RIO DE JANEIRO – Civil Police in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro arrested Friday a 14-year-old boy accused of murdering Peruvian university professor Carlos Patricio Mercado Samanez, whose body was found with stab wounds, officials said.
The suspected murderer apparently confessed the homicide to his parents, who chose to notify the authorities, the G1 news Web site reported Friday.
The chief motive being weighed by police is that the slaying, which took place Monday afternoon when the professor went to take his dog for a walk, was the consequence of a robbery.
However, despite the arrest of the suspected murderer, his belongings have still not been found, so an investigation has been opened to determine whether someone else might have taken part in the crime.
Mercado Samanez, 62, has resided more than 30 years in Rio de Janeiro, teaching at the Pontifical Catholic University, or PUC, and Rio de Janeiro State University, or UERJ.
The Peruvian’s body was found in a canal at Quinta de Boa Vista, a park in the city’s downtown area with extensive green zones, and was taken to the medical examiners’ office, where his relatives identified him on Tuesday.
Mercado, who wrote several books on the mathematics of finance, was the coordinator of an industrial engineering program at the PUC and was an associate professor of economics at the UERJ.
The late professor earned an industrial engineering degree at the National University of San Marcos in Lima. He later received a master’s in production engineering and earned a doctorate in business administration, finance and economics.
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