Marcia Martins Miranda: Daughter-in-Law Buried Alive in Brazil

Brazil: Obsession for their grandchildren led elderly parents to take the life of Marcia Martins Miranda. The daughter-in-law was buried alive.

The body of Marcia Martins Miranda, the 41-year-old mother of two was found beneath a concrete slab. They buried her body in an abandoned house one month after she went missing. She went missing in San Paulo, Brazil.

The parents-in-law committed the crime ensure their son got the custody of their grandchildren.

Marcia Martins Miranda and her HUsband

The parents are arrested for burying their daughter-in-law alive and then hiding her body.

Her body was found in an abandoned house in the Rio Pequeno area of the city of Sao Paulo.

Her Parents-in-law, Fernando Antonio Martins de Oliveira, 62, and Maria Izilda Pereira Miranda, 60 had rented the house where her body was found. She had been missing for over a month.

It is believed the suspects had invited her to open a bank account for their grandchildren. She was probably attacked on reaching. It is suspected she was either buried alive or asphyxiated.

Investigator Mario Sergio de Oliveira Pinto said: he absolutely believed the parents-in-law had premeditated the crime. He said they “dug very deep” and put a concrete slab ontop of the body wrapped in plastic bag once it had been buried.

The suspects were living in a rented house, which they had started living in 12 days before the victim went missing.

State Department of Homicide and Protection of Persons(DHPP) say the suspects had been obsessed with their grandchildren. They decided to kill her as she was going to separate and take the custody of her four-year-old boy and a nine-month-old girl.

Investigators are waiting for postmortem examinations to determine the exact cause of death. The husband was not involved in the crime. The couple deny the accusations.

Investigation is ongoing.