Three Technicians Held in DF Hospital Deaths Over Suspected Lethal Injections

Overview

• District Federal civil police are investigating suspected homicides in the ICU of Hospital Anchieta after three inpatients died on November 17 and December 1, 2025.
• Investigators say Marcos Vinícius Silva Barbosa de Araújo acted as the main perpetrator, allegedly injecting excessive medication and, in one case, disinfectant, and he confessed after being confronted with internal images.
• Amanda Rodrigues de Sousa’s lawyer denies her involvement, calls the evidence selective, says she may have been targeted herself and was on medical leave on December 1, while Marcela Camilly Alves da Silva reportedly confessed.
• The probe centers on security footage, seized phones and medical records, and includes reports of altered prescriptions via logged-in terminals; the arrests came under Operação Anúbis and are 30-day temporary detentions subject to renewal.
• Relatives who recognized a suspect in news reports prompted separate inquiries into two earlier deaths from August and September, which the homicide unit will review using existing hospital records and prior blood tests.