Overview
- The incident occurred on June 13 when 21-year-old Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas was launched from the 130-foot Ponte do Esqueleto in Limeira without a safety rope and fell to her death, footage of the fall circulated widely.
- Three instructors — Luis Felipe Feliciano Egoroff, Maicon Fernandes Cintra and Vitor de Freitas Goncalves — were arrested June 14 and charged with homicide with eventual intent for alleged procedural failures that left the rope unsecured.
- Authorities arrested three additional suspects this week, bringing total detentions to six, and obtained search warrants to seize phones and devices as investigators probe possible deletion or concealment of evidence.
- Police say the GoPro the victim wore is missing and witnesses reported seeing a team member remove a camera from her body, a detail now central to obstruction and evidence-suppression inquiries.
- Local officials have moved to block access to the abandoned viaduct and approved phased demolition, while industry groups and prosecutors say the operators lacked proper licensing and failed basic rigging and double-check safety protocols, raising calls for tighter oversight and possible civil action.