Monster:
Jorge Beltrao Negromonte da Silveira, his wife Isabel Cristina Pires
allegedly lured women to their house by promising them a job as a nanny
Three people charged with killing at least two women, eating parts of their bodies and using their flesh to make and sell stuffed pastries have gone on trial in Brazil.
Jorge
Beltrao Negromonte da Silveira, his wife Isabel Cristina Pires and
mistress Bruna Cristina Oliveira da Silva were arrested in April 2012 in
the city of Garanhuns.
They allegedly confessed to luring women to their house between 2008 and 2012 by promising them a job as a nanny.
But
in chilling echoes of the story of Sweeney Todd, the fictional
Victorian barber whose killing spree was most recently told in the 2007
film starring Johnny Depp, they killed them and stuffed their flesh into
meat pies which they sold to neighbours, schools and hospitals claiming
they contained tuna or chicken.
Police found the remains of two women in the back yard of the suspects' house.
At
the time of their arrest they told police they belonged to a sect that
preached 'the purification of the world and the reduction of its
population'.
In
chilling echoes of the film Sweeney Todd, authorities said the trio made
thick empada pastries with the flesh of their victims, which the three
and a young child who lived with the man and wife ate.
They
also sold some of the pastries to some neighbours as well as to schools
and hospitals claiming they contained tuna and chicken.
Bruna Cristina Oliveira da Silva, who
lived with the couple, was Silveira's mistress and is accused of
helping the couple kill their victims and eating the pastries
Gruesome: Police found the remains of two women in the back yard of the suspects' house (pictured)
Chilling: In
chilling echoes of the film Sweeney Todd, authorities said the trio made
thick empada pastries (stock image) with the flesh of their victims,
which the three and a young child who lived with them ate
Tuna or chicken: They also sold some
of the pastries to neighbours as well as to schools and hospitals
claiming they contained tuna and chicken
Shortly after their arrest, police
found a 50-page book titled Revelations Of A Schizophrenic, written by
Silveira. In it, he said he heard voices and was obsessed with killing
women
Shortly
after their arrest, police found a 50-page book titled Revelations Of A
Schizophrenic, written by Silveira. In it, he said he heard voices and
was obsessed with killing women.
The
G1 news site quoted Silveira as saying during the trial's opening: 'I
committed a horrible, monstrous mistake. It was a moment of extreme
weakness and brutality that I regret.'
Their victims, believed to have been killed between 2008 and 2012, include Alexandra Falcao, 20, police said.
Silviera also described the death of Jessica Camila da Silva Pereira, a 17-year-old murdered in 2008.
Police
were alerted to the murders when the trio attempted to use a credit
card of one of their alleged victims. The trio now face up to 30 years
in prison.
Their trial, which started on Thursday, continues.
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