The two were accomplices of Esdras' brother Fernando Dutra Pinto—who was confronted in a Barueri hotel the next day and killed two officers.
[2] TV Globo was forced to break protocol when talking about a case involving someone close to an entrepreneur of a competing broadcaster, SBT.
The case made headlines for days on Jornal Nacional, the main news program on the Rio de Janeiro network.
The Show do Milhão — the main attraction led by Silvio — and the Tele Sena draw were not shown on the Sunday following Patrícia's kidnapping, on August 26, 2001.
I want God's judgment to come on the corruption system in Brazil, that the Brazilian people deserve to be taken care of.Patrícia spoke to the press in a smiling way and made several religious quotes.
At the time, the possibility arose that she was suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, a psychological state in which the victim becomes attached to the criminal.
Fernando Dutra Pinto ended up being discovered in a hotel in the commercial center of Alphaville, in the municipality of Barueri.
[6] The woman, daughters and employees managed to leave, while the presenter was surrendered in the mansion with a gun pointed at his head.
[8] The hostage situation was widely covered by Brazil's major television networks, including SBT and its competitors; it was estimated that news coverage was being seen by 3 million viewers in Greater São Paulo alone (accounting for 55% of televisions in the region),[10][11] with Globo (where Carlos Nascimento first broke the story during its daytime show Mais Você) leading with an average 23 ratings points and peaking at 31, followed by SBT with 10 and Rede Record with 7.
[17] On September 4, 2001, Luciana dos Santos Souza, known as "Jenifer", the kidnapper's girlfriend, was found in Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia.
[19] Fernando Dutra Pinto died on January 2, 2002, victim of a cardiac arrest, while he was imprisoned at the CDP in Belém.