Suspect in Sepetiba Contract Killing Surrenders as Police Cite Messages

Overview

• Gabrielle Cristine Pinheiro Rosário turned herself in to Rio’s homicide unit and was transferred to a women’s detention facility in Benfica.
• Police and prosecutors point to text messages, including a Sept. 29 note stating a desire to kill Laís, as evidence identifying her as the mastermind.
• Investigators say she exchanged messages with Laís about half an hour before the shooting, allegedly to monitor the victim’s location.
• Two men accused of carrying out the attack confessed after arrest—motorcycle driver Erick Santos Maria and gunman Davi de Souza Malto—who allegedly were offered about R$20,000.
• A fourth suspect, Ingrid Luiza da Silva Marques, is accused of acting as an intermediary, with authorities preparing preventive detention requests and opening a separate probe into possible fraud links as the defense denies Rosário ordered the killing.