7 Oct, 2016 @ 12:39
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Brazilian family was hacked to death in Spain by a nephew who has already flown home and ‘walked free’, say Spanish police

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TRAGIC: Murdered couple

SPANISH police have confirmed that the Brazilian family found hacked to death in central Spain last month were murdered by a nephew.

Investigators had first thought the horrific massacre was a settling of scores over drug debts, but the couple and their two small children were in fact assassinated by the father’s 20-year-old nephew, Patrick Nogueira.

Nogueira, a Brazilian citizen, has been described as ‘violent and unstable’ and is already back in Brazil having returned on a flight from Spain shortly after the bodies were found.

Spain released an international arrest warrant for the youngster, but the Guardia Civil are accusing Brazilian authorities of letting him ‘walk away free’ as they let the suspect go after briefly taking a statement.

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Joao Pessoa, in Brazil

“We have no doubt whatsoever that it was him, François Patrick Nogueira, the victims’ nephew,” said Civil Guard Commander Reyes at a press conference held on Wednesday in Guadalajara, “We have a large amount of evidence.”

He expressed disappointment at how police in Nogueira’s home town of Joao Pessoa, in Paraiba, let him go despite the overwhelming evidence.

The young man was described as having ‘a psychotic personality’ and is said to have ‘seriously attacked a teacher in Brazil while still underage.’

Reports say he stabbed her in an attempt to kill her.

The remains of the nephew’s family were found in a house in Pioz, in Guadalajara, in mid-September.

Authorities believe they had been there for around a month.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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