Worker Acquitted in Minas Gerais Employer’s Killing as Family Appeals

Overview

• Media reports confirm the September first‑instance acquittal of Eliandro for the December 2024 stabbing death of businessman Kerli in Cláudio, Minas Gerais.
• The case remains sealed, with the victim’s relatives filing an appeal to the Tribunal de Justiça de Minas Gerais seeking to overturn the decision.
• According to the defense, both it and the Ministério Público argued for acquittal based on self‑defense, though the full reasoning is not public due to secrecy rules.
• Police records state the incident followed a company year‑end gathering, that Kerli was stabbed three times outside the facility, and that the knife was seized.
• Authorities say Eliandro left briefly after the stabbing, asked his brother to call police to surrender, and was released from preventive detention in January after revocation supported by the prosecution.