Brazilian singer is kidnapped when $58,000 SUV found abandoned and stripped
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The horrific moment the Brazilian singer, 52, is kidnapped in front of his family before his $58,000 SUV was found abandoned and completely dismantled.
- Samba singer Péricles was robbed in front of his home in Santo André, Brazil, on Thursday night.
- A car thief pointed a gun at the 52-year-old artist who was with his wife and three-year-old daughter.
- The 2022 Land Rover Discovery, worth $58,000, was disassembled and found abandoned 14 miles away in São Paulo on Friday morning.
This is the moment when a singer and his family were robbed by brazen attackers on Thursday night in the southeastern Brazilian city of Santo André.
Samba artist Péricles, 52, had just left his home with his wife, Lidiane Faria, and their three-year-old daughter, María Helena Fonseca, when one of the assailants pointed a gun at him.
A surveillance camera showed Péricles closing the front door as a gunman ran towards him.
The 6’3 singer’s wife could be seen walking away with their daughter and crossing the street as the suspect frisked him and took his bag.
Péricles put up no resistance to the gunman and closed the front passenger door before the thief entered the 2022 Land Rover Discovery, which is worth $58,000.
Brazilian samba singer Péricles (pictured right standing in front of the suspect) was held up at gunpoint outside his home in Santo André, Brazil, Thursday night. The artist had just left his residence with his wife and daughter (in the photo on the left) when the assailant approached them, who was still a fugitive as of Friday night.
Samba singer Péricles has his 2022 Land Rover Discovery taken away at gunpoint outside his residence in Brazil
The Land Rover Discovery, worth $58,000, was found Friday morning 14 miles away in São Paulo.
Moments later, the assailant’s cohort pulled up next to Pericles’ truck in a Fiat Uno, then parked in front of him.
The assailant subsequently got out of Péricles’ vehicle and appeared to exchange words with the singer before he and his accomplice sped off.
Authorities located the abandoned and completely dismantled Land Rover Discovery about 14 miles away in the East Zone of São Paulo on Friday morning.
The assailants also took a birth certificate for Pericles’ daughter and her new school supplies.
Investigators impounded the vehicle and were looking for fingerprints in hopes of identifying the suspects.
Samba singer Péricles locks the door of his home as his wife and three-year-old daughter stand to the side moments before they were abducted Thursday night in Santo André, Brazil.
Péricles stays away from the carjacker after his assailant’s accomplice briefly stops before escaping.
Police were looking for fingerprints in the hope of identifying the suspects who stole the car of Brazilian singer Péricles on Thursday night.
Fans of the samba singer took to social media to ask why the suspects even thought of robbing him at gunpoint.
Who robs Pericles, man? For God’s sake, police and criminal factions, do something,’ wrote one person.
Another chimed in: ‘What’s on my mind is: who dares rob Pericles?’
Péricles’ management company, Farias, issued a statement on Friday, saying the singer and his family were “well and healthy.”