The search for the 9-month-old baby who disappeared after being taken by her uncle in Manoel Urbano, in the interior of Acre, ended last Tuesday (29), after five days of operation in a forested area.
The information was confirmed to g1 by the commander of the Military Police of Manoel Urbano, 2nd lieutenant Antônio Carlos.
According to the commander, the teams set up a task force using sniffer dogs, but found no traces that would lead to the child.
"We closed on Tuesday. The team was made up of firefighters, Civil Police and we [Military Police] were also together. It was a task force, on Tuesday we made the journey, we carried out a search again, but there was no result. So the Fire Department decided to close, because we had already been searching for five days", he said.
The commander explains that there is a window of time in which searches can be carried out. However, according to the lieutenant, the end of the searches in the forest does not mean the end of the investigations, which will continue to be carried out by the Civil Police.
"The Fire Department spends some time [for the searches to be carried out] and closes [after this period]. The Civil Police continues investigating, listening to people to see what happened and if they can find anything new to close the investigation", he highlights.
The searches mobilized teams from the Fire Department, the Civil and Military Police, the Environmental Policing Battalion (BPA) and residents of the region. The dense vegetation and difficult access to some areas made the work of professionals difficult.
Until last Monday (28), the teams had already traveled more than 20 kilometers into the forest and used drones to assist in the search. During the search, firefighters found a sandal and a piece of children's clothing that may have belonged to the girl.
Protection of brothers
The court ordered protective measures for the 9-month-old baby's two brothers. The decision, published last Wednesday (30), also provided for the continued search for the child and monitoring of the safety conditions and care offered to the other two, aged 2 and 6.
The measure was obtained by the Public Ministry of Acre (MP-AC), through the Manoel Urbano Cumulative Public Prosecutor's Office, and establishes that, if the baby is found, she will undergo an evaluation before determining who will take care of her.
Police chief Odilon Neto, responsible for the case, informed g1 last Thursday (1st) that there was no news about the baby's whereabouts.
''With no updates on the searches, they continue. But there is an ongoing investigation into possible mistreatment of the other two children in the family. We requested information from the Guardianship Council and social assistance bodies'', he explained.
According to the MP, the Court also ordered the two brothers to be monitored by the protection network.
In practice, a 2-year-old child should continue to receive this monitoring. The older brother, aged 6, who is under the care of a family member, will remain with him while the responsible bodies monitor the family's situation.
Still on Wednesday (30), the Public Prosecutor's Office requested updated information from the Guardianship Council and security agencies about the baby's location and the progress of the search. The request is part of the measures adopted by the Public Ministry to monitor the case.
Line of investigation
During a press conference last Monday (28), Acre's Secretary of Public Security, Colonel José Américo Gaia, stated that the teams were working with the possibility that the child was no longer alive, considering the time she had been missing and her age.
The Civil Police reported that they are not ruling out any hypothesis, including the possibility of sexual violence. The corporation's general delegate, Pedro Paulo Buzolin, highlighted that there is no information that would indicate the father's participation in the disappearance.
On Sunday (27), the baby's father and other family members went to the Manoel Urbano Civil Police Station to protest and demand answers about the disappearance.
In a video obtained by g1, he accused his ex-partner of leaving his daughter in a place where, according to him, there were people consuming alcohol and drugs.
"We gathered today in protest because child abandonment is a crime, there is the law, the number of the law, and my ex-wife, the child's mother, abandoned my daughter in a colony, where there were a lot of people drinking and using drugs, and my daughter was left there abandoned. This is a crime and I want justice", he stated.
