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On February 10, 1991, a Carnival Sunday, a macabre discovery was responsible for shocking the city of Salvador. While rummaging through the garbage bags in front of the Bosque dos Barris Building, on Rua Coqueiros da Piedade, a homeless man finds a human hand, a fact that became even more sinister when counting on the discovery, in that same garbage dump, of four more bags containing the parts of almost an entire dismembered human body.

The body found was that of Roberto Carlos da Silva, 26 years old at the time, an employee of TV Aratu, murdered and dismembered in apartment 1203 of the same building where he was found.

A crime that marked Bahia at the time it occurred and that throughout the investigation process, there was a question in the air: Who killed Roberto Carlos?

CORREIO is now debuting a new series of true crime podcasts, entitled ‘190: REAL CRIMES’, where we tell you remarkable stories about real crimes that shocked Brazil.

In today’s episode we remember the story of the tragic murder of radio presenter Roberto Carlos, in a case that became known as ‘O Esquartejado dos Barris’.

Do you want to know more about the accused, the motivation for the crime, the developments of the investigation and what it ended up with?

Access the full content on Spotify from Jornal CORREIO, just search for “O Que a Bahia Quer Saber”, there you will find all of the newspaper’s podcast content;

You can also listen on YouTube at www.youtube.com/correio24hbahia

Script, narration and editing: Arthur Max

Soundtrack: PIXABAY’s free track bank

COVER: Photo by Almiro Lopes / CORREIO Archive | Editing by Arthur Max

General coordination: Jorge Gauthier

The podcast script 190: REAL CRIMES is based on reports and information published by Jornal CORREIO at the time of the events narrated.