São Paulo Police Step Up Search for Missing Officer After Burned Car Is Found

Overview

• More than 80 officers, including K-9 units and the Shock Command, are conducting land and water searches entering a third day near Jardim Horizonte Azul.
• The missing officer, Cabo Fabrício Gomes de Santana, 40, vanished after a dispute in the community; his car was found completely burned in Itapecerica da Serra hours later.
• Investigators seized a second vehicle containing gasoline-scented containers, and security footage showed the PM’s car being followed by another vehicle.
• The owner of the seized car told police he accompanied a man who drove the officer’s vehicle to a wooded area to set it on fire, according to a recorded statement.
• A judge ordered the temporary arrests of three suspects, while other witnesses were questioned and released, as police collect videos and tips via Disque-Denúncia (181).