The municipal prosecutor, former councilor and lawyer Francisco Valadares Neto, suspected of ordering the death of doctor Elyne de Assis Nogueira, was taken back to the Rio Branco Emergency Room in the early evening of this Tuesday (10), less than 24 hours after being discharged and transferred to the Dr. Francisco de Oliveira Conde prison (FOC).
According to the Acre Penitentiary Administration Institute (Iapen-AC), he was under psychiatric observation. However, it has not yet been announced why he returned to the PS. Valadares continues with a police escort.
The prosecutor underwent a custody hearing this Tuesday (10) and was placed under preventive detention by the Brasiléia Criminal Court. He had been taken by Iapen to a common room in the prison.
Criminal Police escorted Valadares on his return to the Rio Branco Emergency Room — Photo: Hugo Costa/Rede Amazônica Acre
Last Wednesday (4), the Acre Court of Justice (TJ-AC) ordered the prosecutor's preventive detention. As a result, Valadares was under police escort at the PS.
Sesacre confirmed that Francisco Valadares was initially discharged from the emergency room, however, he was awaiting psychiatric evaluation before being released. At the end of the afternoon, the prosecutor was released by the medical team.
Francisco Valadares Neto was taken to the capital's prison after being discharged from hospital — Photo: Iapen-AC
Last Friday (6), family and friends of the doctor staged a protest in front of the Emergency Room, where the prosecutor was hospitalized after attempting suicide. He stayed in the PS Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after being transferred from Brasiléia.
The prosecutor was found unconscious the morning after the feminicide, taken to the Alto Acre Regional Hospital, intubated and transferred to Rio Branco in an ambulance from the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu).
Francisco Valadares is arrested on suspicion of feminicide – Photo: Reproduction
They didn't end up dating
Eduarda Wolter, Elyne's cousin, said that the victim and Francisco never dated. According to her, the doctor went out to dinner with the prosecutor once in mid-July, when the persecution began. "When my uncle found out, he told her his entire history of complaints and she decided to stay away. He went crazy and the threats and harassment began," he says.
In a note, the Acre Health Department (Sesacre) reported that 'there is no formal request, nor ongoing procedure for transferring the patient through Out-of-Home Treatment (TFD), for transferring the patient to São Paulo'.
"In respect for patient privacy and the confidentiality of health information, Sesacre emphasizes that clinical data and medical record information are processed exclusively through appropriate channels, with authorized people", says part of the statement.
Mass on the 7th day in memory of a doctor shot to death takes place this Monday (9) in Acre — Photo: Personal Archive
Developments of the case
This Saturday (7), in the rural area of Brasiléia, the Civil Police arrested a third party involved in Elyne's death. Fábio da Costa is named as the person hired by Francisco Valadares Neto to plan and execute the doctor's death.
According to the police, Fábio would receive R$40,000 for the service and hired Lucivaldo Lopes de Souza, arrested on Thursday (5) suspected of having shot and murdered the victim.
"Fábio was involved the entire time until the victim's death. He worked with Lucivaldo, providing support, and he was the one who pointed out to Lucivaldo who the victim would be. Lucivaldo was hired by Fábio to execute Elyne. The person hired for the execution was Fábio, who contracted the service and shared part of the service with Lucivaldo", explained delegate Alex Danny Tavares.
According to the delegate, Elyne had her routine monitored by criminals for days. "At the best opportunity they had, they came to execute her. The investigations led us to Fábio and, together with the collaboration of the Court, we had no obstacles in obtaining an arrest warrant", he highlighted.
Alex Danny also confirmed that Lucivaldo was transferred to Rio Branco prison. Fábio must also be sent to the capital of Acre.
Fábio da Costa, 34 years old, was arrested on Saturday night (7) — Photo: Eldson Júnior/Rede Amazônica Acre
