Ana Paula Veloso and Michele Paiva da Silva are being linked to four murders in Brazil after a 65-year-old man died from being served a toxic bean stew in his own home
A woman allegedly paid a serial killer £560 to murder her dad by serving him a toxic bean stew in his own home.
Ana Paula Veloso allegedly killed pensioner Neil Correa da Silva in Baixada Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by giving him a poisoned bean stew. Detectives believe the victim’s daughter, Michele Paiva da Silva, helped plan the killing and that text messages show their callous plan.
Described as a “psychopath” and a “serial killer”, Veloso is said to have been paid R$4,000 (£560) to carry out the crime, according to joint investigations by the Rio and Sao Paulo police. Paiva da Silva, a 43-year-old law student and bus driver, was arrested on Tuesday at a university in Rio.
Police have alleged that the father and daughter didn’t have a good relationship. They say Veloso and Paiva da Silva, who are described as friends, were at the house when he became ill and he was taken to hospital. Detectives allegedly found terbufos at the home of Veloso, a pesticide which is slightly milder than lead.
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Veloso and Paiva da Silva are both in police custody and according to Chief Inspector Halisson Ideiao Leite, Veloso has already admitted killing 10 dogs as she tested the toxic bean stew. Mr Leite said: “She confesses that she killed 10 dogs with this poison, testing the method and the timing.
“She knew exactly how long, the dosage, and what would happen to the people who consumed what she offered.” The investigation has also led to police in Sao Paulo speaking to Veloso’s twin sister Roberta with Mr Leite saying: “She also actively participated in Neil’s death providing moral and material assistance,” reported G1.
Police are also linking Neil’s death to three other poisonings in Guarulhos, which they now believe to have been carried out by Veloso and Paiva da Silva. “Ana Paula poisoned four people, including Neil, on Michelle’s orders,” claimed Mr Leite.
The crimes were carried out between January and April this year, police claim. “Their behaviour is identical: closeness, manipulation, and the use of poison as a silent weapon,” Mr Leite said.
Veloso had initially come to the attention of the police after she alleged she had been the victim of an attempted cake poisoning but detectives believe this was an attempt to frame someone else.
Mr Leite stated: “Ana Paula Veloso came to our police station because of an alleged poisoned cake inside a college. She planted this alleged poisoned cake to try to frame a third person . Through this investigation, we concluded that Ana Paula was not the victim in this case, but rather a serial killer.”
Detectives are now trying to discover whether the pair planned further murders. “She didn’t kill impulsively – she killed methodically,” civil police officer Raphael Morais Velo, a member of the investigation team, stated during the investigation.