BRAZIL — What was meant to be a romantic night time beneath the celebrities was a deadly freefall for a pair in south-eastern Brazil after their automotive tumbled off a 1,300-foot cliff whereas they had been reportedly making love contained in the automobile.
The victims have been recognized as Adriana Machado Ribeiro, 42, and Marcone da Silva Cardoso, 26 — a pair who had been courting for about six months.
Studies are that after an evening out partying with Marcone’s brother and his girlfriend on Sunday, August 3, the lovers dropped the opposite couple house after which drove to a preferred hang-gliding launch web site in Venda Nova do Imigrante for some non-public time.
However tragedy struck shortly after 1:00 AM on Monday, when police imagine the automotive — parked near the sting — rolled off the cliff and plunged 400 metres (roughly 1,300 ft).
Investigators say the pair had been probably thrown from the automotive after it struck a rock roughly 100 metres into the lethal descent. The automotive continued tumbling one other 300 metres earlier than coming to a crumpled cease far beneath.
A caretaker clearing land on the non-public property made the grisly discovery round 7:00 AM, when he stumbled upon the wrecked automobile — and never removed from it, the our bodies of the couple, discovered fully bare.
“There have been no indicators of violence on the scene or on the our bodies,” mentioned Police Officer Alberto Roque Peres, who’s main the investigation. He confirmed that the handbrake had been engaged, ruling out foul play for now.
Cops imagine the motion and shifting weight contained in the parked automobile might need brought on it to creep ahead and finally tip over the sting in the dead of night, distant location.
Close by residents say they heard a loud crash someday between 1:30 AM and a couple of:00 AM, however because of the heavy vegetation and darkness, nobody realized what had occurred.
Marcone’s physique was found on the foot of the cliff, whereas firefighters needed to battle rugged terrain to get well Adriana’s stays.
Family members say the couple shared a peaceable, comfortable relationship — no historical past of battle, no police information. Marcone, initially from Belo Horizonte, had just lately relocated and labored as a machine operator. Adriana, a beloved determine in her neighborhood, had spent 16 years working at her mom’s bakery. She leaves behind a daughter and son from a earlier relationship.
The guts-wrenching accident has despatched shockwaves by way of the small neighborhood, as family and friends attempt to come to phrases with the tragic lack of two lives — reduce brief in essentially the most surprising method.
