Cousins have been missing in Paraná for 60 days: see everything known about the case

Camera recorded cousins leaving in a pickup truck with a suspect, before disappearance Cousins Letycia Garcia Mendes and Sttela Dalva Melegari Almeida, 18, have been missing for 62 days, as of this Monday (22). Currently, the Civil Police are treating the case as a double homicide.

Security cameras recorded the two young women passing through Cianorte and Jussara, in the Northwest of Paraná, on April 20 (see in the video 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 communicating with their families. ✅ Follow the g1 Maringá and Region channel on WhatsApp The main suspect of involvement in the crime is Clayton Antonio da Silva Cruz.

He has been considered a fugitive since April 29 and was with the victims in the pickup truck and at the nightclub. On Tuesday (16), police chief Luis Fernando Alves Silva said he is in contact with national and international authorities to locate Clayton. The investigations are under seal. See everything that has been released by the police about the case so far: Timeline of the disappearance, according to the Civil Police Who is the suspect Arrest of Clayton's ex-partner Searches in rural area What remains to be answered Cousins Letycia Garcia Mendes and Sttela Dalva Melegari Almeida have been missing for a month in Paraná. Reproduction/Social media 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 departed from Letycia's house. This was the last time the young woman connected to the internet, because she did not have a mobile data plan, 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 intersection 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: Cousins missing in Paraná: images confirm that the 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 confidentiality. 📆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 of the man having passed through Maringá. 📆April 29: the arrest warrant is issued against Clayton, for the crimes of robbery and homicide.

He has been considered a fugitive for homicide since then. 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 as of 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 police chief, before this investigation, there was already an open arrest warrant against Clayton for the crime of robbery, committed in 2023, in Apucarana, in the North Central region 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 police chief advises that tips about the whereabouts of Clayton or the young women can be made anonymously by calling 181, 190, 197, or at police stations. Read also: 'I deserve it': After suffering robberies and being shot at work, taxi driver from Paraná ends 59-year career on the day his driver's license expires See photos: Doctor is arrested in Paraná suspected of setting up an 'apartment' in a hospital and threatening staff More than R$ 42,000: City government in Paraná is condemned after Justice understands there was a failure in the treatment of a patient who died with Covid-19 Arrest of Clayton's ex-partner Suspect of providing financial support to fugitive for the disappearance of cousins is arrested The woman identified as Clayton's ex-girlfriend was arrested in a Civil Police operation on May 15.

According to police chief Luis Fernando Alves Silva, she is suspected of providing financial and logistical support to the man. She is 23 years old and was arrested temporarily. The woman was in Paraguaçu Paulista, in the west of the state of São Paulo.

Her name was not released. "The precautionary measure against the suspect, the ex-partner of the investigated, was represented by the PCPR and granted by the Judiciary in view of indications that she was providing aid to the fugitive," explained the police chief. In addition to the temporary arrest warrant, the police also carried out searches at three addresses in the São Paulo city. A cell phone was seized and will be examined. When asked recently about the developments of this arrest, the police chief said it is not possible to provide details due to the secrecy. Searches in rural area Searches for missing cousins were carried out in the rural area of Paraíso do Norte, in Paraná. Civil Police (PC-PR) Anonymous tips, data collection, and other elements gathered throughout the investigation led the Civil Police to carry out searches in the rural area of Paraíso do Norte, in the Northwest of the state, this Monday (15).

The location is about 32 km from Paranavaí, where the cousins were last seen. According to the police chief, "the objective of the operation was to verify locations previously identified by the investigative teams in search of traces and other elements that may contribute to the clarification of the facts". What remains to be answered As of the last update of this report, there is no confirmed information on 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. As of the last update of this report, the police did not inform if any clue had been found at the scene. Most watched videos from g1 Paraná: Read more news on g1 Paraná.