.
• Security video shows a red car chasing and ramming a motorcycle on Avenida Padre João Ribeiro, striking pedestrian Vera Lúcia de Oliveira Mergulhão, 73, who died at the scene.
• Forensic expert Denizio Júnior reported the car was used as a weapon, noted the absence of skid marks, and said the driver traveled well above the 40 km/h limit with fluid leaks on the road.
• The suspect was presented to the homicide unit (DEHS) to answer for homicide; he took a breath test with no result disclosed, the motorcyclist was hospitalized with identity and condition not confirmed, and witnesses reported an attempted lynching before police arrived.