Missing cousins in PR: pickup truck used by suspect was hidden by him in the first three days after the crime and may be in another country, says delegate

Camera recorded cousins leaving in a pickup truck with the suspect, before disappearance During an interview on Tuesday morning (16), delegate Luis Fernando Alves Silva informed that the pickup truck used by Clayton Antonio da Silva Cruz on the day of the disappearance of cousins Letycia Garcia Mendes and Sttela Dalva Melegari Almeida was hidden by him in the first three days after the crime. According to the delegate, the vehicle may even be in another country.

✅ Follow the g1 Maringá and Region channel on WhatsApp In security camera images recorded on the night of April 20, the young women appear leaving Cianorte, in the northwest of Paraná, inside the pickup truck driven by Clayton. See above. During the early hours of the 21st, they were last seen at a nightclub in Paranavaí, which is in the same region.

On the same day, they stopped giving news to their families. Cousins Letycia Garcia Mendes and Sttela Dalva Melegari Almeida have been missing for a month in Paraná. Reproduction/Social media Clayton even returned to Cianorte days later, but he was not with the pickup truck.

He fled shortly after. The suspect has been a fugitive since April 29, when his preventive detention was decreed.

g1 is trying to identify his defense. "We are aware that it [the pickup truck] was hidden and, furthermore, it may be in another country. [...] There was concealment in the initial three days," informed the delegate.

Silva also said that he is in contact with national and international authorities to reach Clayton's whereabouts. Letícia and Stella have been missing for over a month and the main line of investigation of the Civil Police (PC-PR) is the crime of double homicide.

Searches for missing cousins were carried out in the rural area of Paraíso do Norte, in Paraná. Civil Police (PC-PR) On Monday (15), new searches were carried out in the rural area of Paraíso do Norte, in the northwest of the state. The location is about 32 km from Paranavaí, where the cousins were last seen.

According to the delegate, the police arrived at the location after anonymous tips and data collection. Until the last update of this report, the police did not inform if any clue had been found at the location.

The delegate informed that the investigations are under secrecy and are treated as a priority. "Due to the time of disappearance, and also due to the dynamics of the facts, analysis, and cross-referencing of information, the main line of investigation would be a double homicide – in the future, if elucidated, with the possibility of recognizing the femicide qualifier according to the motivation of the crime," said the delegate. Disappearance of cousins in Paraná completes one month Remember the case by browsing this report: Timeline of the disappearance, according to the Civil Police Who is the suspect What remains to be answered Timeline of the disappearance, according to the Civil Police 📆10:39 PM on April 20: the young women are seen leaving Cianorte in the pickup truck with Clayton – whom Letycia knew by the name "Davi". The police found that they left from Letycia's house.

This was the last time the young woman connected to the internet, because she did not have a mobile data package, according to the corporation. 🕝10:54 PM: the same pickup truck is filmed by security cameras entering the city of Jussara, where Sttela lives with her mother. The young woman went to the house to get a backpack.

Her mother was not at the property. Check out the images below: 🕝10:55 PM: Sttela made a post on social media and tagged Letycia.

In the image, she appears with a bottle of whiskey and there is music inside the pickup truck. The post contained the caption "What will be our destination LOL". 🕝11:13 PM: the trio leaves Jussara and travels towards Maringá, on the PR-323 highway. 📆12:16 AM on April 21: Sttela makes the second and last post at the cloverleaf between Presidente Castelo Branco and Nova Esperança.

Clayton appears in the image, but only Letycia has her profile mentioned in the post. 🕝1:10 AM: Stella, Letycia, and Clayton are filmed at a nightclub in Paranavaí. Around 1:10 AM, the trio appears entering the party.

Inside, the cousins were filmed walking, holding hands. Later, Clayton is also recorded with them.

See below: Missing cousins in Paraná: images confirm that young women went to the nightclub with the suspect Letycia, Stella, and Clayton inside the nightclub in Paranavaí. PC-PR 🕝3:17 AM: last time Sttela connected to the internet. The information was obtained through an emergency request for the lifting of WhatsApp secrecy. 📆Between April 22 and 23: Clayton returned alone to Cianorte.

According to the investigation, he was without the pickup truck and left the city again using a motorcycle and without a cell phone. 🕝9:00 AM on April 23: last time Clayton connected to the internet. 📆April 24: police discovered that there is a record that the man passed through Maringá. 📆April 29: the arrest warrant against Clayton is issued, for the crimes of robbery and homicide. He has been considered a fugitive for homicide since then. 📆May 15: Clayton's ex-partner, 23, is arrested in Paraguaçu Paulista (SP).

She is suspected of providing financial and logistical support to him. Suspect of providing financial support to fugitive for disappearance of cousins is arrested Who is the suspect Clayton Antonio da Silva Cruz, 39, presented himself in Cianorte with the false name of "Davi". He has not been found until the last update of this report. Police released images of the suspect, identified as Clayton Antonio da Silva Cruz, 39. Civil Police (PC-PR) According to the delegate, before this investigation, there was already an open arrest warrant against Clayton for the crime of robbery, committed in 2023, in Apucarana, in the Center-North of Paraná.

The pickup truck used by him was "cloned". He is also known by the nicknames "Sagaz" and "Dog Dog" and was a regular at parties and clubs in Cianorte. The delegate advises that reports about the whereabouts of Clayton or the young women can be made anonymously by calling 181, 190, 197, or at police stations. What remains to be answered Until the last update of this report, there is no confirmed information about where the cousins are and what crimes they were victims of.

Also, no details were released about the involvement of Clayton's ex-partner in the disappearance of the young women. There are no shared images showing the three leaving the nightclub in Paranavaí.

Clayton's car was also not found. Most watched videos from g1 Paraná: Read more news on g1 Paraná.