Overview

• Investigators led by Officer Alberto Roque Peres confirmed the handbrake was engaged and found no signs of violence at the scene or on the bodies.
• Authorities believe the couple’s movements during intimacy caused their parked vehicle to tip over a remote hang-gliding overlook in Espírito Santo.
• A caretaker discovered the wreckage and the bodies around 7 a.m. Monday after hearing a loud noise overnight.
• Emergency crews report the car fell roughly 100 meters before ejecting the occupants and tumbling another 300 meters down steep, vegetated terrain.
• Victims Adriana Machado Ribeiro, 42, and Marcone da Silva Cardoso, 26, leave behind three young children between them.