This Monday (29), the expert report analyzed by the São Paulo Civil Police determined that the cause of death of publicist Yuri Henrique de Castro was polytrauma. The 23-year-old was reported missing last Monday (22), after leaving a gay sauna, in Largo do Arouche, central São Paulo. His body was buried on Saturday (27), in the capital of São Paulo.
To UOL, the neurosurgeon specializing in trauma at Hospital Nove de Julho, André Bianco, explained that polytrauma consists of multiple injuries that occur at the same time in more than one organ or system of the body, as a result of trauma. “For example, the patient broke his leg, injured his lung and had trauma to his liver”added Alexandre Penna, orthopedist at BP – A Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo.
Cases of polytrauma can range from mild to severe, with the risk of the patient dying, as occurred with Castro. According to Bianco, in the most serious cases, vascular damage, extensive hemorrhage, as well as neurological injuries are possible.
What happened?
Yuri Castro was last seen at the Hotel Chilli gay sauna, in Largo do Arouche, 600 meters from the rescue site. He was found by a Samu ambulance (Mobile Emergency Care Service) on Rua General Osório, Santa Efigênia, but died after being admitted to the UPA (Emergency Care Unit) Vergueiro, in the Liberdade neighborhood, without documents. The boy’s body was sent to the IML (Legal Medium Institute) and recognized by his family on Wednesday (24).
The case was registered as a suspicious death by the 5th Police District (Aclimação), and is being investigated by the Department of Homicide and Personal Protection (DHPP). The images from the site’s security cameras have already been obtained by the Civil Police, which is not ruling out any line of investigation.
According to Yuri’s father, Marco Antonio, his son had left home on Saturday. On Monday, a friend of the publicist contacted the family and informed them that they were in a hotel and were unable to pay the bill because they had a problem with their card. The boy then left the place to look for money and left a cell phone as collateral. However, when he returned, Yuri was no longer there. He said that hotel security guards were collecting his things, stating that the young man had “ran away” and left his belongings behind.
“He gave this version, that Yuri ran away, the security guards went after him, brought him back and soon after he ran away again. It’s just very illogical. How do you, security, let a person escape twice, from the same place? There are a lot of loose ends, no one runs naked in the middle of the street, disappears and turns up dead.”analyzed Larissa Cristine Santos de Castro, Yuri’s sister, to g1.
On Tuesday (23), when Marco looked for the hotel, he was informed that Castro had had an outbreak. “The version given by the hotel is that my son had freaked out. Firstly, he went out to smoke, but my son didn’t smoke. They said that when he came out into the smoking area, he escaped and ran towards the Amaral Gurgel Terminal. The security guards went after him and brought him back.”reported.
Security reports Yuri’s possible escape and debt
An audio from a sauna security guard, sent to the establishment’s management, tells what happened. In his version, Yuri told an employee that he was being chased there and that he had called the police. Minutes later, the young man allegedly ran to the Amaral Gurgel Terminal. A security guard at the sauna went after him and approached him along with a guard at the terminal, which is about 400 meters from the Hotel Chilli.
The professional also stated that the client had a debt of approximately R$700 at the establishment. In the audio, first released by BandNews FM, the security guard said that he held Castro by the neck and arm to lead him back to the hotel. The man added that, already close to the location, the customer became “aggressive and upset”.
He allegedly caused a physical confrontation between them, in which he was knocked down. The employee also claimed to have managed to hold the boy’s robe, who took it off and ran again, leaving his cell phone and room key behind. In the recording, the security guard also said that the hotel would have a “procedure” if the customer did not pay.
Establishment denies involvement
To UOL, Douglas Drumond, owner of the establishment, pointed out that the sauna puts “pressure” on employees to stay alert at their posts and prevent debtors from leaving the place. However, he denied that employees are charged for customer debts. Last week, the person responsible also denied any involvement in the death of Yuri Castro.
According to Drumond, the young man was a regular at the sauna and was not treated violently, as indicated by some posts on social media. He also said that he is being called a “murderer” and that he will give a statement to the police. The owner will also forward images from the establishment’s security cameras and a list of who was with Yuri at the location.
In the end, Douglas mourned the young man’s death. “We are very sad about Yuri’s passing. We wish our most sincere condolences to friends and family.”he declared.
SP Terminais Noroeste, the concessionaire responsible for the Amaral Gurgel Terminal, in the center of SP, informed that it is investigating the case internally and that, “in light of the investigation already underway, it is only authorized to provide information to official bodies. Such a measure is necessary so that it does not harm the official collection of information.”.
