Police found Brazilian serial killer behind three brutal femicides two decades ago in Miami

a brazilian serial killer, died in a plane crash in 2005, killed three women in Florida 20 years agopolice said on Tuesday.

Roberto Wagner Fernandes, who lived in Miami in the 1990s and early 2000s, could have committed other murdersthe Broward County Sheriff’s Office said.

“I believe there are other cases, and this is part of our ongoing investigation.County Detective Zachary Scott said.

Your criminal record may have started in your home country. Brazilian justice accused Fernandes of the murder of his wife in 1996, but ended up acquitting him. After that he moved to Miami, where he worked as a flight attendant and tour bus driver.

Police identified Fernandes as murderer of three women in Florida who suffered from drug addiction and engaged in prostitution.

The first victim was Kimberly Dietz Livesey, whose body was found in a suitcase in June 2000. Two months later, the body of Yes, in addition It was found in a sports bag. The third victim, Jessica Bonne, was stabbed to death and her body was found in Miami’s Biscayne Bay in August 2001.

After becoming a suspect in Good’s death, Fernandes fled to Brazil in 2001. At that time, the police wanted to question Fernandes, but the South American country does not have an extradition treaty with the United States.

In 2011, researchers were able match DNA found in Good’s body with samples found in Dietz-Livesey and Demas bodies, and resumed the hunt for Fernandes.

After learning that the suspect, a licensed pilot, died in a plane crash in 2005 while flying from Brazil to Paraguay, investigators have located his grave.

“We had to confirm whether the death was real or not,” said Sergeant Nikoli Trifonov. “People can fake their death, especially after committing murder”.

His remains were unearthed several months ago and US authorities have successfully matched its DNA with that of the three Florida murders.

Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony told a news conference that “justice never expires” even though decades pass after an unsolved crime.

(With information from AFP and AP)

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