Overview

• Prosecutors in Guarulhos formally accuse Ana Paula Veloso Fernandes of killing Marcelo Hari Fonseca, Maria Aparecida Rodrigues, Neil Corrêa da Silva and Hayder Mhazres between January and May 2025.
• She remains in preventive custody as her twin, Roberta Cristina Veloso Fernandes, and Michelle Paiva da Silva are detained under investigation.
• Police say food and drinks were used to deliver the poison, cite suspected chumbinho (terbufós), and report three exhumations while the Tunisian victim’s body was repatriated.
• Investigators allege a financial motive, referencing coded “TCC” messages and a reported R$4,000 payment for the feijoada killing arranged by the victim’s daughter.
• The inquiry broadened after her July arrest over an alleged cake poisoning at a university and after Michelle’s October detention in Duque de Caxias tied the cases across states; Ana Paula later admitted involvement in two deaths while denying the use of poison.