Friday, April 19, 2024 – The dead Brazilian man wheeled into a bank by his niece in a bizarre plot to get her a bank loan was malnourished when he died and may have been poisoned, according to reports.
The cause of death for Paulo Roberto Braga, 68, has
initially been listed as broncho-aspiration and heart failure, according to an
autopsy report obtained by Metrópoles, which noted that he showed signs of
malnourishment.
An emergency care doctor who saw him suspected he had been
poisoned, with the body sent for toxicological testing on a blood sample from
his stomach, according to the report.
The elderly man had a history of health issues and was “in
need of special care” at the time of his death, Métropoles added.
He had been admitted to an emergency care unit at least once
in the last week, where he was diagnosed with pneumonia and tachycardia, the
outlet reported. He was also dependent on oxygen and had trouble swallowing.
His niece is facing charges of theft by way of fraud and
desecration of a corpse, though her attorney claimed that her actions may have
been informed by mental health issues.
“Uncle, are you listening? You need to sign [the loan
contract]. If you don’t sign, there’s no way, because I can’t sign for you,”
Nunes could be heard telling the body in the shocking footage.
“Sign so you don’t give me any more headaches, I can’t take
it anymore,” she complained.
Bank staffers were put off by the man’s sickly colour and called the police. It was later determined that Braga had actually been dead for several hours.
Troubling footage then emerged that showed Nunes arriving at
the bank in a taxi, with the driver even helping her move Braga’s body from the
car into the wheelchair.
A video taken the day before the incident also showed Nunes
bringing Braga – then visibly still alive – to the emergency room.
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