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Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, died after jumping from Skeleton Bridge in Limeira, Brazil, in a bungee jumping accident where her harness was allegedly not attached. Police have arrested several bungee workers, including Luis Felipe Feliciano Egoroff, Maicon Fernandes Cintra, and Vitor de Freitas Goncalves, who face homicide charges.
The investigation is focusing on the potential suppression of evidence related to the missing GoPro camera that was attached to Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas during the incident. Authorities have arrested six individuals connected to the bungee jumping operation, with the possibility of further charges as the inquiry continues.
São Paulo State authorities are conducting an investigation into the possible suppression of evidence related to the disappearance of the GoPro camera used by Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas during her fatal jump. Six individuals have been arrested, including bungee workers charged with homicide for allegedly neglecting to secure her harness before the jump.
What remains unclear — The whereabouts of Maria’s GoPro camera, suspected to contain crucial evidence, remain unknown.
GoPro worn by model during fatal bungee jump believed to have been concealed
21-year-old Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas died jumping off Skeleton Bridge in Limeira, Brazil
Police believe the model who was killed in a bungee jumping accident was wearing a GoPro camera – which they say may have been hidden after her death.
Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, was killed last week jumping off Skeleton Bridge and falling 130ft in Limeira, Brazil, without a rope.
Police are now searching for a missing GoPro, which they believe was attached to the model’s neck strap as she fell.
Bungee workers Luis Felipe Feliciano Egoroff, 32, Maicon Fernandes Cintra, 42, and Vitor de Freitas Goncalves, 27, have been arrested after they allegedly ‘forgot’ to clip on Maria’s harness and face homicide charges.
Three more suspects have also been arrested, with police saying one is suspected of removing the camera and deleting crucial evidence from it.
Staff allegedly forgot to attach Maria’s rope before she jumped
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They include a 29-year-old woman from Rio de Janeiro and two men aged 25 and 27 from Limeira and Indaiatuba, respectively.
Witness Rafael Goulart claimed he saw an employee removing the camera as Maria lay dying.
He told news outlet EPTV: ‘The first scene I remember when I saw the girl on the ground was seeing one of the employees removing the GoPro camera from the neck strap of the body that was already on the ground, either worried about the equipment or wanting to hide evidence.’
São Paulo State authorities are now investigating possible ‘suppression of evidence… especially related to the disappearance of the image capture equipment used by the victim during the jump.’
While Maria’s camera has yet to be found, footage of the fall that killed her has still circulated on social media.
One clip shows her being helped onto a ledge with two men carrying her in a Superman pose before she is thrown off the bridge head-first.
In other footage shared on social media in 2022, Egoroff and another man could be seen throwing a body bag off the very bridge that Maria fell from.
The clip, shared to Egoroff’s Instagram account, was captioned ‘hiding the body’.
A lawyer representing Egoroff, Cintra and de Freitas Goncalves has disputed any notion that Maria’s death was intentional.
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