During surgery, doctors found a small mark on Ana Clara’s body, near an area that the car crash couldn’t explain. They also noticed a skin reaction that didn’t match the injuries from the accident.
The discovery was recorded in the medical report. The Civil Police requested preservation of the body, a toxicology examination, and an inspection of the vehicle. The cremation was immediately suspended.
The word “accident” began to lose its force.
Investigators examined Ana Clara’s wrecked car. They also reviewed calls, messages, and schedules. Security camera footage from a gas station near the Rodovia dos Imigrantes highway showed the vehicle stopped before the section where she allegedly lost control.
Gustavo appeared in the recording.
He wasn’t pushing the car. He wasn’t doing anything that looked violent from a distance. But he was seen arguing with Ana Clara by the driver’s side door, in the rain, minutes before the accident.
When the police asked for his full statement, Gustavo said he only wanted to talk to his sister about family matters. He said she was nervous. He said he didn’t know anything else.
He said many things.
The toxicology report found a sedative at levels incompatible with pregnancy and Ana Clara’s routine. Marcos then recalled that Ana Clara never took anything without consulting her obstetrician. Not even a common painkiller.
The investigation didn’t depend on a single piece of evidence. It depended on many small pieces: the medical time that didn’t match, the mark found on the body, the station’s recording, the partially deleted messages, and a debt Gustavo had hidden from his family.
On Ana Clara’s cell phone, they recovered a deleted conversation. In it, she demanded that Gustavo stop asking for money and that he stop approaching Marcos with lies. She also told him that after Miguel’s birth, she would speak with their mother.
