15 Jan 2023 Pontes e Lacerda, Mato Grosso (Brazil) Shot Stheffany Ashley da Silva ("Eyshila") [photo: www.midianews.com.br]
Stheffany was reportedly killed in a residence and her body dumped in the Guaporé River by two men. Both were subsequently arrested.
Two men suspected of involvement in the crime of homicide and concealment of a corpse were arrested by the Civil Police, on Sunday night (15), in action by the Pontes e Lacerda Police Station (442 km west of Cuiabá). The victim is a [trans woman] identified as Eyshila, 25. Her body was removed from the water by the Fire Department on the morning of this Monday (16).
The steps began after the team received information that on the access road to the water collection station on the Guaporé River, on the BR-174, two men had just thrown a body into the river and were trying to flee the scene, but they were having problems in the vehicle. The car got stuck in the mud near the river.
Based on the information, civil police officers went to the scene and arrested the suspects in the act. Inside the vehicle, a 22 caliber gun was found, ammunition and a tarp with traces of blood. Expertise was carried out at the residence of one of the suspects, being compatible with the crime scene. Investigations will be conducted by the Civil Police. The motive for the crime is still unknown and neither is the way in which the [trans woman] was killed.
