Mother of baby who disappeared taken by her uncle has prison converted into preventive in Acre

Searches for the 9-month-old baby who disappeared more than 20 days ago were ended after five days in Acre — Photo: Arquivo/Sejusp

The mother of the 9-month-old baby who disappeared after being taken by her uncle in Manoel Urbano, in the interior of Acre, had her temporary arrest converted into preventive detention, which lasts up to 90 days until the judiciary re-analyzes the measure. The court order was carried out this Thursday (15) at the Rio Branco Prison Complex with the support of the Homicide and Personal Protection Police Station (DHPP).

According to police chief Odilon Neto, preventive detention was requested after the conclusion of the police investigation. The woman is being investigated for abandonment of an incapacitated person. The child's uncle also remains in pre-trial detention.

The girl remains missing and the case is being investigated. Searches in the forest area were suspended on September 29th.

According to the delegate, the version presented by the mother to the police is that she left her daughter at a farm and went to the city accompanied by a family member. Upon returning to the location, he stated that he discovered that his brother had disappeared with the child in a forested area.

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👉Context: The baby disappeared on September 23rd when the uncle, who was at the family home, took advantage of a moment when he was alone with the child to escape with her to a forested area. However, the disappearance was only reported to the police on Thursday (24) and the search began on Friday (25).

The child's mother and uncle's names were not released. Therefore, g1 was unable to locate their defenses.

End of searches led to MP proceedings

With the end of the search operation in the forest, the Public Ministry of the State of Acre (MP-AC) urgently requested clarifications from the responsible bodies regarding the status of the searches and the measures adopted to comply with the court order to continue the investigations.

This is because, according to the MP, a court order determined that the search in the region should continue.

Protection of brothers

Furthermore, the court ordered protective measures for the baby's two brothers. The decision, published in September, also provided for the continuation of searches and monitoring of the safety conditions and care offered to the other two, aged 2 and 6.

⏩ According to the MP, the protection network is made up of public bodies and services, such as the Guardianship Council and social assistance, which support children in vulnerable situations. The objective is to assess the conditions in which they live and verify whether their rights are being respected.

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, remains with him while the responsible bodies monitor the family's situation.

Line of investigation

During a press conference on September 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 how long 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.

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