Where police found the victim’s body
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Two men killed a third by beating him in the head and setting the victim’s body on fire on Sunday night (28), in Contagem, Greater BH.
According to information from the Military Police (PMMG), the individuals, adults, were approached by the Military Police at around 11pm yesterday, in Betim, also in Greater BH. When asked about the origin of the motorcycle they were using, the suspects were unable to answer.
After further questions from the police, the suspects confessed that the motorcycle belonged to the homicide victim. They said he was killed with blows to the head and then set fire to his body. The perpetrators said they killed the victim because he was harassing drug dealers. The suspects have a record with the police for trafficking, according to the PM.
The suspects revealed where the charred body was. Upon arriving at the scene this Monday morning (29), in the Chácara Campestre neighborhood, in Contagem, the police found the male victim.
The military awaits the arrival of Civil Police expertise (PCMG) to identify the body.
Updated report.
