Police point to ex-partner as the main suspect in the femicide of a broker in the interior of SP

The police named Jean Paulo Ruotolo, a former partner of Fabíola Araújo, as the main suspect. He remains at large this Monday (9).

The crime occurred on September 24, when the victim was taking a taxi to visit a farm. Motorcyclists approached the car and shot at her.

The police are investigating whether the broker was the victim of an ambush. The case went from homicide to femicide for financial and property reasons.

Temporary arrest warrants were served on people with relevant information. The police also carried out searches and breaches of telephone confidentiality.

The police are also investigating whether unscheduled visits by a client to a farm in Itapira are related to the broker's murder.

The Civil Police pointed out that Jean Paulo Ruotolo de Alcantara, former partner of real estate agent Fabíola Fernandes Araújo, is the main suspect in the victim's death in Itapira (SP). He is considered a fugitive and searches remain ongoing this Monday (9).

The crime took place on September 24, when the broker was on her way to the Ponte Preta neighborhood to present a site to a client. As he didn't have his own vehicle, he asked for a taxi. On the way, the car was approached by two men on a motorcycle, who shot and fled.

According to the delegate in charge of the case, Alexandre Henrique Leme Silva, investigations indicate that Fabíola may have been the victim of an ambush. The case, initially registered as a homicide, began to be treated as a feminicide with possible financial and property motivations.

In the investigations, temporary arrest warrants were served on people identified as “holding information relevant to clarifying the crime”. Searches and breaches of telephone and telematic secrecy (messages) were also carried out. The material is being analyzed.

According to the police report, the taxi driver reported that two men on a motorcycle chased the car carrying Fabíola on a dirt road and ordered him to lower the window. The criminals demanded the victim's purse and cell phone, as well as the vehicle key, and fired two shots at the broker before fleeing.

At the location of the visit, real estate agent Carlos de Jesus was waiting for his colleague to arrive and reported seeing the suspects' motorcycle fleeing. "He is a person very dedicated to his work, not lazy to work. [...] trying at all times to win in life, working honestly. And, for no apparent reason, all this happens, we get angry", he stated at the time.

Still in September, the police reported that they were investigating whether unscheduled visits by a client to a farm in Itapira (SP) were related to the broker's death, as delegate Emília de Oliveira Araújo detailed in a press conference.

"Several witnesses have already been heard. These witnesses gave us some information that will be analyzed together. It seems that yes, there were other attempts to show this property to a possible client and these attempts would have been unmarked. Now, the Civil Police will investigate whether or not there is a relationship", he pondered.