Overview

• Ana Paula Veloso Fernandes is in preventive custody in Guarulhos after being charged with four homicides, while her twin, Roberta Cristina Veloso Fernandes, and Michelle Paiva da Silva remain in temporary detention under investigation.
• Investigators say Michelle paid R$4,000 for Ana Paula to poison her father, Neil Corrêa da Silva, who died after eating a feijoada in Duque de Caxias.
• The other alleged victims are Marcelo Hari Fonseca and Maria Aparecida Rodrigues in Guarulhos and Hayder Mhazres in São Paulo, with authorities alleging the targets were chosen for access to assets and money.
• Forensic teams exhumed three bodies and suspect a rodenticide known as chumbinho, but toxicology results are still pending; Hayder’s body was not analyzed because it was returned to Tunisia.
• Police cite WhatsApp exchanges, reported tests on about ten dogs, and a July attempt to poison classmates with a cake that opened the broader inquiry; Ana Paula reportedly admitted involvement in two deaths but denied using poison.