Killer Cop Wanted in Brazil for Student’s Execution Turns Up in Florida 10 Years Later
A fugitive Brazilian cop who fled the country after being convicted of murder for executing a young law student outside a nightclub, has been arrested in Florida after a decade on the run—and five years after the victim’s mom tracked him down on social media.
Omar Assaf Júnior, 42, was taken into custody Tuesday by the U.S. Marshals Service, according to extradition filings obtained by The Daily Beast. Assaf, a former state police officer in the city of São José dos Pinhais, was found guilty of pumping three fatal bullets into 19-year-old Thiago Klemtz de Abreu Pessoa, while off-duty.
Sentenced by a judge in Brazil to 16 years in prison, Assaf vanished and has instead spent the past 10 years living openly in the Kissimmee area, where he worked for his uncle’s maintenance company and ran his own furniture and decor business.
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