Eight months following being detained, Ana Patrícia Queiroz, 42 years old, accused of having orchestrated the death of her friend, Sebastiana Neto, 57 years old, was sentenced by the Luanda District Court to 32 years in prison
It was in April this year that we learned the sad story of the death of Sebastiana de Fátima Rosário dos Santos Neto, 57 years old, in the Mártires de Kifangondo neighborhood, allegedly perpetrated by her friend, to appropriate more than seven million kwanzas and other assets of the victim.
Although the crime had taken place a month earlier, in March, Ana Patrícia Queiroz and another element were presented on April 12th as the main suspects in this crime that shocked Angolan society, due to the conditions and motivations that led to the victim’s death.
Sebastiana de Fátima Rosário dos Santos Neto was betrayed by her godmother, who aimed to steal the lost woman’s belongings, such as gold jewelry and monetary values, following realizing that her friend was going on a trip abroad, specifically in the United States of America. Among the things they will have appropriated are a chest containing various gold jewelry, a BFA Multicaixa card worth seven million and 900 thousand kwanzas and four cell phones from different brands.
After the two elements were arrested, the SIC’s investigations continued until a total of ten elements were detained. Thus, 10 citizens were on trial at the Luanda District Court, five in preventive detention and five free.
Citizen who killed and burned her friend’s body in Mártires sentenced to 32 years in prison. All defendants were also ordered to pay 15 million kwanzas in compensation to the victim’s family and 80 thousand Kz in court fees. Two of the five detained defendants were released as their direct participation in the murder was not confirmed, but were sentenced to a 100-day fine.
The son’s friend and godmother came up with the plan
According to the spokesperson for the Criminal Investigation Service (SIC) of Luanda, Fernando de Carvalho, at the time of the presentation of those involved, the barbaric act was properly planned by the friend, from the recruitment of the gang members, the purchase of fuel , the introduction of these into the residence, as well as information regarding the assets that the victim owned. “This action began to be designed when the accused realized that the victim was preparing a trip to the United States of America and, on the fateful day, the accused made a telephone call to the victim to arrange a meeting at the residence in question.
When the victim arrived, she and her accomplices surprised her in the corridor where one of the criminals, in possession of a cloth containing tear gas, covered her mouth and nostrils, causing her to faint”, he says. They later removed the house keys and, once inside, tied the victim’s upper and lower limbs with plastic clamps and, using a pillow, tried to asphyxiate the victim. However, the accused placed a plastic brace around her neck and, in agony, the unfortunate woman tried to fight for her life, she bit her on the arm and she, in fury, took an ax and struck her in the cranial region, which caused immediate death.
They burned the lady to eliminate evidence
The bedpan, in order to get rid of the evidence of the crime, removed from her bag a 50 ml bottle containing gasoline-type fuel, poured it onto the mattress where the victim’s body was located, as well as into the AC, to simulate that the fire was caused by a short circuit. Upon retreat, these criminals stole a chest containing several gold jewelry, a BFA Multi-Cashier card with a value of 7 million and 900 thousand kwanzas and four cell phones from different brands. To pay her accomplices, the accused used the stolen Multicaixa card, withdrawing four million kwanzas, through Automatic Payment Terminals (TPA), at fuel pumps and at the Congolese Market.