Eerie new footage shows woman struggling to push wheelchair-bound man through streets just one day before she wheeled his dead body into bank to sign off a loan

A shocking new video shows a Brazilian woman pushing a skinny man in a wheelchair just one day before she wheeled his corpse to a bank.

CCTV footage reportedly captured outside an emergency room door in Bangu on April 15 in Rio de Janeiro shows 68-year-old Roberto Braga alive and pushed by Erika de Souza.

He could be seen moving his head and waving his arm as 42-year-old Souza struggled to push the older man towards the door.

At one point in the video, a man in a black T-shirt was seen approaching the couple and talking to Braga before Souza intervened and began readjusting his wheelchair.

Finally, she successfully pushed the older man through the door as he rested his head on the chair.

He could be seen moving his head and waving his arm as the 42-year-old struggled to push the older man towards the door

At one point in the video, a man dressed in a black T-shirt can be seen approaching the couple and talking to Braga before Souza intervenes and begins to readjust his wheelchair.

Finally, she manages to push the older man through the door as he rests his head on the chair

According to Brazilian publication Revista ForumBraga entered medical care on April 8 and was discharged the same day the CCTV footage was recorded.

Despite being released from the hospital alive, Souza was seen pushing Braga’s corpse to a bank teller’s desk and attempting to withdraw 17,000 reais (approximately $3,200) a day later.

Employees at the bank branch became concerned about De Souza’s actions as she attempted to get a lifeless Braga to sign a document and called the police, who arrested her on the spot.

The head of Rio de Janeiro’s civil police, Fábio Souza, told Brazilian news channel G1 on Wednesday that while he could not pinpoint the exact moment Braga died, cadaver marks visible on the back of his head indicate he died about two would have been dead for an hour. .

Souza was arrested by authorities in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday after she tried to get her late uncle, Paulo Braga, to sign a loan document at a bank while he was in a wheelchair.

Souza was seen on surveillance video pushing a wheelchair carrying the lifeless body of her uncle, Paulo Braga, before attempting to withdraw $3,200 from his bank account.

Footage showed de Souza telling a dead Braga to grip his pen tightly as she placed it between his fingers and encouraged him to sign a piece of paper at the bank branch in Bangu, a neighborhood in the western part of Rio de Janeiro.

If Braga had died while in the wheelchair, the cadaveric plasters would have been on his legs, authorities said.

“It is not possible to say the exact moment of death,” Fábio said. ‘It has been determined by Samu (Mobile Emergency Service) that there is (livor mortis). This only happens from the moment of death, but is only noticeable about two hours after death.’

Fábio said officers were deployed to search for the rideshare app driver who dropped Souza off at the bank with her late uncle.

The suspect, who faces attempted theft by fraud and defamation of a corpse, was interviewed by authorities Wednesday morning.

She told police that Braga had died while sitting in the wheelchair near the couch, a claim police dispute.

“In my 22-year career I have never seen a story like this,” Fábio said.

Customers and employees of the bank initially thought Braga was ill, the police chief indicated, before calling the ambulance.

A viral video recorded by a bank employee showed De Souza holding Braga’s head up and telling him, “Uncle, are you listening?” You have to sign it. I can’t sign for you.’

Bank employees began filming the couple and eventually called an ambulance and the police, while Érika de Souza used her hand to hold Paulo Braga’s head up and said to him, “Uncle, are you listening?” You have to sign it. I can’t draw for you

Érika de Souza drove her late uncle Paulo Braga through a shopping center in Rio de Janeiro before visiting a bank, where she tried to get him to sign a loan document

Authorities in Rio de Janeiro are investigating whether Érika de Souza is really related to Paulo Braga, the 68-year-old man whose lifeless body was placed in a wheelchair and taken to a bank in her attempt to take out a loan

One of the bank employees then told de Souza, “I don’t think this is legal.” He doesn’t look well. He’s very pale.’

“That’s the way he is,” she replied, telling her late uncle, “If you’re not well, I can take you to the hospital. Do you want to go back to the hospital?’

De Souza then told Braga: “Sign so you don’t give me any more headaches, I can’t take it anymore.”

‘She calls herself his niece. In fact, according to our research, she has some relationship,” he said. “And she calls herself his caregiver. We want to identify other family members,” Fábio said.