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The pastor who paid 400 dollars for his wife

The pastor who paid 400 dollars for his wife

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The pastor who paid $400 for his wife: The murder of Sara Mariano in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil

On the night of October 24, 2023, Sara Mariano got into a vehicle believing she was attending a women's meeting at her church. Minutes later, her body was dragged into a nearby forest. The inexplicable: her husband, Pastor Ederlan Mariano, was recording videos crying on social media asking for her to come home, while his accomplices were burning her body just minutes from their house.

In this episode, we explore how a revered religious leader with 100,000 followers on Instagram orchestrated a homicide for less than $400, the network of hitmen who executed the crime, and the contradictions that unraveled his alibi: the absence of a non-existent religious event, the deleted cellphone, and the coordinated confessions of three accomplices. The church, the image of a perfect family, and social media were not tools of salvation, but of cover-up.

Victim: Sara Mariano
Date: October 24, 2023
Location: Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
Status: Three detained; no trial date

- Ederlan Mariano paid 2,000 reais (approximately $400) to three men to murder his wife after discovering an alleged infidelity.
- Sara had confessed to her mother days before that she would make "a decision" about her marriage; she was later found charred on a wooded road.
- The pastor recorded videos in national media asking for her to appear while her body was burning in a second burning operation ordered by him.
- Víctor Gabriel, who physically restrained Sara during the stabbing, voluntarily came forward and confessed, but was released due to the absence of an arrest warrant.

Sara Mariano, Salvador de Bahia, murder, evangelical pastor, femicide, 2023, criminal minds, investigation, homicide, true crime, hitmen, forensics, corruption, true crime in Spanish

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