Pesseghini case

The Pesseghini family case refers to the massacre that occurred on August 5, 2013, in the Brazilian municipality of São Paulo, in which five members of the Bovo Pesseghini family were killed. Among the victims were Andreia Regina Bovo Pesseghini, corporal of the 1st Company of the 18th Military Police Battalion, based in Freguesia do Ó and mother of Marcelo; Benedita Oliveira Bovo, mother of corporal Andreia and grandmother of Marcelo; Bernardete Oliveira da Silva, sister of Benedita and great-aunt of Marcelo; Luis Marcelo Pesseghini, ROTA Sergeant and father of Marcelo; and Marcelo Eduardo Bovo Pesseghini, son of the police couple and suspect of the crime. The victims' bodies were buried on August 6, 2013, in Gethsêmani Anhanguera Cemitery in Rodovia Anhanguera. The premature closure of the case by the Brazilian justice system was surrounded by a series of criticisms and controversies. After several attempts to reopen the case in the Brazilian justice system, the case was reported to the Organization of American States in the United States in 2018.