Overview

• Polícia Civil investigators said four bodies were collected from Hospital Municipal Salgado Filho in Méier and sent to the IML for examination.
• Authorities report 14 deaths are under investigation for suspected failures to notify police, with cases under review since late April.
• The lead investigator cited at least one corpse dated December 25 found in advanced putrefaction, which he said prevents useful forensic work.
• Police opened inquiries into possible vilipêndio de cadáver and fraude processual after receiving roughly 10 alerts of delayed body guides.
• Rio’s health secretary, Daniel Soranz, disputed the scope described by police, asserting the hospital had only two bodies at the unit.