Police Seek Woman Accused of Ordering Sepetiba Mother's Killing Over Child Custody

Overview

• Laís de Oliveira Gomes Pereira, 24, was shot dead in Sepetiba while walking with her baby in a stroller after dropping her 4-year-old at school, and the baby was not hurt.
• Security-camera footage captured two men on a motorcycle trailing the victim before one approached on foot and fired, and the video is under analysis by the homicide unit.
• Police arrested Erick Santos Maria and Davi de Souza Malto, who are identified as the motorcycle driver and the gunman, and both confessed according to investigators.
• Detectives report the pair had surveyed the victim’s routine prior to carrying out the killing.
• Authorities have identified Gabrielle Cristine Pinheiro Rosário as the suspected mastermind, citing possessive behavior toward the child and an alleged plan to gain custody, and she remains at large.