The 21-year-old Swedish businessman was found dead near the kitchen of a mansion around 19:00 this Wednesday (15) in Ildefonso Manoel Martins street, in the Barra area, in Balneario Camboriu, on the northern coast of Santa Catarina.

According to police, after killing his partner, the Swede fled in the victim’s Mercedes – Photo: Bruno Golembiewski/ND/Reproduction

The main suspect is the victim’s partner and fellow countryman. According to the Military Police, the victim had a lot of blood on his head and torso, and there was a knife next to his body.

They called Samu (Mobile Emergency Service), which confirmed the victim’s death.

The suspect is a Swede and the victim’s partner.

During the course of the incident, the military police collected some information from witnesses in the case and came to the conclusion that the suspect in the crime could be the victim’s own partner and fellow countryman.

The man fled in the young man’s car, a luxury gray Mercedes CLA 250 worth R$150,000.

The Mercedes used by the suspect in the murder of his partner is valued at approximately R$150,000 – illustrative photo: reproduction/ND

Based on information about the car’s license plate and the identity of the suspect, the police of Florianópolis, the state capital, as well as federal and civil police at the airports, were informed.

At around 20:15, it was discovered through information systems that a vehicle had entered the capital and the battalion of San José and Florianópolis was called to carry out search operations for the vehicle, which was in San José and was being approached.

There were three men in the car, one of whom was a suspect in the crime, and two lawyers. During interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime, and everyone was taken to the San Jose Civil Police station.