The victim is Marcos Tadeu Fioravante, 59 years old. His body was found inside a charred car near the site.
The suspect is Renan Venturini, 37 years old. He confessed to the crime and had his arrest converted into preventive custody by the courts.
The Civil Police are investigating whether an episode of sexual abuse and a fight over the key to the property motivated the crime.
g1 was unable to locate Renan's defense until the last update of this report. Below, see questions and answers about what is already known and what remains to be known about the case:
What is already known
Who is the suspect?
The person being investigated is dental surgeon Renan Venturini, 37 years old, who has a clinic in the Paulista neighborhood, in Piracicaba (SP).
The suspect already had a criminal record for threats, bodily harm, domestic violence and a judicial history with protective measures enacted.
Renan Venturini confessed that he killed Marcos Tadeu Fioravante on a farm in Piracicaba — Photo: Social Networks
Who was the victim?
The dead caretaker was Marcos Tadeu Fioravante, aged 59. He was a tinsmith retired due to back health problems and had worked on the dentist's family's rural property (located in the Nova Switzerland neighborhood) for many years.
According to reports from family members, Marcos was a calm, helpful person, well-liked in the region and remained so close to his boss's family that he was considered a "considerate brother". He left a wife and a daughter.
How did the crime happen?
According to the Civil Police investigation, on Tuesday (10), the dentist, the caretaker and an 18-year-old girl were gathered at a get-together on the farm, where they consumed alcoholic beverages and drugs.
After a disagreement related to the refusal to hand over the keys to the property and an alleged episode of sexual abuse against the young woman, Renan shot Marcos.
The body was then placed in the trunk of a Ford Belina vehicle, abandoned and set on fire on Estrada José Saul Chinelato. At the scene, the police found detonated capsules, gunshot marks, blood stains and signs that the body had been dragged.
How was the arrest?
The dentist initially fled to a motel in Tietê (SP) in the company of the young woman — who reported having been coerced under threat of death to help hide the corpse and managed to flee on foot to ask for help on Rodovia Marechal Rondon (SP-300).
Afterwards, Renan went with his ex-girlfriend to a second motel, in the Noiva da Colina neighborhood, in Piracicaba, where he was located and arrested by the police, without resisting.
During the approach, the police seized two firearms (a pistol hidden in the dentist's car and a revolver that belonged to the victim).
What was the court's decision?
After being arrested in the act this week, he underwent a custody hearing, and the court converted his detention into preventive detention.
He will be responsible for the crimes of qualified homicide (for a base motive and a resource that made the defense impossible), concealment of a corpse, theft, kidnapping, false imprisonment and illegal possession of a firearm.
What you need to know
What was the real motivation for the crime?
The police are investigating whether the murder was motivated by a fight over access and handing over keys to the farm's gate, as alleged by the suspect, or whether there are other factors.
The veracity of the sexual abuse version
The suspect and the young woman who accompanied him allege that the caretaker had harassed or sexually abused the 18-year-old woman. However, the victim's family disputes this version.
Marcos' son-in-law argues that the crime occurred right at the entrance and that Renan's father had ordered that the suspect be prohibited from entering the place. The son-in-law still maintains that the allegation of harassment would only be an attempt to mitigate the dentist's sentence.
Witness coercion
Although the 18-year-old girl told authorities that she was forced to collaborate in hiding the body, investigators are investigating the participation and degree of coercion exerted by the shooter during the escape and burning of the vehicle.
