Shortly after 6pm on Wednesday October 17, 2012 Brazilian Military Police received a call that a double homicide had been committed at the Preguiça (Laziness) area in Caruaru. Task Force 01 arrived on the scene to only find one corpse but two flip flops. However the corpse was that of a 17 year old boy who appeared to have been raped and executed.

The victim was identified as 17 year old Alex Vilela de Moraes who lived on the Azeredo Coutinho Street in the neighborhood of Salgado. He was found dead behind a school with his pants at his ankles and four bullet holes in his body – two in the face, one in back and one in the chest.