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Death of Otávio Jordão da Silva (Pio XII 2013)

UNSOLVEDPio XII, Maranhão, Brazil0:39

Otávio Jordão da Silva case's in Pio XII (2013) is unsolved. Abreu died. Then, an angry crowd invaded the pitch and killed the referee. Send this to someone from Pio XII.

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One red card in Brazil. Referee Otávio and the player died. Otávio Jordão da Silva was twenty, reffing a pickup game with a bad foot. He sent off Josemir dos Santos Abreu. Abreu attacked him, and Otávio had a knife. Abreu died on the way to the hospital. His family was watching. The crowd killed the referee. One man confessed and was arrested. Two others were named, and they fled. "One crime will never justify another," the police chief said. Who do you blame? The full case file is on casepin dot org.

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