Defendants in player's death go to jury in MS two years after body was dismembered and thrown into river
Hugo Vinicius Skulny Pedrosa was killed in June 2023, in Sete Quedas; Among the defendants is his ex-girlfriend, identified by the complaint as responsible for luring him to a residence.
By Adriano Fernandes, g1 MS
5 defendants for the murder of player Hugo Vinicius Pedrosa will go to jury in Amambai. The trial is scheduled to begin on Monday (26).
Of the total, 3 defendants are responsible for qualified homicide and concealment of a corpse. The parents of the victim's ex-girlfriend will be tried for procedural fraud.
The crime occurred in June 2023, in Sete Quedas. The 19-year-old was shot dead, his body dismembered and thrown into the Iguatemi River.
The five defendants for the murder of player Hugo Vinicius Skulny Pedrosa, aged 19, will be brought to trial on October 26, in Amambai, 351 km from Campo Grande. The expectation is that the jury will last up to two days, given the complexity of the case.
The crime occurred in June 2023, in Sete Quedas. Hugo was shot dead, his body was dismembered and parts of his remains were thrown into the Iguatemi River. Among those involved in the case is Rúbia Joice de Oliver Luvisetto, the young man's ex-girlfriend at the time.
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According to the sentence, three defendants will be held responsible for the crimes of qualified homicide, for a base motive and the use of cruel means, in addition to hiding a corpse. They are:
Rúbia Joice by Oliver Luvisetto;
Danilo Alves Vieira da Silva;
Cleiton Torres Vobeto.
Rúbia is imprisoned in Campo Mourão (PR), but will be transferred to participate in person in the jury in Mato Grosso do Sul.
In the same session, Rúbia's parents will also be tried, but only for the crime of procedural fraud for allegedly helping to hide evidence of the crime. They are:
Patrick Eduardo do Nascimento;
Noemi Matos de Oliver.
In the decision that determined the trial, judge Renan da Silva Pinto, from the Amambai District Criminal Court, denied the defendants' defense requests to increase the time allocated for debates, replies and rejoinders.
The joint defense of Rúbia, Noemi and Patrick had required five hours for the opening statements and three hours for the reply and rejoinder. Danilo's defense asked for at least one hour for each accused in the initial demonstrations and 30 minutes for each accused in the subsequent phases.
The magistrate, however, rejected the requests. According to the decision, the prosecution and defense will have 2h30min each for debates, while any reply and rejoinder will last a maximum of two hours each.
“The complexity of the case and the number of defendants do not authorize, in themselves, the unilateral change of legal deadlines”, explained the judge.
The time limitation also took into account the number of people who will be heard during the trial. The Public Ministry of Mato Grosso do Sul (MPMS) called five witnesses, three experts and four informants.
The judge also authorized the summons of 12 people indicated as witnesses by Rúbia's defenses and her parents. In Danilo's case, there will be six more witnesses. Cleiton Torres Vobeto's defense missed the deadline to speak out.
Another request from the defenses accepted by the Court was the appearance of the accused in person at the jury. They will be able to wear civilian clothes and attend the session without handcuffs.
It will be the responsibility of the State Penitentiary System Administration Agency (Agepen) to organize the logistics of transport, escort and custody of the defendants, given the possibility of the jury lasting more than one day.
The trial will begin at 8 am on October 26, 2026, at the Amambai Forum.
Hugo and Rubia. — Photo: Reproduction.
The case
Hugo was killed on June 25, 2023, after leaving a party in the neighboring municipality of Pindoty Porã, in Paraguay. According to the complaint, he was left by friends near the house of his ex-girlfriend, Rúbia.
According to the Public Ministry's complaint, the young man was lured by Rúbia to her residence, where, according to the accusation, she and Danilo murdered the victim. Then, according to the complaint, the young man's body was dismembered and thrown into a river, with the participation of Cleiton.
After the boy's disappearance mobilized the entire city, Rúbia would have provided disconnected information to the police to make it difficult to locate the body and traveled to Paraguay.
The young man's disappearance was reported on Monday (26) by Hugo's mother, Eliana Skulny.
After seven days of searches, which mobilized residents and even singer Ana Castela, parts of Hugo's body were found on Sunday (2), in the Iguatemi River, in Sete Quedas (MS).
The remains were located during a task force operation that involved the Civil and Military Police, the Fire Department and the Specialized Police Station for the Repression of Border Crimes (Defron).
The recognition was made based on a tattoo that Hugo had on his arm, with his father's name, who had died about two years earlier.
The body parts were taken to the Institute of Forensic Medicine and Dentistry (IMOL) and, according to information from the case, had not yet been released.
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