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São Paulo criminal and medical investigations

Overview

Authorities in São Paulo are managing two distinct investigations involving multiple fatalities.

In the metropolitan area, police are investigating the discovery of at least 17 bodies since early September. Recent findings include a man found in a car trunk in Itapecerica da Serra with signs of torture, and the body of 22-year-old Jean Victor Sousa Guimarães found in the Rio Pequeno neighborhood with his hands tied and head in a black bag. While public speculation has suggested a serial killer, the Public Security Secretariat and the Homicide and Person Protection Department have denied a connection, stating the crimes likely stem from separate motivations. Investigative lines include drug trafficking, sexual crimes, and executions attributed to organized crime factions, such as the ‘tribunal do crime’ used by the PCC. Some suspects have been identified and preventive arrests have been decreed in certain cases, though a connection between the occurrences remains unproven.

Separately, the São Paulo Civil Police have opened an investigation into the deaths of at least six infants at Hospital e Maternidade Salvalus in the Mooca district. Led by the 8th Police District (Brás), the probe involves reviewing medical records and interviewing healthcare professionals to determine the causes of death. Death certificates list sepsis, septic shock, and pneumonia as causes of death.

While official records focus on six cases, legal representative Eduarda Fragnan Gomes states that a support group of approximately 36 mothers has reported losing children at the facility this year, raising suspicions of cross-contamination and hospital-acquired infections. Sanitary surveillance authorities have conducted inspections of the neonatal and pediatric units to evaluate hygiene protocols and infection prevention. The hospital, part of the Hapvida NotreDame Intermédica network, maintains that its internal evaluations have not identified a common infectious origin among the examined cases.

Entities

São Paulo · Hapvida NotreDame Intermédica · PCC · Secretaria da Segurança Pública de São Paulo · Hospital e Maternidade Salvalus

Claims

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Timeline

  1. [CRIME] 20 sources
    São Paulo police investigate infant deaths at Hospital Salvalus

    São Paulo police are investigating infant deaths at Hospital Salvalus. While six cases are officially under inquiry, legal representatives report at least 36 families have lost children due to suspected sepsis.

  2. [CRIME] 15 sources
    São Paulo authorities investigate series of bodies found in metropolitan area

    São Paulo police are investigating at least 17 bodies found since September. Authorities deny a serial killer is involved, citing distinct motives and individual investigations into organized crime.

Sources

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