MPRJ denounces military police for modifying crime scene
The Public Ministry of the State of Rio de Janeiro (MPRJ) denounced, today (13), together with the Audit of Military Justice, a captain, a sergeant and three officers of the State Military Police for modifying the scene at the place where the young Kathlen de Oliveira Romeu was killed on June 8 in Complexo do Lins, north of Rio de Janeiro. The 24-year-old was a fashion designer and was three months pregnant. She had moved from the community a month ago because of the violence. All soldiers were assigned to the Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) of Lins de Vasconcelos.
According to the complaint, the military removed, before the arrival of the expert, the material that was there, adding 12 fired 9mm caliber pistol cartridges and a 556 rifle magazine, with 10 intact ammunition, which were presented later at the 26th Police station, in the neighborhood of Todos os Santos. Also according to the document, the captain, "being at the scene of the facts and being able to act as hierarchical superior to ensure their correct preservation, omitted when he had by law the duty of vigilance over the actions of his commanders".
An excerpt from the complaint says that "continuously, while they were supposed to preserve the place of murder, awaiting the arrival of the Civil Police expert team, the defendants fraudulently altered it, carrying out the conducts described above, with the intention of creating traces of an alleged confrontation with criminals”.
The four junior military police officers were denounced for two procedural frauds and two counts of perjury. The captain, on the other hand, was denounced for procedural fraud in the omissive form.
Agência Brasil contacted the PM and is awaiting a position.
Text translated using artificial intelligence.
