Police are investigating the death of a Dutch tourist on a boat.
A task force is investigating the murder of Dutch tourist Ronald François Wolbeek, 60, who was killed in the early hours of Sunday morning inside a boat anchored in São Marcos Bay, in São Luís; his widow, Maria Rawi, claims that they were sleeping together when they heard the boat's alarm go off and went to check the area; according to Rawi, three armed men allegedly boarded the boat and her husband argued with one of them, who shot him in the chest; the police's main hypothesis is that the crime was the result of an attempted robbery.
Maranhão 247 - A task force is investigating the murder of Dutch tourist Ronald François Wolbeek, 60, who was killed in the early hours of Sunday morning inside a boat anchored in São Marcos Bay, in São Luís.
The widow, Maria Rawi, claims that they were sleeping together when they heard the boat's alarm go off and went out to check the area. According to Rawi, three armed men boarded the boat, and her husband argued with one of them, who then shot him in the chest. The suspects fled without taking anything.
On Monday (16), experts from the Institute of Criminalistics (Icrim) and investigators returned to the crime scene to hear testimonies from tourists, people who work nearby and residents of the region. According to the police, the interviews reinforce the possibility that the crime resulted from an attempted robbery.
In an interview with G1, Maria Rawi said she was "angry" and demanded that Brazilian authorities clarify the crime.
"I'm angry. Very angry. Mad with rage. Just furious. I hope the police and the government pay more attention to people like him so that other tourists are safe. He worked on the boat for 25 years until now. And now he's gone," she lamented, emotionally.