German diplomat in Brazil arrested, accused of killing husband: “The cadaver is screaming out the circumstances of its death”

Brazilian police mentioned they arrested a German diplomat Saturday for allegedly killing his husband at their dwelling in an upscale Rio de Janeiro neighborhood, then trying to cowl up the crime.

Uwe Herbert Hahn, a German consul, advised authorities his husband, Belgian nationwide Walter Henri Maximilien Biot, had taken ailing Friday night time, collapsing and fatally hitting his head, police mentioned.

However, evaluation of the physique and the couple’s residence in the seaside neighborhood of Ipanema discovered Biot had been severely crushed, they mentioned.

“The version of events given by the consul, that the victim suffered a fall, is incompatible with the conclusions of the forensics report,” officer Camila Lourenco mentioned in feedback posted on social media by Rio de Janeiro’s 14th police precinct.

“It found various bruises, including on the torso, compatible with injuries inflicted by stomping, as well as lesions compatible with an attack with a cylindrical instrument,” she added.

“The cadaver is screaming out the circumstances of its death.”

The precinct’s Instagram account posted photos of what seemed to be blood stains on the flooring and furnishings of the couple’s residence.

Brazilian media experiences mentioned Hahn wouldn’t have diplomatic immunity given the nature of the crime. Police didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Local media experiences mentioned Hahn, who had been married to Biot for 20 years, tried to wash up the scene of loss of life earlier than police arrived, then advised officers his husband had been ingesting so much and taking sleeping capsules.

Biot was every week shy of his 53rd birthday, in keeping with an image of his ID card printed in the Brazilian press.

The German embassy didn’t instantly reply to a request for information.

But each the embassy and the consulate in Rio de Janeiro are in “close contact with the Brazilian authorities investigating this case”, a supply in the German federal international workplace mentioned Sunday.