PM Captain Found Dead in Belo Horizonte, Husband Sergeant Arrested

Overview

• The PM captain, Michele Leão Azevedo, arrived at Hospital Odilon Behrens without vital signs after injuries that medical staff said suggested death occurred hours earlier, based on police reports.
• Her husband, Sergeant Eduardo Abner Pereira de Oliveira, was detained in flagrante at the hospital and told police the couple had consumed alcohol and pills and that injuries followed consensual sexual practices and an accidental fall.
• Forensic teams searched the couple's apartment, seized tablets resembling ecstasy, a broken wooden handle found in the building trash, washed bedding, the couple's vehicle and the sergeant's cellphone for laboratory analysis.
• Family members told investigators the relationship was abusive and marked by control and past threats, a claim that contrasts with the sergeant's account and is being examined by the Polícia Civil and the DHPP.
• Michele was an experienced PM officer with training in human rights and a specialization in higher education, and investigators say the necropsy and toxicology results now due will shape charges and the next legal steps.