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Brazil Investigators Focus on Entrapment in Deaths of Two Boys Found in Abandoned Car

Police say the leading theory is accidental entrapment pending final forensic results.

Overview

  • The cousins, who vanished Sunday outside their grandmother's home in Praia Grande, were found dead after midnight Monday in an abandoned car in the Vila Sônia neighborhood.
  • Security-camera footage recorded the boys leaving at 14:46 with no suspicious person visible before they passed out of view behind a wall.
  • Investigators now treat asphyxia and dehydration from being trapped inside the vehicle as the primary hypothesis pending autopsy and lab reports.
  • The Delegation of General Investigations moved away from the initial homicide classification after early forensic checks by examiners.
  • The family, including Henry’s mother, believes someone may have lured the boys, a claim not supported by the footage and still unproven.