On Saturday morning (03) the body of a man was found in a badly decomposed state on Estrada Geral Rio do Norte, in Ituporanga, in Alto Vale do Itajai. In a letter to the Military Police, the farmer who discovered the body said he was walking through the field in search of his dog, which disappeared when he stumbled upon the victim at the edge of the forest.

A heavily decomposed body was found in Ituporanga. Photo: Google Street View/ND reproduction.

Arriving at the scene, the police confirmed that the corpse was in the middle of the grass in a state of decomposition. The victim was only in clothes, without documents.

Body may be missing man

According to the military police, the body is suspected to be that of a man from the state of Sergipe, who has been missing for more than 15 days. His superior was contacted and arrived at the scene with another employee. They reported that the man found would be missing, as he was wearing the same clothes as when he left the house.

The civilian police, IGP and IML were called and arrived at the scene to carry out the appropriate procedures, carry out the necessary tests to confirm the identity of the victim.