The shocking murder of Hugo Vinicius: The 19-year-old Brazilian footballer was beheaded, dismembered and thrown into a river after finding his ex-girlfriend with another man

Hugo Vinicius Skulny lived for football. At the age of 19, he was considered “a promise” for this sport in Brazil, where he played as a striker for Seduc de Anastásio.

The 19-year-old boy met a tragic end. What they did to him put his ex-girlfriend, the same age, on the investigative radar. On Wednesday, July 5, 2023, she was said to have been apprehended.

Hugo Vinicius had been missing since Saturday, June 25, and on Sunday, July 2, the worst news was confirmed: he had been murdered.

The young footballer was subjected to atrocities: “He was beheaded, chopped up and thrown into a river on the border with Paraguay,” the Brazilian authorities reported.

Discovery of the remains began last Sunday, RT reported.

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What happened to Hugo Vinicius

On June 25, the young man went to a party and, according to relatives, reported that he had been left near his ex-girlfriend’s house.

In RT they emphasized that Hugo Vinicius was attending a party “on the Paraguayan side of the border”. They indicated that he was in the town of “Pindoty Pora, located in the Corpus Christi district of the Canindeyú Department”.

Some friends confirmed that the footballer did indeed go to Canindeyú and that “after the party they left him near the house of his ex-girlfriend, identified as Rubia. But the young man did not return home.

Hugo Vinicius was the son of Eliana Skulny and lived with his maternal grandmother and a brother, the aforementioned medium describes.

Given the lack of information about her son’s whereabouts, Eliana appeared on Monday, June 26 at “the Sete Quedas police station, where she lodged the complaint”.

The investigation was launched and on July 5, authorities confirmed the grisly murder and announced the arrest of the athlete’s ex-partner.

Authorities are looking for two men, key in the murder.

the murder

The EFE agency reported that the ex-girlfriend denied participating in the murder. However, his statement was decisive.

They killed and dismembered the young footballer, then threw the parts into the Iguatemi River, located in the municipality of Sete Quedas, in the south of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, on the border with Paraguay, where, RT noted , Skulny was alive.

They recognized him by a tattoo Hugo Vinicius had on one arm.

He had tattooed his father’s name, who passed away about two years ago.

G1 quoted in RT

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Because they killed him?

The young woman reportedly stated that the athlete “invaded” her home in Pindoty Porã, a Paraguayan border town.

EFE explained that a man who was with his ex-girlfriend, according to a statement to police, “reacted and shot Hugo three times.”

The lawyer said that the athlete went to the room of the “ex” and found her with a man.

(The woman) was surprised by the victim when she slept with a man in her room. They laid. He started cursing, went after her. She pushed him out of the room when she heard a shot.

Lawyer Felipe Cazuo quoted in RT and G1

Later that young woman’s companion, “with the help of a friend, who was in another room, brought the dismembered body to the Iguatemi River.”

According to RT, the girl chose to keep her mouth shut because “She felt threatened, she was scared.”

However, according to the defense, he spoke to his mother and she went to the police.

Hugo Vinicius’ mother was far from thinking that a tragedy like this would destroy their home. On the morning of Monday, June 26, when she went to report the disappearance of the 19-year-old boy, Eliana Skulny had spoken straight from her heart: “The pain is too great, come home quickly, son.”