The live interview has become one of the most controversial moments in coverage of the kidnapping, and is the subject of a Netflix documentary
Premiere of the documentary The Elwa Case: The Living Hostagein NetflixThe consequences of the crime that stopped Brazil in October 2008 brought young people Elois Cristina Pimentel15 years old, was detained in a private prison and killed by her ex-boyfriend, Lindbergh Fernandez AlvesIn the apartment where he lived with his family in Santo André, São Paulo.
During the kidnapping, Lindbergh gave live interviews, interfering in negotiations with the police. He began to ignore the authorities’ communications and only spoke through television programmes.
He said: “They put me in a guilty position. I guarantee you, and to you who are watching now: any journalist would want to be in my place. I entered captivity, and I took the public into captivity.”
Nayara Rodriguez da Silvaa friend of Eloá who was also in captivity and released by the kidnapper, was a prosecution witness in Lindemberg’s trial in 2012. She revealed that during his prison days, he left the television on to watch what the announcers were saying about the kidnapping.
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