Suspected of killing young man in Braga remains in preventive detention

Mateus Machado denied the accusations.

The 27-year-old man, arrested on Thursday by the Judicial Police (PJ) in Castelo Branco, as he was preparing to leave the country, underwent the first judicial interrogation before the Court of Vila Nova de Famalicão, district of Braga, which applied the most serious coercive measure: preventive detention. “The defendant gave an explanation that he was not the perpetrator of the murder. He explained to the court that he was not the perpetrator o…

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Mateus Marley Machado, suspected of murdering a 19-year-old man last weekend in Braga, has been placed in preventive detention. The suspect, 27 years old and a Brazilian national, was brought before the court this Saturday, which, after the first interrogation, decided to apply this coercive measure. Mateus already had a criminal record […]

The suspect made statements and maintained the version that he was not the perpetrator of the crime, that he was just at the scene. However, the testimony of other people at the time of the crime makes it certain that Mateus Machado was the perpetrator of the stabbing.

“There started to be a lot of conversations on TikTok that he was the suspect, it was a rumor that was created,” said the murder suspect's lawyer upon arrival at the court. Mateus Marley Machado was present at the first judicial interrogation at the Vila Nova de Famalicão court on Saturday. DNA on the murder weapon has not yet been analyzed and has been placed in preventive detention