The false doctor guilty of the homicide of the patient was arrested last Monday, February 13
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The false doctor, Fábio Machado da Cunha, is the main suspect in the homicide of the young patient Adonias Ferreira da Costa, 29, in Itapetim, in the Sertão de Pernambuco, who was arrested by the Civil Police of São Paulo, last Monday, in Sao Jose dos Campos.
The arrest occurred after the Pernambuco Justice system issued on February 7, a preventive detention order against the false doctor Fábio, who denies the crime of homicide of the patient.
It should be noted that during a police exploration inside the false doctor’s house, the authorities have found a clandestine clinic. Also, at the place, false documents, prescription drugs, furniture for clinical procedures, certificates of completion of courses in the area of health and aesthetics, among other objects of a medical nature, were seized.
Criminal record of the doctor
According to what was reported by local media, at the end of January, Fábio Machado was arrested in São José dos Campos for using a false document and illegally practicing medicine. He was released after undergoing a custody hearing.
In addition, in May 2016, Fábio was arrested in the city of Jenipapo de Minas, in the Jequitinhonha Valley, for impersonating a false doctor.
The case of the murder of Adonais
The body of Adonias Ferreira da Costa, who had been missing for about 20 days, was found inside a refrigerator sealed with cement on November 3 of last year, in Itapetim, in the Sertão do Pajeú in Pernambuco. The refrigerator was plugged in and the body was in an advanced state of decomposition.
The Civil Police went to the place after receiving reports of bad odors and the presence of flies. It is suspected that the floor was a clinic. The body was in the kitchen tied up and put in the fridge.
According to local media, the experts found remains of at least five substances for controlled use in Adonias’s body. It is suspected that he had received high doses of the drugs indiscriminately.
Similar cases
It should be noted that this is not the first time that a person has posed as someone who works as a health worker. Last week we told you about a case where a woman who pretended to be a nurse was fired from her workplace 6 months later thanks to an investigation carried out by the hospital where she worked.
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